diff --git a/src/helma/framework/core/Application.java b/src/helma/framework/core/Application.java
index 627ab771..4172653b 100644
--- a/src/helma/framework/core/Application.java
+++ b/src/helma/framework/core/Application.java
@@ -682,6 +682,15 @@ public final class Application implements IPathElement, Runnable {
         return users;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the node manager for this application. The node manager is
+     * the gateway to the helma.objectmodel packages, which perform the mapping
+     * of objects to relational database tables or the embedded database.
+     */
+    public NodeManager getNodeManager() {
+        return nmgr;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns a wrapper containing the node manager for this application. The node manager is
      * the gateway to the helma.objectmodel packages, which perform the mapping of objects to