diff --git a/Core/IO/IOInstances.hh b/Core/IO/IOInstances.hh
index f4e548ee..8374e125 100644
--- a/Core/IO/IOInstances.hh
+++ b/Core/IO/IOInstances.hh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 #include <OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/OFFWriter.hh>
 #include <OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/STLWriter.hh>
 #include <OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/OMWriter.hh>
-
+#include <OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/PLYWriter.hh>
 
 //=== NAMESPACES ==============================================================
 
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ static BaseWriter* OBJWriterInstance = &OBJWriter();
 static BaseWriter* OFFWriterInstance = &OFFWriter();
 static BaseWriter* STLWriterInstance = &STLWriter();
 static BaseWriter* OMWriterInstance  = &OMWriter();
+static BaseWriter* PLYWriterInstance = &PLYWriter();
 
 
 //=============================================================================
diff --git a/Core/IO/writer/PLYWriter.hh b/Core/IO/writer/PLYWriter.hh
index ec15c825..0308a96d 100644
--- a/Core/IO/writer/PLYWriter.hh
+++ b/Core/IO/writer/PLYWriter.hh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *        Copyright (C) 2003 by Computer Graphics Group, RWTH Aachen         *
  *                           www.openmesh.org                                *
  *                                                                           *
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------------* 
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*
  *                                                                           *
  *                                License                                    *
  *                                                                           *
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 
 #ifndef __PLYWRITER_HH__
-#define __PWRITER_HH__
+#define __PLYWRITER_HH__
 
 
 //=== INCLUDES ================================================================
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ namespace IO {
 //=== IMPLEMENTATION ==========================================================
 
 
-/** 
-    Implementation of the PLY format writer. This class is singleton'ed by 
+/**
+    Implementation of the PLY format writer. This class is singleton'ed by
     SingletonT to PLYWriter.
 
     currently supported options: