diff --git a/include/perk/perk.h b/include/perk/perk.h
index 9412173..988e0f6 100644
--- a/include/perk/perk.h
+++ b/include/perk/perk.h
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ struct pe_raw_image {
 	size_t	size;
 };
 
+struct pe_expsym {
+	const char *	name;
+	void *		eaddr;
+	void *		maddr;
+	uint32_t	roffset;
+};
+
 struct pe_image_summary {
 	int32_t		nexpsyms;
 	int32_t		nimplibs;
@@ -209,12 +216,8 @@ perk_api void pe_free_image_meta	(struct pe_image_meta *);
 
 perk_api int  pe_get_named_section_index(const struct pe_image_meta *, const char * name);
 perk_api int  pe_get_block_section_index(const struct pe_image_meta *, const struct pe_block *);
-
-perk_api
-const char *  pe_get_expsym_by_name	(const struct pe_image_meta *, const char * name);
-
-perk_api
-const char *  pe_get_expsym_by_index	(const struct pe_image_meta *, unsigned index);
+perk_api int  pe_get_expsym_by_name	(const struct pe_image_meta *, const char * name, struct pe_expsym * optional);
+perk_api int  pe_get_expsym_by_index	(const struct pe_image_meta *, unsigned index, struct pe_expsym * optional);
 
 /* low-level api */
 perk_api int  pe_read_dos_header	(const struct pe_image_dos_hdr *,	struct pe_meta_image_dos_hdr *);
diff --git a/src/logic/pe_get_image_meta.c b/src/logic/pe_get_image_meta.c
index b4b21d3..ee2b632 100644
--- a/src/logic/pe_get_image_meta.c
+++ b/src/logic/pe_get_image_meta.c
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ int pe_get_block_section_index(const struct pe_image_meta * m, const struct pe_b
 	return -1;
 }
 
-const char * pe_get_expsym_by_name(
+int pe_get_expsym_by_name(
 	const struct pe_image_meta *	m,
-	const char *			name)
+	const char *			name,
+	struct pe_expsym *		expsym)
 {
 	uint32_t 	offset;
 	uint32_t *	symrva;
@@ -74,29 +75,45 @@ const char * pe_get_expsym_by_name(
 	for (i=0; i<m->edata.num_of_name_ptrs; i++) {
 		sym = (const char *)m->image.addr + symrva[i] - offset;
 
-		if (!(strcmp(sym,name)))
-			return sym;
+		if (!(strcmp(sym,name))) {
+			if (expsym) {
+				expsym->name    = sym;
+				expsym->eaddr   = 0;
+				expsym->maddr   = 0;
+				expsym->roffset = 0;
+			}
+
+			return 0;
+		}
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return -1;
 }
 
-const char * pe_get_expsym_by_index(
+int pe_get_expsym_by_index(
 	const struct pe_image_meta *	m,
-	unsigned			index)
+	unsigned			index,
+	struct pe_expsym *		expsym)
 {
 	uint32_t 	offset;
 	uint32_t *	symrva;
-	uintptr_t	addr;
+	uintptr_t	symaddr;
 
 	if (index >= m->edata.num_of_name_ptrs)
-		return 0;
+		return -1;
+
+	if (expsym) {
+		offset  = m->hedata->virtual_addr - m->hedata->ptr_to_raw_data;
+		symrva  = (uint32_t *)((uintptr_t)m->image.addr + (m->edata.name_ptr_rva - offset));
+		symaddr = (uintptr_t)m->image.addr + symrva[index] - offset;
 
-	offset  = m->hedata->virtual_addr - m->hedata->ptr_to_raw_data;
-	symrva  = (uint32_t *)((uintptr_t)m->image.addr + (m->edata.name_ptr_rva - offset));
-	addr    = (uintptr_t)m->image.addr + symrva[index] - offset;
+		expsym->name    = (const char *)symaddr;
+		expsym->eaddr   = 0;
+		expsym->maddr   = 0;
+		expsym->roffset = 0;
+	}
 
-	return (const char *)addr;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int pe_get_image_meta(
diff --git a/src/output/pe_output_image_type.c b/src/output/pe_output_image_type.c
index b2a0bd7..21ae925 100644
--- a/src/output/pe_output_image_type.c
+++ b/src/output/pe_output_image_type.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static const char * pretty_subsystem(const struct pe_unit_ctx * uctx)
 static bool pe_image_is_psxscl(const struct pe_unit_ctx * uctx)
 {
 	return (!uctx->meta->summary.nimplibs
-		&& pe_get_expsym_by_name(uctx->meta,"__psx_init"));
+		&& !pe_get_expsym_by_name(uctx->meta,"__psx_init",0));
 }
 
 static const char * pretty_framework(const struct pe_unit_ctx * uctx)