diff --git a/src/cpp/include/nodegui/QtWidgets/QAbstractButton/qabstractbutton_macro.h b/src/cpp/include/nodegui/QtWidgets/QAbstractButton/qabstractbutton_macro.h
index 089f541ef..1ab44e910 100644
--- a/src/cpp/include/nodegui/QtWidgets/QAbstractButton/qabstractbutton_macro.h
+++ b/src/cpp/include/nodegui/QtWidgets/QAbstractButton/qabstractbutton_macro.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
                                                                            \
     Napi::String napiText = info[0].As<Napi::String>();                    \
     std::string text = napiText.Utf8Value();                               \
-    this->instance->setText(text.c_str());                                 \
+    this->instance->setText(QString::fromUtf8(text.c_str()));              \
     return env.Null();                                                     \
   }                                                                        \
                                                                            \
diff --git a/src/cpp/lib/QtWidgets/QLabel/qlabel_wrap.cpp b/src/cpp/lib/QtWidgets/QLabel/qlabel_wrap.cpp
index de4ad5b5a..c08ce78c8 100644
--- a/src/cpp/lib/QtWidgets/QLabel/qlabel_wrap.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/lib/QtWidgets/QLabel/qlabel_wrap.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Napi::Value QLabelWrap::setText(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info) {
 
   Napi::String text = info[0].As<Napi::String>();
   std::string label = text.Utf8Value();
-  this->instance->setText(label.c_str());
+  this->instance->setText(QString::fromUtf8(label.c_str()));
 
   return env.Null();
 }
diff --git a/src/cpp/lib/core/Events/eventwidget.cpp b/src/cpp/lib/core/Events/eventwidget.cpp
index ae0a170f5..283bc8418 100644
--- a/src/cpp/lib/core/Events/eventwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/lib/core/Events/eventwidget.cpp
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ void EventWidget::subscribeToQtEvent(std::string evtString) {
     this->subscribedEvents.insert(
         {static_cast<QEvent::Type>(evtType), evtString});
   } catch (...) {
-    qDebug() << "EventWidget: Couldn't subscribe to qt event"
-             << evtString.c_str()
-             << ". If this is a signal you can safely ignore this warning";
+    // qDebug() << "EventWidget: Couldn't subscribe to qt event"
+    //          << evtString.c_str()
+    //          << ". If this is a signal you can safely ignore this warning";
   }
 }
 
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ void EventWidget::unSubscribeToQtEvent(std::string evtString) {
     this->subscribedEvents.erase(
         static_cast<QEvent::Type>(evtType));  // erasing by key
   } catch (...) {
-    qDebug() << "EventWidget: Couldn't unsubscribe to qt event "
-             << evtString.c_str()
-             << ". If this is a signal you can safely ignore this warning ";
+    // qDebug() << "EventWidget: Couldn't unsubscribe to qt event "
+    //          << evtString.c_str()
+    //          << ". If this is a signal you can safely ignore this warning ";
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/QtWidgets/QLayout.ts b/src/lib/QtWidgets/QLayout.ts
index ab5a357df..d3d7a6854 100644
--- a/src/lib/QtWidgets/QLayout.ts
+++ b/src/lib/QtWidgets/QLayout.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { NodeObject } from '../QtCore/QObject';
 export abstract class NodeLayout extends NodeObject {
     type = 'layout';
     abstract addWidget(childWidget: NodeWidget, ...args: any[]): void;
+    abstract removeWidget(childWidget: NodeWidget): void;
     activate(): boolean {
         return this.native.activate();
     }
diff --git a/src/lib/QtWidgets/QScrollArea.ts b/src/lib/QtWidgets/QScrollArea.ts
index c4d3b737a..b4808c7c6 100644
--- a/src/lib/QtWidgets/QScrollArea.ts
+++ b/src/lib/QtWidgets/QScrollArea.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export class QScrollArea extends QAbstractScrollArea {
         super(native);
         this.native = native;
         this.nodeParent = parent;
+        this.setWidgetResizable(true);
     }
     setWidget(widget: NodeWidget): void {
         // react:✓, //TODO:getter
diff --git a/src/lib/core/FlexLayout.ts b/src/lib/core/FlexLayout.ts
index bf9165a19..767463bfe 100644
--- a/src/lib/core/FlexLayout.ts
+++ b/src/lib/core/FlexLayout.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ export class FlexLayout extends NodeLayout {
     protected flexNode?: FlexNode;
 
     addWidget(childWidget: NodeWidget, childFlexNode?: FlexNode): void {
+        if (this.nodeChildren.has(childWidget)) {
+            return;
+        }
         const childYogaNode = childFlexNode || childWidget.getFlexNode();
         this.nodeChildren.add(childWidget);
         this.native.addWidget(childWidget.native, childYogaNode);
@@ -25,6 +28,9 @@ export class FlexLayout extends NodeLayout {
         childFlexNode?: FlexNode,
         beforeChildFlexNode?: FlexNode,
     ): void {
+        if (this.nodeChildren.has(childWidget)) {
+            return;
+        }
         const childYogaNode = childFlexNode || childWidget.getFlexNode();
         const beforeChildYogaNode = beforeChildFlexNode || beforeChildWidget.getFlexNode();
         this.nodeChildren.add(childWidget); // No orderer required yet, so just inserting at the end.
@@ -36,8 +42,8 @@ export class FlexLayout extends NodeLayout {
             return;
         }
         const childYogaNode = childFlexNode || childWidget.getFlexNode();
-        this.nodeChildren.delete(childWidget);
         this.native.removeWidget(childWidget.native, childYogaNode);
+        this.nodeChildren.delete(childWidget);
     }
 
     setFlexNode(flexNode: FlexNode): void {