diff --git a/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.dicom/src/internal/QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher.cpp b/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.dicom/src/internal/QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher.cpp
index 9ab8555bbc..1961612b1a 100644
--- a/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.dicom/src/internal/QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher.cpp
+++ b/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.dicom/src/internal/QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher.cpp
@@ -1,50 +1,51 @@
 /*=========================================================================
 
 Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
 Language:  C++
 Date:      $Date$
 Version:   $Revision$
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical and
 Biological Informatics. All rights reserved.
 See MITKCopyright.txt or http://www.mitk.org/copyright.html for details.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
 the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
 
 =========================================================================*/
 
 #include "QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher.h"
 
 QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher::QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher()
 {
 }
 
 QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher::~QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher()
 {
+    delete m_EventAdmin;
 }
 
 void QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher::SendEvent(const ctkEvent& ctkEvent,bool synchronously)
 {
     if(synchronously)
     {
         m_EventAdmin->sendEvent(ctkEvent);
     }else{
         m_EventAdmin->postEvent(ctkEvent);
     }
 }
 
 void QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher::SetEventAdmin(ctkPluginContext* context)
 {
     SetServiceReference(context);
-    if(*m_ServiceReference)
+    if(m_ServiceReference)
     {
-        m_EventAdmin = context->getServiceReference<ctkEventAdmin>(*m_ServiceReference);
+        m_EventAdmin = context->getService<ctkEventAdmin>(m_ServiceReference);
     }
 }
 
 void QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher::SetServiceReference(ctkPluginContext* context)
 {
     m_ServiceReference = context->getServiceReference<ctkEventAdmin>();
 }
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diff --git a/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.dicom/src/internal/QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher.h b/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.dicom/src/internal/QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher.h
index 456cf5f8ac..b9a867d37b 100644
--- a/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.dicom/src/internal/QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher.h
+++ b/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.dicom/src/internal/QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher.h
@@ -1,50 +1,50 @@
 /*=========================================================================
 
 Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
 Language:  C++
 Date:      $Date$
 Version:   $Revision$
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical and
 Biological Informatics. All rights reserved.
 See MITKCopyright.txt or http://www.mitk.org/copyright.html for details.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
 the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
 
 =========================================================================*/
 
 
 #ifndef QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher_H
 #define QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher_H
 
 #include <ctkServiceReference.h>
 #include <ctkPluginContext.h>
 #include <service/event/ctkEventAdmin.h>
 #include <service/event/ctkEvent.h>
 
 class QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher
 {
     public:
 
         QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher();
 
         virtual ~QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher();
 
         /// @brief sends an ctkEvent default asynchronously
         void SendEvent(const ctkEvent& ctkEvent, bool synchronously = false );
 
         /// @brief sets the event admin from given plugin context
         void SetEventAdmin(ctkPluginContext* context);
 		
 	private:
 
         /// @brief sets the service reference from given plugin context
         void SetServiceReference(ctkPluginContext* context);
 
-        ctkServiceReference* m_ServiceReference;
+        ctkServiceReference m_ServiceReference;
         ctkEventAdmin* m_EventAdmin;
 
 };
 #endif // QmitkDicomDataEventPublisher_H
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