diff --git a/lib/hawat/blueprints/design/static/js/hawat-jquery.js b/lib/hawat/blueprints/design/static/js/hawat-jquery.js
index d81dbe0717ea312bd911b999487de055de44d803..3476fc2b9a389600c0a0076c6da59b484b49fda8 100644
--- a/lib/hawat/blueprints/design/static/js/hawat-jquery.js
+++ b/lib/hawat/blueprints/design/static/js/hawat-jquery.js
@@ -157,11 +157,15 @@ $(function() {
                     }
                 }
         });
+        ref.data('popper-instance', popper);
     });
     $('.popover-hover-container').on("mouseleave", ".popover-hover", function() {
         var ref = $(this);
         var popup = $($(this).attr("data-popover-content"));
         popup.toggleClass("hidden static-popover");
+        var popper = ref.data('popper-instance');
+        popper.destroy();
+        ref.data('popper-instance', null);
     });
 
     // Callback for triggering re-render of NVD3 charts within the bootstrap tabs.