diff --git a/src/dynare_gui.m b/src/dynare_gui.m
index 6db79949e72749f47e9c7011d54116bdd4dd74ac..632468f217ca80f8e53cf19a7f9b6a8a745969ea 100644
--- a/src/dynare_gui.m
+++ b/src/dynare_gui.m
@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ fns = fieldnames(appdata);
 for ii = 1:numel(fns)
     rmappdata(0,fns{ii});
 end
-evalin('base','clear');
+clear('global', 'project_info')
+clear('global', 'model_settings')
 close force
 end