diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/boxed_value.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/boxed_value.hpp
index 9b78095..55cdb61 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/boxed_value.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/boxed_value.hpp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ namespace dispatchkit
                   boost::shared_ptr<Data::Shared_Ptr_Proxy>(new Data::Shared_Ptr_Proxy_Impl<T>()))
                 );
 
-            std::map<void *, Data >::iterator itr
+            std::map<const void *, Data>::iterator itr
               = m_ptrs.find(obj.get());
 
             if (itr != m_ptrs.end())
@@ -157,10 +157,18 @@ namespace dispatchkit
                   true)
                 );
 
-            std::map<void *, Data >::iterator itr
+            std::map<const void *, Data >::iterator itr
               = m_ptrs.find(obj.get_pointer());
 
-            if (itr != m_ptrs.end())
+            // If the ptr is found in the cache and it is the correct type,
+            // return it. It may be the incorrect type when two variables share the
+            // same memory location. Example:
+            // struct test { int x; };
+            // test t;
+            // Both t and t.x share the same memory location, but do not represent
+            // objects of the same type.
+            if (itr != m_ptrs.end() 
+                && itr->second.m_type_info.m_bare_type_info == data->m_type_info.m_bare_type_info)
             {
               (*data) = (itr->second);
             } 
@@ -199,13 +207,13 @@ namespace dispatchkit
          */
         void cull()
         {
-          std::map<void *, Data >::iterator itr = m_ptrs.begin();
+          std::map<const void *, Data >::iterator itr = m_ptrs.begin();
 
           while (itr != m_ptrs.end())
           {
             if (itr->second.m_ptr_proxy->unique(&itr->second.m_obj) == 1)
             {
-              std::map<void *, Data >::iterator todel = itr;
+              std::map<const void *, Data >::iterator todel = itr;
               ++itr;
               m_ptrs.erase(todel);
             } else {
@@ -214,7 +222,7 @@ namespace dispatchkit
           }
         }
 
-        std::map<void *, Data > m_ptrs;
+        std::map<const void *, Data > m_ptrs;
       };
 
     public:
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/proxy_functions.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/proxy_functions.hpp
index d7d91c8..4566768 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/proxy_functions.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/proxy_functions.hpp
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ namespace dispatchkit
       }
     };
 
+  /**
+   * Used internally for handling a return value from a Proxy_Function call
+   */
+  template<typename Ret>
+    struct Handle_Return<Ret *>
+    {
+      Boxed_Value operator()(const boost::function<Ret *()> &f)
+      {
+        return Boxed_Value(boost::ref(*f()));
+      }
+    };
+
   /**
    * Used internally for handling a return value from a Proxy_Function call
    */
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/register_function.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/register_function.hpp
index a6252d6..b026863 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/register_function.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/register_function.hpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace dispatchkit
   template<typename T, typename Class>
     T &get_member(T Class::* m, Class *obj)
     {
-      return obj->*m;
+      return (obj->*m);
     }
 
   /**
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace dispatchkit
   template<typename T, typename Class>
     void register_member(Dispatch_Engine &s, T Class::* m, const std::string &name)
     {
-      s.register_function(boost::function<T (Class *)>(boost::bind(&get_member<T, Class>, m, _1)), name);
+      s.register_function(boost::function<T& (Class *)>(boost::bind(&get_member<T, Class>, m, _1)), name);
     }
 }