diff --git a/modules/gui/pymod/export_gosty.cc b/modules/gui/pymod/export_gosty.cc
index 6a654ff691a218cf823b6e3f73e52bb9a1617947..039843d1f0ea1a38f175deebab29c259867deb7d 100644
--- a/modules/gui/pymod/export_gosty.cc
+++ b/modules/gui/pymod/export_gosty.cc
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ using namespace boost::python;
 #include "transfer_ownership.hh"
 #include "sip_handler.hh"
 
-#include "tool_options_win_proxy.hh"
 #if OST_IMG_ENABLED
 #include "data_viewer_proxy.hh"
 using namespace ost::img::gui;
@@ -44,11 +43,6 @@ using namespace ost::gui;
 
 namespace {
 
-ToolOptionsWinProxy app_get_tool_options_win(GostyApp* app)
-{
-  return ToolOptionsWinProxy(app->GetToolOptionsWin());
-}
-
 #if OST_IMG_ENABLED
 DataViewerProxyPtr app_create_data_viewer1(GostyApp* app, const ost::img::Data& d, const QString& name)
 {
@@ -101,8 +95,10 @@ void export_Gosty()
         return_value_policy<reference_existing_object>())
     .add_property("seq_viewer", make_function(&GostyApp::GetSequenceViewer,
         return_value_policy<reference_existing_object>()))
-    .def("GetToolOptionsWin", &app_get_tool_options_win)
-    .add_property("tool_options_win", &app_get_tool_options_win)     
+    .def("GetToolOptionsWin", &GostyApp::GetToolOptionsWin,
+        return_value_policy<reference_existing_object>())
+    .add_property("tool_options_win", make_function(&GostyApp::GetToolOptionsWin,
+        return_value_policy<reference_existing_object>()))
      #if OST_IMG_ENABLED
     .def("CreateDataViewer", &app_create_data_viewer1)
     .def("CreateDataViewer", &app_create_data_viewer2)
diff --git a/modules/gui/pymod/export_tool.cc b/modules/gui/pymod/export_tool.cc
index a0b4090ff05d4dc525fe7ea6276f1047fb570e8a..73067336468023385aaa0cfd10a673be4126a2f1 100644
--- a/modules/gui/pymod/export_tool.cc
+++ b/modules/gui/pymod/export_tool.cc
@@ -23,14 +23,13 @@
 #include <boost/python/register_ptr_to_python.hpp>
 #include <boost/python/suite/indexing/vector_indexing_suite.hpp>
 
-#include <iostream>
-using namespace boost::python;
-
 #include <ost/gui/tools/tool.hh>
 #include <ost/gui/tools/tool_manager.hh>
-#include "tool_options_win_proxy.hh"
+#include <ost/gui/tools/tool_options_win.hh>
+#include "sip_handler.hh"
 #include "qptr.hh"
 
+using namespace boost::python;
 using namespace ost::gui;
 using namespace ost;
 
@@ -246,9 +245,11 @@ void export_Tool()
     .def("FindToolByName", &ToolManager::FindToolByName,
          return_value_policy<reference_existing_object>())
   ;
-  class_<ToolOptionsWinProxy, bases<SipHandlerBase> >("ToolOptionsWin")
-    .def("Show", &ToolOptionsWinProxy::Show)
-    .def("Hide", &ToolOptionsWinProxy::Hide)
+  class_<ToolOptionsWin, boost::noncopyable>("ToolOptionsWin", no_init)
+    .def("Show", &ToolOptionsWin::show)
+    .def("Hide", &ToolOptionsWin::hide)
+    .def("GetQObject",&get_py_qobject<ToolOptionsWin>)
+    .add_property("qobject", &get_py_qobject<ToolOptionsWin>)
   ;
 
   class_<gfx::NodePtrList>("NodePtrList", init<>())
diff --git a/modules/gui/pymod/scene/inspector_widget.py b/modules/gui/pymod/scene/inspector_widget.py
index 68215c66169164a1b4fa5a4cd384fe1bb9edb025..4e7e7f76155f5c51219aaae95daa91967b3e6f03 100644
--- a/modules/gui/pymod/scene/inspector_widget.py
+++ b/modules/gui/pymod/scene/inspector_widget.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class InspectorWidget(ToolBarOptionsWidget):
                 [InspectorWidget.ICONS_PATH+"render_icon.png",RenderOptionsWidget(self),None], 
                 [InspectorWidget.ICONS_PATH+"color_icon.png",ColorOptionsWidget(self),None],
                 [InspectorWidget.ICONS_PATH+"preset_icon.png", PresetWidget(self),None],
-                [InspectorWidget.ICONS_PATH+"tool_icon.png",sip.wrapinstance(app.GetToolOptionsWin().GetSipHandle(),QtGui.QWidget),"Tool Options"]
+                [InspectorWidget.ICONS_PATH+"tool_icon.png",app.tool_options_win.qobject,"Tool Options"]
               ]
     for o in options:
       ToolBarOptionsWidget.AddWidget(self,o[0], o[1], o[2])
diff --git a/modules/gui/pymod/tool_options_win_proxy.hh b/modules/gui/pymod/tool_options_win_proxy.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index e4862944d5e4367292f7c4a7b0e2c0df923ba322..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/modules/gui/pymod/tool_options_win_proxy.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// This file is part of the OpenStructure project <www.openstructure.org>
-//
-// Copyright (C) 2008-2010 by the OpenStructure authors
-//
-// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
-// the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
-// Software Foundation; either version 3.0 of the License, or (at your option)
-// any later version.
-// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-// ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
-// FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
-// details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-// along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-// 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#ifndef OST_GUI_TOOL_OPTIONS_WIN_PROXY_HH
-#define OST_GUI_TOOL_OPTIONS_WIN_PROXY_HH
-
-#include <ost/gui/tools/tool_options_win.hh>
-
-#include "sip_handler.hh"
-
-namespace ost { namespace gui {
-
-class  ToolOptionsWinProxy : public SipHandler<ToolOptionsWin> {
-public:
-  ToolOptionsWinProxy(ToolOptionsWin* gl_win=NULL):
-    SipHandler<ToolOptionsWin>(gl_win)
-  { }
-  
-  void Show()  
-  {
-    return Me()->show();
-  }
-  void Hide()  
-  {
-    return Me()->hide();
-  }  
-};
-
-}}
-
-#endif