diff --git a/include/wx/html/webkit.h b/include/wx/html/webkit.h
index 87dd797f0f..55bf86fac9 100755
--- a/include/wx/html/webkit.h
+++ b/include/wx/html/webkit.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public:
     bool CanGetPageSource();
     wxString GetPageSource();
     void SetPageSource(wxString& source, const wxString& baseUrl = wxEmptyString);
-    
+
     //we need to resize the webview when the control size changes
     void OnSize(wxSizeEvent &event);
 protected:
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ private:
     wxWindowID m_windowID;
     wxString m_currentURL;
     wxString m_pageTitle;
-    void* m_webView;
+    objc_object* m_webView;
     //It should be WebView, but WebView is Cocoa only, so any class which included
     //this header would have to link to Cocoa, so for now use void* instead.
 };
diff --git a/src/html/htmlctrl/webkit/webkit.mm b/src/html/htmlctrl/webkit/webkit.mm
index 1b6155d173..cb85a483a4 100755
--- a/src/html/htmlctrl/webkit/webkit.mm
+++ b/src/html/htmlctrl/webkit/webkit.mm
@@ -200,17 +200,17 @@ bool wxWebKitCtrl::CanGoForward(){
 bool wxWebKitCtrl::GoBack(){
     if ( !m_webView )
         return false;
-        
-    [m_webView goBack];
-    return true;
+    
+    bool result = [(WebView*)m_webView goBack];
+    return result;
 }
 
 bool wxWebKitCtrl::GoForward(){ 
     if ( !m_webView )
         return false;
         
-    [m_webView goForward];
-    return true;
+    bool result = [(WebView*)m_webView goForward];
+    return result;
 }
 
 void wxWebKitCtrl::Reload(){ 
@@ -236,14 +236,13 @@ bool wxWebKitCtrl::CanGetPageSource(){
 }
 
 wxString wxWebKitCtrl::GetPageSource(){
-    if ( !m_webView )
-        return wxT("");
     
     if (CanGetPageSource()){
         WebDataSource* dataSource = [[m_webView mainFrame] dataSource];
         return wxStringWithNSString( [[dataSource representation] documentSource] );
     }
     
+    return wxT("");
 }
 
 void wxWebKitCtrl::SetPageSource(wxString& source, const wxString& baseUrl){
@@ -263,7 +262,7 @@ void wxWebKitCtrl::OnSize(wxSizeEvent &event){
     wxWindow* parent = GetParent();
     bool inNotebook = false;
     int x = 0;
-    int y = 18; 
+    int y = 18;
     while(parent != NULL)
     {
         // keep adding the position until we hit the notebook