diff --git a/ground/src/plugins/gpsdisplay/gpsdisplaythread.cpp b/ground/src/plugins/gpsdisplay/gpsdisplaythread.cpp
index 3ea8aa8ee..ef54f5e10 100644
--- a/ground/src/plugins/gpsdisplay/gpsdisplaythread.cpp
+++ b/ground/src/plugins/gpsdisplay/gpsdisplaythread.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@
 
 #include <QDebug>
 
+GpsDisplayThread::GpsDisplayThread(QObject *parent)
+    : QThread(parent)
+{
+}
+
+GpsDisplayThread::~GpsDisplayThread()
+{
+}
+
 void GpsDisplayThread::setPort(QextSerialPort* port)
 {
 
diff --git a/ground/src/plugins/gpsdisplay/gpsdisplaythread.h b/ground/src/plugins/gpsdisplay/gpsdisplaythread.h
index 0f6cd4f92..3f1fa77bb 100644
--- a/ground/src/plugins/gpsdisplay/gpsdisplaythread.h
+++ b/ground/src/plugins/gpsdisplay/gpsdisplaythread.h
@@ -35,12 +35,16 @@
 
 class GpsDisplayThread : public QThread
 {
+    Q_OBJECT
+
 public:
+    GpsDisplayThread(QObject *parent = 0);
+    ~GpsDisplayThread();
+
     QextSerialPort *port;
     NMEAParser *parser;
     void setPort(QextSerialPort* port);
     void setParser(NMEAParser* parser);
-    void processInputStream();
     void run();
 };
 
diff --git a/ground/src/plugins/gpsdisplay/gpsdisplaywidget.cpp b/ground/src/plugins/gpsdisplay/gpsdisplaywidget.cpp
index a5fa8da26..068174a1e 100644
--- a/ground/src/plugins/gpsdisplay/gpsdisplaywidget.cpp
+++ b/ground/src/plugins/gpsdisplay/gpsdisplaywidget.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ void GpsDisplayWidget::setPort(QextSerialPort* port)
     this->port=port;
 }
 
+void GpsDisplayWidget::setParser(NMEAParser* parser)
+{
+
+    this->parser=parser;
+}
+
 void GpsDisplayWidget::connectButtonClicked() {
     GpsDisplayThread* gpsThread = new GpsDisplayThread();
     widget->textBrowser->append(QString("Connecting to GPS ...\n"));