diff --git a/src/util/dynamic-uint8-vector.hpp b/src/util/dynamic-uint8-vector.hpp
index b69606d..da26a63 100644
--- a/src/util/dynamic-uint8-vector.hpp
+++ b/src/util/dynamic-uint8-vector.hpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
    * Get the shared_ptr to the allocated vector.
    * @return The shared_ptr to the allocated vector. 
    */
-  const ptr_lib::shared_ptr<std::vector<uint8_t> >& 
+  ptr_lib::shared_ptr<std::vector<uint8_t> >& 
   get() { return vector_; }
   
 private: