diff --git a/moses-cmd/Main.cpp b/moses-cmd/Main.cpp
index 7e8a4a0e3..cef8379e1 100644
--- a/moses-cmd/Main.cpp
+++ b/moses-cmd/Main.cpp
@@ -171,6 +171,32 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 
       // execute task
 #ifdef WITH_THREADS
+#ifdef PT_UG
+      /*
+      bool spe = params.isParamSpecified("spe-src");
+      if (spe) {
+    	// simulated post-editing: always run single-threaded!
+        task->Run();
+        delete task;
+        string src,trg,aln;
+        UTIL_THROW_IF2(!getline(ioWrapper->spe_src,src), "[" << HERE << "] "
+                       << "missing update data for simulated post-editing.");
+        UTIL_THROW_IF2(!getline(ioWrapper->spe_trg,trg), "[" << HERE << "] "
+		       << "missing update data for simulated post-editing.");
+        UTIL_THROW_IF2(!getline(ioWrapper->spe_aln,aln), "[" << HERE << "] "
+		       << "missing update data for simulated post-editing.");
+		BOOST_FOREACH (PhraseDictionary* pd, PhraseDictionary::GetColl())
+		  {
+			Mmsapt* sapt = dynamic_cast<Mmsapt*>(pd);
+			if (sapt) sapt->add(src,trg,aln);
+			VERBOSE(1,"[" << HERE << " added src] " << src << endl);
+			VERBOSE(1,"[" << HERE << " added trg] " << trg << endl);
+			VERBOSE(1,"[" << HERE << " added aln] " << aln << endl);
+		  }
+      }
+      else
+      */
+#endif
       pool.Submit(task);
 #else
       task->Run();
diff --git a/moses/IOWrapper.cpp b/moses/IOWrapper.cpp
index c195149d8..2a757a1a7 100644
--- a/moses/IOWrapper.cpp
+++ b/moses/IOWrapper.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ IOWrapper::IOWrapper(const std::vector<FactorType>	&inputFactorOrder
   ,m_detailTreeFragmentsOutputCollector(NULL)
 
   ,m_surpressSingleBestOutput(false)
+
+  ,spe_src(NULL)
+  ,spe_trg(NULL)
+  ,spe_aln(NULL)
 {
   const StaticData &staticData = StaticData::Instance();
 
@@ -202,6 +206,16 @@ IOWrapper::IOWrapper(const std::vector<FactorType>	&inputFactorOrder
     m_singleBestOutputCollector = new Moses::OutputCollector(&std::cout);
   }
 
+  /*
+  const Parameter &params = staticData.GetParameter();
+  bool spe = params.isParamSpecified("spe-src");
+  if (spe) {
+    spe_src->open(params.GetParam("spe-src")[0]);
+    spe_trg->open(params.GetParam("spe-trg")[0]);
+    spe_aln->open(params.GetParam("spe-aln")[0]);
+  }
+  */
+
 }
 
 IOWrapper::~IOWrapper()
diff --git a/moses/IOWrapper.h b/moses/IOWrapper.h
index 41254c627..4253871b3 100644
--- a/moses/IOWrapper.h
+++ b/moses/IOWrapper.h
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ public:
   // creates a map of TARGET positions which should be replaced by word using placeholder
   std::map<size_t, const Moses::Factor*> GetPlaceholders(const Moses::Hypothesis &hypo, Moses::FactorType placeholderFactor);
 
+  // post editing
+  std::ifstream *spe_src, *spe_trg, *spe_aln;
+
 };
 
 
diff --git a/moses/Parameter.cpp b/moses/Parameter.cpp
index 687703e28..6dae08900 100644
--- a/moses/Parameter.cpp
+++ b/moses/Parameter.cpp
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ Parameter::Parameter()
   AddParam("default-non-term-for-empty-range-only", "Don't add [X] to all ranges, just ranges where there isn't a source non-term. Default = false (ie. add [X] everywhere)");
   AddParam("s2t", "Use specialized string-to-tree decoder.");
   AddParam("s2t-parsing-algorithm", "Which S2T parsing algorithm to use. 0=recursive CYK+, 1=scope-3 (default = 0)");
+
+  AddParam("spe-src", "Simulated post-editing. Source filename");
+  AddParam("spe-trg", "Simulated post-editing. Target filename");
+  AddParam("spe-aln", "Simulated post-editing. Alignment filename");
 }
 
 Parameter::~Parameter()
diff --git a/moses/Parameter.h b/moses/Parameter.h
index 0eb06cc10..5b2c1cc60 100644
--- a/moses/Parameter.h
+++ b/moses/Parameter.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public:
     return m_setting[paramName];
   }
   /** check if parameter is defined (either in moses.ini or as switch) */
-  bool isParamSpecified(const std::string &paramName) {
+  bool isParamSpecified(const std::string &paramName) const {
     return  m_setting.find( paramName ) != m_setting.end();
   }
 
diff --git a/moses/StaticData.h b/moses/StaticData.h
index 7d87b2df7..feb6c8c85 100644
--- a/moses/StaticData.h
+++ b/moses/StaticData.h
@@ -268,6 +268,10 @@ public:
     return m_parameter->GetParam(paramName);
   }
 
+  const Parameter &GetParameter() const {
+    return *m_parameter;
+  }
+
   const std::vector<FactorType> &GetInputFactorOrder() const {
     return m_inputFactorOrder;
   }