diff --git a/src/ui/gwt/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/gwt/client/Magnet.java b/src/ui/gwt/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/gwt/client/Magnet.java
index 687cfee60..ded8a171a 100644
--- a/src/ui/gwt/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/gwt/client/Magnet.java
+++ b/src/ui/gwt/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/gwt/client/Magnet.java
@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@ public class Magnet extends HTML {
 		return language;
 	}
 
+	public String getWord() {
+		return getHTML();
+	}
 }