diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 72542762..265bfb49 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([NGPYTHON], [test x$pythonon = xtrue])
 # echo "libs = $LIBS"
 # echo "TOGL_LIB = $MYTOGL_LIB"
 
-AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([ng/Togl-1.7])
+# AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([ng/Togl-1.7])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile libsrc/Makefile libsrc/csg/Makefile 
 libsrc/general/Makefile  libsrc/geom2d/Makefile libsrc/gprim/Makefile
diff --git a/ng/Makefile.am b/ng/Makefile.am
index 913e681f..05403dff 100644
--- a/ng/Makefile.am
+++ b/ng/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include_HEADERS =
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/libsrc/include -I$(top_srcdir)/libsrc/interface -DOPENGL  -D$(TOGL_WINDOWINGSYSTEM)  $(TCL_INCLUDES) $(MPI_INCLUDES) $(FFMPEG_INCLUDES) $(JPEGLIB_INCLUDES) 
 
-SUBDIRS = Togl-1.7
+# SUBDIRS = Togl-1.7
 
 if NGGUI
 bin_PROGRAMS = netgen
diff --git a/ng/ngpkg.cpp b/ng/ngpkg.cpp
index f6d1cb5b..66a4e19f 100644
--- a/ng/ngpkg.cpp
+++ b/ng/ngpkg.cpp
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ namespace netgen
 	MyMPI_SendCmd ("mesh");
 	mesh -> Distribute();
 #endif
-
 	for (int i = 0; i < geometryregister.Size(); i++)
 	  {
 	    NetgenGeometry * hgeom = geometryregister[i]->LoadFromMeshFile (*infile);
@@ -1274,9 +1273,13 @@ namespace netgen
 	      else
 	  */
 	    {
+              /*
               Mesh * hmesh = NULL;
-              int res = ng_geometry -> GenerateMesh (hmesh, mparam, perfstepsstart, perfstepsend);              
+              int res = ng_geometry -> GenerateMesh (hmesh, mparam, perfstepsstart, perfstepsend);
               mesh = shared_ptr<Mesh> (hmesh);
+              */
+              mesh = make_shared<Mesh> ();
+              int res = ng_geometry -> GenerateMesh (mesh, mparam, perfstepsstart, perfstepsend);
 
 	      // int res = ng_geometry -> GenerateMesh (mesh.Ptr(), mparam, perfstepsstart, perfstepsend);
 	      if (res != MESHING3_OK) 
diff --git a/nglib/nglib.cpp b/nglib/nglib.cpp
index 34c20836..1e62d35a 100644
--- a/nglib/nglib.cpp
+++ b/nglib/nglib.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 namespace netgen {
    extern void MeshFromSpline2D (SplineGeometry2d & geometry,
-                                 Mesh *& mesh, 
+                                 shared_ptr<Mesh> & mesh, 
                                  MeshingParameters & mp);
 }
 
@@ -502,8 +502,6 @@ namespace nglib
    }
 
 
-
-
    DLL_HEADER Ng_Result Ng_GenerateMesh_2D (Ng_Geometry_2D * geom,
                                             Ng_Mesh ** mesh,
                                             Ng_Meshing_Parameters * mp)
@@ -512,12 +510,13 @@ namespace nglib
       //  MeshingParameters mparam;  
       mp->Transfer_Parameters();
 
-      Mesh * m;
+      shared_ptr<Mesh> m;
       MeshFromSpline2D (*(SplineGeometry2d*)geom, m, mparam);
+      new shared_ptr<Mesh> (m);  // hack to keep mesh m alive 
 
       cout << m->GetNSE() << " elements, " << m->GetNP() << " points" << endl;
 
-      *mesh = (Ng_Mesh*)m;
+      *mesh = (Ng_Mesh*)m.get();
       return NG_OK;
    }
 
@@ -1241,11 +1240,11 @@ void Ng_InitSolutionData (Ng_SolutionData * soldata) { ; }
 
 
 #ifdef NG_PYTHON
-#include <boost/python.hpp>
-void ExportNetgenMeshing();
-void ExportCSG();
-BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(nglib) {
-    ExportCSG();
-    ExportNetgenMeshing();
+#include <boost/python.hpp>
+void ExportNetgenMeshing();
+void ExportCSG();
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(nglib) {
+    ExportCSG();
+    ExportNetgenMeshing();
 }
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif