diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileViewController.swift
index c771d891..49df4883 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileViewController.swift
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ class ProfileViewController: UIPageViewController {
 
         let composeButton = UIBarButtonItem(barButtonSystemItem: .compose, target: self, action: #selector(composeMentioning))
         composeButton.menu = UIMenu(title: "", image: nil, identifier: nil, options: [], children: [
-            UIAction(title: "Direct Message", image: UIImage(systemName: Status.Visibility.direct.unfilledImageName), identifier: nil, discoverabilityTitle: nil, attributes: [], state: .off, handler: { (_) in
-                self.composeDirectMentioning()
+            UIAction(title: "Direct Message", image: UIImage(systemName: Status.Visibility.direct.unfilledImageName), identifier: nil, discoverabilityTitle: nil, attributes: [], state: .off, handler: { [weak self] (_) in
+                self?.composeDirectMentioning()
             })
         ])
         composeButton.isEnabled = mastodonController.loggedIn