diff --git a/GeoLib/OctTree-impl.h b/GeoLib/OctTree-impl.h
index 1387933378eb6fc71c702cb5b6b778aef6337fcb..8a4553758ef14c6f125a2821d4a2b57b81cd4f8f 100644
--- a/GeoLib/OctTree-impl.h
+++ b/GeoLib/OctTree-impl.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace GeoLib {
 
 template <typename POINT, std::size_t MAX_POINTS>
 template <typename T>
-OctTree<POINT, MAX_POINTS> OctTree<POINT, MAX_POINTS>::createOctTree(T ll, T ur,
+OctTree<POINT, MAX_POINTS>* OctTree<POINT, MAX_POINTS>::createOctTree(T ll, T ur,
 	double eps)
 {
 	// compute an axis aligned cube around the points ll and ur
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ OctTree<POINT, MAX_POINTS> OctTree<POINT, MAX_POINTS>::createOctTree(T ll, T ur,
 			ur[k] += eps;
 		}
 	}
-	return OctTree<POINT, MAX_POINTS>(ll, ur, eps);
+	return new OctTree<POINT, MAX_POINTS>(ll, ur, eps);
 }
 
 template <typename POINT, std::size_t MAX_POINTS>
diff --git a/GeoLib/OctTree.h b/GeoLib/OctTree.h
index a87eff587757865b80464823fd5fd02676f012f2..4d6045c544cf7c8da3abb09cf8f6a8b8b908cba2 100644
--- a/GeoLib/OctTree.h
+++ b/GeoLib/OctTree.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public:
 	/// inside a OctTree leaf may be more expensive. The value should be
 	/// choosen application dependend. [default 8]
 	template <typename T>
-	static OctTree<POINT, MAX_POINTS> createOctTree(T ll, T ur,
+	static OctTree<POINT, MAX_POINTS>* createOctTree(T ll, T ur,
 		double eps = std::numeric_limits<double>::epsilon());
 
 	/// Destroys the children of this node. @attention Does not destroy the