diff --git a/application/third_party/MX/Loader.php b/application/third_party/MX/Loader.php
index 8f4435b..2db4a84 100644
--- a/application/third_party/MX/Loader.php
+++ b/application/third_party/MX/Loader.php
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ public function view($view, $vars = array(), $return = FALSE) {
 
 	public function _ci_is_instance() {}
 
-	public function _ci_get_component($component) {
+	public function  &_ci_get_component($component) {
 		return CI::$APP->$component;
 	} 
 
@@ -379,4 +379,4 @@ public function _autoloader($autoload) {
 }
 
 /** load the CI class for Modular Separation **/
-(class_exists('CI', FALSE)) OR require dirname(__FILE__).'/Ci.php';
\ No newline at end of file
+(class_exists('CI', FALSE)) OR require dirname(__FILE__).'/Ci.php';