diff --git a/examples/Basic/main.cpp b/examples/Basic/main.cpp
index 64097731..65814645 100644
--- a/examples/Basic/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/Basic/main.cpp
@@ -81,11 +81,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	SurfaceMesh<PositionMaterialNormal> mesh;
 
 	//Create a surface extractor. Comment out one of the following two lines to decide which type gets created.
-	CubicSurfaceExtractorWithNormals< SimpleVolume<uint8_t> > surfaceExtractor(&volData, volData.getEnclosingRegion(), &mesh);
+	//CubicSurfaceExtractorWithNormals< SimpleVolume<uint8_t> > surfaceExtractor(&volData, volData.getEnclosingRegion(), &mesh);
 	//MarchingCubesSurfaceExtractor< SimpleVolume<uint8_t> > surfaceExtractor(&volData, volData.getEnclosingRegion(), &mesh);
 
 	//Execute the surface extractor.
-	surfaceExtractor.execute();
+	//surfaceExtractor.execute();
+
+	DefaultIsQuadNeeded< uint8_t > isQuadNeeded;
+	mesh = extractCubicSurfaceWithNormals< SimpleVolume<uint8_t>, DefaultIsQuadNeeded< uint8_t > >(&volData, volData.getEnclosingRegion(), WrapModes::Border, 0, isQuadNeeded);
 
 	//Pass the surface to the OpenGL window
 	openGLWidget.setSurfaceMeshToRender(mesh);
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/CubicSurfaceExtractorWithNormals.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/CubicSurfaceExtractorWithNormals.h
index 211734f0..9fc44d7c 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/CubicSurfaceExtractorWithNormals.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/CubicSurfaceExtractorWithNormals.h
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		WrapMode m_eWrapMode;
 		typename VolumeType::VoxelType m_tBorderValue;
 	};
+
+	template<typename VolumeType, typename IsQuadNeeded>
+	SurfaceMesh<PositionMaterialNormal> extractCubicSurfaceWithNormals(VolumeType* volData, Region region, WrapMode eWrapMode, typename VolumeType::VoxelType tBorderValue, IsQuadNeeded isQuadNeeded)
+	{
+		SurfaceMesh<PositionMaterialNormal> result;
+		CubicSurfaceExtractorWithNormals<VolumeType, IsQuadNeeded> extractor(volData, region, &result, eWrapMode, tBorderValue, isQuadNeeded);
+		extractor.execute();
+		return result;
+	}
 }
 
 #include "PolyVoxCore/CubicSurfaceExtractorWithNormals.inl"