diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/SynEdit.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/SynEdit.cpp
index ec778f1a..12c3b44c 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/SynEdit.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/SynEdit.cpp
@@ -4144,7 +4144,7 @@ void SynEdit::setUseCodeFolding(bool value)
     }
 }
 
-SynEditCodeFolding &SynEdit::codeFolding() const
+SynEditCodeFolding &SynEdit::codeFolding()
 {
     return mCodeFolding;
 }
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/SynEdit.h b/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/SynEdit.h
index 649653c7..8f0b0430 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/SynEdit.h
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/SynEdit.h
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ public:
     bool useCodeFolding() const;
     void setUseCodeFolding(bool value);
 
-    SynEditCodeFolding & codeFolding() const;
+    SynEditCodeFolding & codeFolding();
 
     QString lineText() const;
     void setLineText(const QString s);