diff --git a/dune/gfe/rodassembler.cc b/dune/gfe/rodassembler.cc
index 89a94c64ae92e395dc16c0d1fce62009217c68a7..9af57e408f5765be58eb47bf06476157c9a479ae 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/rodassembler.cc
+++ b/dune/gfe/rodassembler.cc
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ getStress(const std::vector<RigidBodyMotion<3> >& sol,
 template <class GridView>
 template <class PatchGridView>
 Dune::FieldVector<double,6> RodAssembler<GridView,3>::
-getResultantForce(const BoundaryPatchBase<PatchGridView>& boundary,
+getResultantForce(const BoundaryPatch<PatchGridView>& boundary,
                   const std::vector<RigidBodyMotion<3> >& sol) const
 {
     using namespace Dune;
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ getResultantForce(const BoundaryPatchBase<PatchGridView>& boundary,
     FieldVector<double,3> canonicalTorque(0);
 
     // Loop over the given boundary
-    typename BoundaryPatchBase<PatchGridView>::iterator it    = boundary.begin();
-    typename BoundaryPatchBase<PatchGridView>::iterator endIt = boundary.end();
+    typename BoundaryPatch<PatchGridView>::iterator it    = boundary.begin();
+    typename BoundaryPatch<PatchGridView>::iterator endIt = boundary.end();
 
     for (; it!=endIt; ++it) {
 
diff --git a/dune/gfe/rodassembler.hh b/dune/gfe/rodassembler.hh
index 640736a8406662de0ba514a6d69545cb28434fa9..cd49bd4276745fda70a3a08261405f9951d96f4d 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/rodassembler.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/rodassembler.hh
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ public:
             dynamic_cast<RodLocalStiffness<GridView, double>* >(this->localStiffness_)->setReferenceConfiguration(referenceConfiguration);
         }
 
+        std::vector<RigidBodyMotion<3> > getRefConfig()
+        {   return  dynamic_cast<RodLocalStiffness<GridView, double>* >(this->localStiffness_)->referenceConfiguration_;
+        }
+
         void assembleGradient(const std::vector<RigidBodyMotion<3> >& sol,
                               Dune::BlockVector<Dune::FieldVector<double, blocksize> >& grad) const;
 
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ public:
 
         \note Linear run-time in the size of the grid */
         template <class PatchGridView>
-        Dune::FieldVector<double,6> getResultantForce(const BoundaryPatchBase<PatchGridView>& boundary,
+        Dune::FieldVector<double,6> getResultantForce(const BoundaryPatch<PatchGridView>& boundary,
                                                       const std::vector<RigidBodyMotion<3> >& sol) const;
 
     }; // end class