diff --git a/internal/ui/queueview.go b/internal/ui/queueview.go
index 3fd3315..d750cc2 100644
--- a/internal/ui/queueview.go
+++ b/internal/ui/queueview.go
@@ -212,7 +212,9 @@ func BuildQueueView(
 	onViewLog func(string),
 	onCopyCommand func(string),
 	titleColor, bgColor, textColor color.Color,
-) (fyne.CanvasObject, *container.Scroll) {
+) (fyne.CanvasObject, *container.Scroll, []*StripedProgress) {
+	// Track active progress animations to prevent goroutine leaks
+	var activeProgress []*StripedProgress
 	// Header
 	title := canvas.NewText("JOB QUEUE", titleColor)
 	title.TextStyle = fyne.TextStyle{Monospace: true, Bold: true}
@@ -264,7 +266,7 @@ func BuildQueueView(
 		}
 
 		for _, job := range jobs {
-			jobItems = append(jobItems, buildJobItem(job, queuePositions, onPause, onResume, onCancel, onRemove, onMoveUp, onMoveDown, onCopyError, onViewLog, onCopyCommand, bgColor, textColor))
+			jobItems = append(jobItems, buildJobItem(job, queuePositions, onPause, onResume, onCancel, onRemove, onMoveUp, onMoveDown, onCopyError, onViewLog, onCopyCommand, bgColor, textColor, &activeProgress))
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -280,7 +282,7 @@ func BuildQueueView(
 		scrollable,
 	)
 
-	return container.NewPadded(body), scrollable
+	return container.NewPadded(body), scrollable, activeProgress
 }
 
 // buildJobItem creates a single job item in the queue list
@@ -297,6 +299,7 @@ func buildJobItem(
 	onViewLog func(string),
 	onCopyCommand func(string),
 	bgColor, textColor color.Color,
+	activeProgress *[]*StripedProgress,
 ) fyne.CanvasObject {
 	// Status color
 	statusColor := GetStatusColor(job.Status)
@@ -325,6 +328,8 @@ func buildJobItem(
 	if job.Status == queue.JobStatusRunning {
 		progress.SetActivity(job.Progress <= 0.01)
 		progress.StartAnimation()
+		// Track active progress to stop animation on next refresh (prevents goroutine leaks)
+		*activeProgress = append(*activeProgress, progress)
 	} else {
 		progress.SetActivity(false)
 		progress.StopAnimation()
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ac8fd17..8908c9f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -986,6 +986,7 @@ type appState struct {
 
 	queueAutoRefreshStop    chan struct{}
 	queueAutoRefreshRunning bool
+	queueActiveProgress     []*ui.StripedProgress // Track active progress animations to prevent goroutine leaks
 
 	// Main menu refresh throttling
 	mainMenuLastRefresh time.Time
@@ -1781,7 +1782,16 @@ func (s *appState) refreshQueueView() {
 		}}, jobs...)
 	}
 
-	view, scroll := ui.BuildQueueView(
+	// CRITICAL: Stop all active progress animations before rebuilding to prevent goroutine leaks
+	// Each refresh creates new StripedProgress widgets, and old animation goroutines must be stopped
+	for _, progress := range s.queueActiveProgress {
+		if progress != nil {
+			progress.StopAnimation()
+		}
+	}
+	s.queueActiveProgress = nil
+
+	view, scroll, activeProgress := ui.BuildQueueView(
 		jobs,
 		func() { // onBack
 			// Stop auto-refresh before navigating away for snappy response
@@ -1938,6 +1948,9 @@ func (s *appState) refreshQueueView() {
 		}()
 	}
 
+	// Store active progress bars to stop them on next refresh
+	s.queueActiveProgress = activeProgress
+
 	s.setContent(container.NewPadded(view))
 }
 
@@ -1984,6 +1997,14 @@ func (s *appState) stopQueueAutoRefresh() {
 	}
 	s.queueAutoRefreshStop = nil
 	s.queueAutoRefreshRunning = false
+
+	// Stop all active progress animations to prevent goroutine leaks when leaving queue view
+	for _, progress := range s.queueActiveProgress {
+		if progress != nil {
+			progress.StopAnimation()
+		}
+	}
+	s.queueActiveProgress = nil
 }
 
 // addConvertToQueue adds a conversion job to the queue