diff --git a/ApplicationCode/Application/RiaApplication.cpp b/ApplicationCode/Application/RiaApplication.cpp
index 7c00c062e9..e40af06cdb 100644
--- a/ApplicationCode/Application/RiaApplication.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationCode/Application/RiaApplication.cpp
@@ -1669,3 +1669,23 @@ void RiaApplication::loadAndUpdatePlotData()
         }
     }
 }
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+///
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void RiaApplication::resetProject()
+{
+    if ( m_project.notNull() )
+    {
+        delete m_project.p();
+        m_project = nullptr;
+    }
+
+    if ( m_preferences )
+    {
+        delete m_preferences;
+        m_preferences = nullptr;
+    }
+
+    initialize();
+}
diff --git a/ApplicationCode/Application/RiaApplication.h b/ApplicationCode/Application/RiaApplication.h
index b484ea6c92..f00bb93894 100644
--- a/ApplicationCode/Application/RiaApplication.h
+++ b/ApplicationCode/Application/RiaApplication.h
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ protected:
 
     void loadAndUpdatePlotData();
 
+    friend class RiaRegressionTestRunner;
+    void resetProject();
+
 protected:
     cvf::ref<cvf::Font> m_defaultSceneFont;
     cvf::ref<cvf::Font> m_defaultAnnotationFont;
diff --git a/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaRegressionTestRunner.cpp b/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaRegressionTestRunner.cpp
index 01f37727eb..b17dad291f 100644
--- a/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaRegressionTestRunner.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaRegressionTestRunner.cpp
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ void RiaRegressionTestRunner::runRegressionTest()
     timeStamp.start();
     logInfoTextWithTimeInSeconds( timeStamp, "Starting regression tests\n" );
 
+    RiaApplication* app = RiaApplication::instance();
+
     for ( const QFileInfo& folderFileInfo : folderList )
     {
         QDir testCaseFolder( folderFileInfo.filePath() );
@@ -194,8 +196,6 @@ void RiaRegressionTestRunner::runRegressionTest()
             {
                 logInfoTextWithTimeInSeconds( timeStamp, "Initializing test :" + testCaseFolder.absolutePath() );
 
-                RiaApplication* app = RiaApplication::instance();
-
                 app->loadProject( testCaseFolder.filePath( projectFileName ) );
 
                 // Wait until all command objects have completed
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ void RiaRegressionTestRunner::runRegressionTest()
             }
         }
 
+        // Do a complete reset of project settings to avoid transfer of settings to next regression test
+        app->resetProject();
+
         QDir baseDir( testCaseFolder.filePath( baseFolderName ) );
         QDir genDir( testCaseFolder.filePath( generatedFolderName ) );
         QDir diffDir( testCaseFolder.filePath( diffFolderName ) );