diff --git a/compile_and_install_ubuntu.sh b/compile_and_install_ubuntu.sh
index 18c4e8f..4eb23ef 100755
--- a/compile_and_install_ubuntu.sh
+++ b/compile_and_install_ubuntu.sh
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ if [ ! -f "$INST_FILE" ]
 then
   $INST_CMD
 fi
+rm dictcc
diff --git a/dict/dict_imp.cc b/dict/dict_imp.cc
index e014031..bedd4ac 100644
--- a/dict/dict_imp.cc
+++ b/dict/dict_imp.cc
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace dictcc
     return d_translations;
   }
 
-  void dict::reset_search(void)
+  search_ptr_t dict::reset_search(void)
   {
       // Initialize the word lists so they are not empty.
       str_list_t l0(1, ""), l1(1, "");
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ namespace dictcc
         // Apparently, the pointer has not been initialized yet.
         d_translations = std::make_shared<search_t>(pair);
       }
+      return d_translations;
+  }
+
+  search_ptr_t dict::get_translations(void)
+  {
+    return d_translations;
   }
 
   std::string dict::langs2str(const lang_t& lt)
diff --git a/dict/dict_int.h b/dict/dict_int.h
index 7a2bc77..b81682e 100644
--- a/dict/dict_int.h
+++ b/dict/dict_int.h
@@ -58,12 +58,15 @@ namespace dictcc
       virtual ~dict(){}
 
     public:
-      /*! \brief Perform a search and create a smart pointer object.
+      /*! \brief Perform a search and return results.
        */
       search_ptr_t search(std::string word);
       /*! \brief Make sure there are two empty word lists.
        */
-      void reset_search(void);
+      search_ptr_t reset_search(void);
+      /*! Simply returns a pointer to the translations, no matter if the smart pointer actually holds any data.
+       */
+      search_ptr_t get_translations(void);
       static std::string langs2str(const lang_t& lt);
       static lang_t str2langs(const std::string& str);
       /*! \brief Help function: Get the size of a string in chars containing multibyte characters e.g. ü.