diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/RetroEngineComponent.tsx b/src/frontend/src/components/RetroEngineComponent.tsx
index 9814f80f..13a8b0b5 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/RetroEngineComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/RetroEngineComponent.tsx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const RetroEngineComponent: React.FC = () => {
       }
     };
 
-    // Initial setup for fullscreen canvas
+    // Initial setup for full size canvas
     updateCanvasSize();
 
     // Set up ResizeObserver to adjust canvas size to the size of the container div
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ const RetroEngineComponent: React.FC = () => {
 
       // Deinitialize engine if it has been initialized
       engineInstance?.deinitialize();
+      engineInstance?.delete();
     };
   }, []);