diff --git a/include/sta/tacos.hpp b/include/sta/tacos.hpp
index 3ca9f85..b92f699 100644
--- a/include/sta/tacos.hpp
+++ b/include/sta/tacos.hpp
@@ -68,9 +68,13 @@ namespace sta
 		 * @ingroup tacos_api
 		 */
 		template<typename T, typename ... Args>
-		void addThread(std::list<uint16_t> states, Args ... args)
+		std::shared_ptr<T> addThread(std::list<uint16_t> states, Args ... args)
 		{
-            Manager::instance()->registerThread(std::make_shared<T>(args...), states);
+			std::shared_ptr<T> thread_ptr = std::make_shared<T>(args...);
+
+            Manager::instance()->registerThread(thread_ptr, states);
+
+            return thread_ptr;
         }
 	}  // namespace tacos
 }