diff --git a/ground/src/plugins/coreplugin/connectionmanager.h b/ground/src/plugins/coreplugin/connectionmanager.h
index 5105c1223..69fdd74bb 100644
--- a/ground/src/plugins/coreplugin/connectionmanager.h
+++ b/ground/src/plugins/coreplugin/connectionmanager.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public:
 
     void init();
 
-    QIODevice *getCurrentConnection(); // NOTE: this is never implemented ??
+    QIODevice* getCurrentConnection() { return m_ioDev; }
     devListItem getCurrentDevice() { return m_connectionDevice;}
     bool disconnectDevice();
     void suspendPolling();