diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/ShaderProcessingTool.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/ShaderProcessingTool.cpp
index 361cd3607..5d1d8d894 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/ShaderProcessingTool.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/ShaderProcessingTool.cpp
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ static ShaderToolOutput RunTool(const ShaderProcessingTool &tool, QWidget *windo
   QByteArray stdout_data;
   QProcess process;
 
+  QThread *mainThread = QThread::currentThread();
+
   LambdaThread *thread = new LambdaThread([&]() {
     if(readStdin)
       process.setStandardInputFile(input_file);
@@ -151,7 +153,12 @@ static ShaderToolOutput RunTool(const ShaderProcessingTool &tool, QWidget *windo
     // QFile::remove(input_file);
     QFile::remove(output_file);
     QFile::remove(stdout_file);
+
+    process.moveToThread(mainThread);
   });
+
+  thread->moveObjectToThread(&process);
+
   thread->start();
 
   ShowProgressDialog(window, QApplication::translate("ShaderProcessingTool",
diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Code/QRDUtils.h b/qrenderdoc/Code/QRDUtils.h
index 4859623f6..8b7243973 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Code/QRDUtils.h
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Code/QRDUtils.h
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ public:
     return true;
   }
 
+  void moveObjectToThread(QObject *o) { o->moveToThread(m_Thread); }
   bool isCurrentThread() { return QThread::currentThread() == m_Thread; }
 };