diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 15e5ea78..5fbe3c3b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ CHANGELOG for FlatCAM Evo beta
 - in Cutout Plugin added ability to use the margin (full range of values: negative, zero, positive) when applying the cutout over a Geometry source object
 - updated the Turkish language strings (by Mehmet Kaya)
 - in Cutout Plugin added an extra attempt to solve the issue with creating invalid geometries
+- the ArgThread class is no longer launched in case of Linux systems due of crashes
 
 16.05.2022
 
diff --git a/appMain.py b/appMain.py
index d20170b2..65a68319 100644
--- a/appMain.py
+++ b/appMain.py
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
         # ############################################################################################################
         # ################# Setup the listening thread for another instance launching with args ######################
         # ############################################################################################################
-        if sys.platform == 'win32' or sys.platform == 'linux':
+        if sys.platform == 'win32':
             # make sure the thread is stored by using a self. otherwise it's garbage collected
             self.listen_th = QtCore.QThread()
             self.listen_th.start(priority=QtCore.QThread.Priority.LowestPriority)
@@ -4180,7 +4180,7 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
         # try to quit the QThread that run ArgsThread class
         try:
             # del self.new_launch
-            if sys.platform == 'win32' or sys.platform == 'linux':
+            if sys.platform == 'win32':
                 self.listen_th.quit()
         except Exception as e:
             if silent is False:
@@ -4194,7 +4194,7 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
         # self.close_app_signal.emit()
         # sys.exit(0)
         QtWidgets.QApplication.quit()
-        if sys.platform == 'win32' or sys.platform == 'linux':
+        if sys.platform == 'win32':
             try:
                 self.new_launch.close_command()
             except Exception:
@@ -9451,7 +9451,6 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
         return float('%.*f' % (dec_nr, float(val)))
 
 
-
 class ArgsThread(QtCore.QObject):
     open_signal = pyqtSignal(list)
     start = pyqtSignal()