diff --git a/src/ui/starter-select-ui-handler.ts b/src/ui/starter-select-ui-handler.ts
index 1717ffc13a2..40325d24af7 100644
--- a/src/ui/starter-select-ui-handler.ts
+++ b/src/ui/starter-select-ui-handler.ts
@@ -2699,6 +2699,7 @@ export default class StarterSelectUiHandler extends MessageUiHandler {
   };
 
   override destroy(): void {
+    // Without this the reference gets hung up and no startercontainers get GCd
     this.starterContainers = [];
   }