diff --git a/src/backend/pyloader/Policy.py b/src/backend/pyloader/Policy.py
index e30cffc..b041828 100644
--- a/src/backend/pyloader/Policy.py
+++ b/src/backend/pyloader/Policy.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from Abstract import *    
+from Abstract import *
+import sgpem
                 
 ## @brief This is the abstract class a user-defined policy
 # should inherit from
@@ -95,6 +96,15 @@ class Policy:
     # @return -1 If the policy doesn't want to use time slices
     # @return 0+ To specify a time slice duration for this policy
     get_time_slice = AbstractMethod('get_time_slice')
+
+
+    ## @brief Returns the PolicyParameters instance you can use in
+    # Policy::Policy::configure()
+    #
+    # @return A sgpem::PolicyParameters instance
+    def get_parameters(self):
+        return sgpem.Scheduler.get_instance().get_policy().get_parameters()
+
     
     ## @brief This function implements an in-place stable sort
     # using directly SchedulableQueue methods
@@ -127,6 +137,7 @@ class Policy:
     def sort(self, queue, cmpf):
         self.__recursive_qsort(queue, 0, queue.size()-1, cmpf)
 
+
     ## @brief Recursive (private) call to perform quicksort on a
     # queue
     #
@@ -139,7 +150,8 @@ class Policy:
         if(b>a):
             pivot = self.__partition(queue, a, b, cmpf)
             self.__recursive_qsort(queue, a, pivot-1, cmpf)
-            self.__recursive_qsort(queue, pivot+1, b, cmpf)
+            self.__recursive_qsort(queue, pivot+1, b, cmpf)    
+
 
     ## @brief Recursive (private) call to partition a slice of the queue
     #
diff --git a/src/backend/pyloader/sgpem.i b/src/backend/pyloader/sgpem.i
index fada4f8..3e22329 100644
--- a/src/backend/pyloader/sgpem.i
+++ b/src/backend/pyloader/sgpem.i
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ namespace sgpem {
 	int get_priority() const;
 	unsigned int get_total_cpu_time() const;
 	
-	%ignore get_name() const;
+	%ignore Schedulable::get_name() const;
 	%extend {
 	    const char* get_name() const 
-		{ return self->get_name().c_str(); }
+	      { return self->get_name().c_str(); }
 	}
     }; //~ class Schedulable
 
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ namespace sgpem {
     // ---------------------------------------------
     class Scheduler {
     public:
+        sgpem::Policy*             get_policy();
 	static sgpem::Scheduler&   get_instance();
 	sgpem::SchedulableList*    get_ready_queue();
     private: