1 files changed, 13 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/ui/widget/unit-menu.cpp b/src/ui/widget/unit-menu.cpp
index 684016471..7416a2f02 100644
--- a/src/ui/widget/unit-menu.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/widget/unit-menu.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void UnitMenu::addUnit(Unit const& u)
     append(u.abbr);
 }
 
-Unit UnitMenu::getUnit() const
+Unit const * UnitMenu::getUnit() const
 {
     if (get_active_text() == "") {
         g_assert(_type != UNIT_TYPE_NONE);
@@ -79,27 +79,27 @@ Glib::ustring UnitMenu::getUnitAbbr() const
     if (get_active_text() == "") {
         return "";
     }
-    return getUnit().abbr;
+    return getUnit()->abbr;
 }
 
 UnitType UnitMenu::getUnitType() const
 {
-    return getUnit().type;
+    return getUnit()->type;
 }
 
 double  UnitMenu::getUnitFactor() const
 {
-    return getUnit().factor;
+    return getUnit()->factor;
 }
 
 int UnitMenu::getDefaultDigits() const
 {
-    return getUnit().defaultDigits();
+    return getUnit()->defaultDigits();
 }
 
 double UnitMenu::getDefaultStep() const
 { 
-    int factor_digits = -1*int(log10(getUnit().factor));
+    int factor_digits = -1*int(log10(getUnit()->factor));
     return pow(10.0, factor_digits);
 }
 
@@ -110,19 +110,20 @@ double UnitMenu::getDefaultPage() const
 
 double UnitMenu::getConversion(Glib::ustring const &new_unit_abbr, Glib::ustring const &old_unit_abbr) const
 {
-    double old_factor = getUnit().factor;
-    if (old_unit_abbr != "no_unit")
-        old_factor = unit_table.getUnit(old_unit_abbr).factor;
-    Unit new_unit = unit_table.getUnit(new_unit_abbr);
+    double old_factor = getUnit()->factor;
+    if (old_unit_abbr != "no_unit") {
+        old_factor = unit_table.getUnit(old_unit_abbr)->factor;
+    }
+    Unit const * new_unit = unit_table.getUnit(new_unit_abbr);
 
     // Catch the case of zero or negative unit factors (error!)
     if (old_factor < 0.0000001 ||
-        new_unit.factor < 0.0000001) {
+        new_unit->factor < 0.0000001) {
         // TODO:  Should we assert here?
         return 0.00;
     }
 
-    return old_factor / new_unit.factor;
+    return old_factor / new_unit->factor;
 }
 
 bool UnitMenu::isAbsolute() const