diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4bca36a5..ba91a5bf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ CHANGELOG for FlatCAM beta
 - added a new set of options in the Preferences for the Milling Plugin by taking them out of the Geometry section
 - fixed an error in the Subtract Plugin when working on Geometry objects
 - fixed ParseFont such that the output of the Text Plugin in the Geometry Editor can now be painted using the Paint Plugin
+- fixed errors when using the new ... canvas context menu entries which crated a hard crash
 
 22.03.2021
 
diff --git a/appObjects/FlatCAMGeometry.py b/appObjects/FlatCAMGeometry.py
index 56f9907a..ad558c6d 100644
--- a/appObjects/FlatCAMGeometry.py
+++ b/appObjects/FlatCAMGeometry.py
@@ -168,7 +168,11 @@ class GeometryObject(FlatCAMObj, Geometry):
         self.ser_attrs += ['options', 'kind', 'multigeo', 'fill_color', 'outline_color', 'alpha_level']
 
     def build_ui(self):
-        self.ui_disconnect()
+        try:
+            self.ui_disconnect()
+        except RuntimeError:
+            return
+
         FlatCAMObj.build_ui(self)
 
         # Area Exception - exclusion shape added signal
diff --git a/app_Main.py b/app_Main.py
index 7eeb6a45..5eceb4bd 100644
--- a/app_Main.py
+++ b/app_Main.py
@@ -2044,10 +2044,10 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
     def connect_filemenu_signals(self):
         # ### Menu
         self.ui.menufilenewproject.triggered.connect(self.f_handlers.on_file_new_click)
-        self.ui.menufilenewgeo.triggered.connect(self.app_obj.new_geometry_object)
-        self.ui.menufilenewgrb.triggered.connect(self.app_obj.new_gerber_object)
-        self.ui.menufilenewexc.triggered.connect(self.app_obj.new_excellon_object)
-        self.ui.menufilenewdoc.triggered.connect(self.app_obj.new_document_object)
+        self.ui.menufilenewgeo.triggered.connect(lambda: self.app_obj.new_geometry_object())
+        self.ui.menufilenewgrb.triggered.connect(lambda: self.app_obj.new_gerber_object())
+        self.ui.menufilenewexc.triggered.connect(lambda: self.app_obj.new_excellon_object())
+        self.ui.menufilenewdoc.triggered.connect(lambda: self.app_obj.new_document_object())
 
         self.ui.menufileopengerber.triggered.connect(self.f_handlers.on_fileopengerber)
         self.ui.menufileopenexcellon.triggered.connect(self.f_handlers.on_fileopenexcellon)
@@ -2187,10 +2187,10 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
         self.ui.popmenu_disable.triggered.connect(lambda: self.toggle_plots(self.collection.get_selected()))
         self.ui.popmenu_panel_toggle.triggered.connect(self.ui.on_toggle_notebook)
 
-        self.ui.popmenu_new_geo.triggered.connect(self.app_obj.new_geometry_object)
-        self.ui.popmenu_new_grb.triggered.connect(self.app_obj.new_gerber_object)
-        self.ui.popmenu_new_exc.triggered.connect(self.app_obj.new_excellon_object)
-        self.ui.popmenu_new_prj.triggered.connect(self.f_handlers.on_file_new_project)
+        self.ui.popmenu_new_geo.triggered.connect(lambda: self.app_obj.new_geometry_object())
+        self.ui.popmenu_new_grb.triggered.connect(lambda: self.app_obj.new_gerber_object())
+        self.ui.popmenu_new_exc.triggered.connect(lambda: self.app_obj.new_excellon_object())
+        self.ui.popmenu_new_prj.triggered.connect(lambda: self.f_handlers.on_file_new_project())
 
         self.ui.zoomfit.triggered.connect(self.on_zoom_fit)
         self.ui.clearplot.triggered.connect(self.clear_plots)