--- ./graph.cc.orig	2015-09-04 15:04:09.927604245 -0600
+++ ./graph.cc	2015-09-04 15:09:46.999819514 -0600
@@ -597,16 +597,6 @@ public:
 };
 
 
-
-
-typedef struct {
-  unsigned int splitting_element;
-  unsigned int certificate_index;
-  unsigned int subcertificate_length;
-  UintSeqHash eqref_hash;
-} PathInfo;
-
-
 bool
 AbstractGraph::search(const bool canonical, Stats& stats)
 {
@@ -753,7 +743,6 @@ AbstractGraph::search(const bool canonic
   initialize_certificate();
 
   std::vector<TreeNode> search_stack;
-  std::vector<PathInfo> first_path_info;
   std::vector<PathInfo> best_path_info;
 
   search_stack.clear();
@@ -5477,7 +5466,7 @@ Graph::nucr_find_first_component(const u
   component.clear();
   component_elements = 0;
   sh_return = 0;
-  unsigned int sh_first  = 0;
+  unsigned int sh_first  = 1 << 31;
   unsigned int sh_size   = 0;
   unsigned int sh_nuconn = 0;
 
--- ./graph.hh.orig	2015-09-04 15:09:17.261182632 -0600
+++ ./graph.hh	2015-09-04 15:09:47.001819355 -0600
@@ -109,9 +109,12 @@ public:
   unsigned long int get_max_level() const {return max_level;}
 };
 
-
-
-
+typedef struct {
+  unsigned int splitting_element;
+  unsigned int certificate_index;
+  unsigned int subcertificate_length;
+  UintSeqHash eqref_hash;
+} PathInfo;
 
 
 /**
@@ -524,7 +527,7 @@ protected:
    */
   unsigned int cr_component_elements;
 
-
+  std::vector<PathInfo> first_path_info;
 
 
 };
@@ -756,6 +759,10 @@ public:
   void set_splitting_heuristic(const SplittingHeuristic shs) {sh = shs; }
   
 
+  /**
+   * Get an information vector about the first path.
+   */
+  std::vector<PathInfo> get_first_path_info() { return first_path_info; }
 };