diff --git a/launcher/ui/MainWindow.cpp b/launcher/ui/MainWindow.cpp
index 69ef3016..ca6827e0 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent), ui(new Ui::MainWi
         connect(renameButton, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &MainWindow::on_actionRenameInstance_triggered);
         ui->instanceToolBar->insertWidgetBefore(ui->actionLaunchInstance, renameButton);
 
+        ui->instanceToolBar->insertSeparator(ui->actionLaunchInstance);
+
         // restore the instance toolbar settings
         auto const setting_name = QString("WideBarVisibility_%1").arg(ui->instanceToolBar->objectName());
         if (!APPLICATION->settings()->contains(setting_name))
diff --git a/launcher/ui/widgets/WideBar.cpp b/launcher/ui/widgets/WideBar.cpp
index 717958fd..4f81f444 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/widgets/WideBar.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/widgets/WideBar.cpp
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ void WideBar::insertSeparator(QAction* before)
         return;
 
     BarEntry entry;
-    entry.bar_action = QToolBar::insertSeparator(before);
+    entry.bar_action = new QAction("", this);
+    entry.bar_action->setSeparator(true);
+    insertAction(iter->bar_action, entry.bar_action);
     entry.type = BarEntry::Type::Separator;
 
     m_entries.insert(iter, entry);