diff --git a/src_main/core/picout.cpp b/src_main/core/picout.cpp
index 8e48ca4f..55d6cbbd 100644
--- a/src_main/core/picout.cpp
+++ b/src_main/core/picout.cpp
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ PICout::Notifier::Notifier() {
 
 
 PICout::Notifier * PICout::Notifier::instance() {
-	static PICout::Notifier ret;
-	return &ret;
+	static PICout::Notifier * ret = new PICout::Notifier();
+	return ret;
 }
 
 
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ PIObject * PICout::Notifier::object() {
 
 using namespace PICoutManipulators;
 
-PIMutex & PICout::__mutex__() {static PIMutex ret; return ret;}
-PIString & PICout::__string__() {static PIString ret; return ret;}
+PIMutex & PICout::__mutex__() {static PIMutex * ret = new PIMutex(); return *ret;}
+PIString & PICout::__string__() {static PIString * ret = new PIString(); return *ret;}
 
 PICout::OutputDevices PICout::devs = PICout::StdOut;