diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReaderServices/src/mitkBaseDICOMReaderService.cpp b/Modules/DICOMReaderServices/src/mitkBaseDICOMReaderService.cpp
index 8ed3f0267e..12455c26d3 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOMReaderServices/src/mitkBaseDICOMReaderService.cpp
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReaderServices/src/mitkBaseDICOMReaderService.cpp
@@ -1,88 +1,88 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #include "mitkBaseDICOMReaderService.h"
 
 #include <mitkCustomMimeType.h>
 #include <mitkIOMimeTypes.h>
 #include <mitkDICOMFileReaderSelector.h>
 #include <mitkImage.h>
 #include <mitkDICOMFilesHelper.h>
 
 #include <iostream>
 
 namespace mitk {
 
   BaseDICOMReaderService::BaseDICOMReaderService(const std::string& description)
     : AbstractFileReader(CustomMimeType(IOMimeTypes::DICOM_MIMETYPE()), description)
 {
 }
 
 std::vector<itk::SmartPointer<BaseData> > BaseDICOMReaderService::Read()
 {
   std::vector<BaseData::Pointer> result;
   mitk::StringList relevantFiles = this->GetRelevantFiles();
 
   mitk::DICOMFileReader::Pointer reader = this->GetReader(relevantFiles);
 
   reader->SetInputFiles(relevantFiles);
   reader->AnalyzeInputFiles();
   reader->LoadImages();
 
   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < reader->GetNumberOfOutputs(); ++i)
   {
     const mitk::DICOMImageBlockDescriptor& desc = reader->GetOutput(i);
-    mitk::BaseData::Pointer data = desc.GetMitkImage();
+    mitk::BaseData::Pointer data = desc.GetMitkImage().GetPointer();
 
     std::string nodeName = "Unnamed_DICOM";
 
     std::string studyDescription = desc.GetPropertyAsString("studyDescription");
     std::string seriesDescription = desc.GetPropertyAsString("seriesDescription");
 
     if (!studyDescription.empty())
     {
       nodeName = studyDescription;
     }
 
     if (!seriesDescription.empty())
     {
       if (!studyDescription.empty())
       {
         nodeName += "/";
       }
       nodeName += seriesDescription;
     }
 
     StringProperty::Pointer nameProp = StringProperty::New(nodeName);
     data->SetProperty("name", nameProp);
 
     result.push_back(data);
   }
 
   return result;
 }
 
 StringList BaseDICOMReaderService::GetRelevantFiles() const
 {
   std::string fileName = this->GetLocalFileName();
 
   mitk::StringList relevantFiles = mitk::GetDICOMFilesInSameDirectory(fileName);
 
   return relevantFiles;
 }
 
 
 }