diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/function_call.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/function_call.hpp
index 5f6eccd..8d3009d 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/function_call.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/function_call.hpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
       functor(const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, Proxy_Function > > &funcs)
       {
         FunctionType *p=0;
-        return build_function_caller_helper(p, funcs);
+        return detail::build_function_caller_helper(p, funcs);
       }
 
   /**
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/function_call_detail.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/function_call_detail.hpp
index 5e54927..7d1d0ce 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/function_call_detail.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/function_call_detail.hpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
      * value of a build_function_caller
      */
     template<typename Ret>
-      class Function_Caller_Ret
+      struct Function_Caller_Ret
       {
         static Ret call(const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, Proxy_Function > > &t_funcs, 
             const std::vector<Boxed_Value> &params)
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/type_info.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/type_info.hpp
index 4aa7b59..980dfcd 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/type_info.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/type_info.hpp
@@ -106,6 +106,18 @@ namespace chaiscript
         }
       };
 
+    template<typename T>
+      struct Get_Type_Info<const boost::shared_ptr<T> &>
+      {
+        static Type_Info get()
+        {
+          return Type_Info(boost::is_const<T>::value, boost::is_reference<T>::value, boost::is_pointer<T>::value, 
+              boost::is_void<T>::value,
+              &typeid(const boost::shared_ptr<T> &), 
+              &typeid(typename boost::remove_const<typename boost::remove_pointer<typename boost::remove_reference<T>::type>::type>::type));
+        }
+      };
+
     template<typename T>
       struct Get_Type_Info<boost::reference_wrapper<T> >
       {
diff --git a/src/example.cpp b/src/example.cpp
index de204e4..317e0cb 100644
--- a/src/example.cpp
+++ b/src/example.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ struct System
   }
 };
 
+void take_shared_ptr(const boost::shared_ptr<std::string> &p)
+{
+  std::cout << *p << std::endl;
+}
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   using namespace chaiscript;
@@ -59,6 +63,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   chai.add(fun(&System::add_callback), "add_callback");
   chai.add(fun(&System::do_callbacks), "do_callbacks");
 
+  chai.add(fun(&take_shared_ptr), "take_shared_ptr");
+
   // Let's use chaiscript to add a new lambda callback to our system. 
   // The function "{ 'Callback1' + x }" is created in chaiscript and passed into our C++ application
   // in the "add_callback" function of struct System the chaiscript function is converted into a 
@@ -123,5 +129,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   //mostly supported currently
   chai.add(bootstrap::vector_type<std::vector<int> >("IntVector"));
 
+
+  chai("dump_system()");
+  chai("take_shared_ptr(\"Hello World as a shared_ptr\");");
 }