diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/framework/CrawlController.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/framework/CrawlController.java
index 3526036b..ee8fdb04 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/framework/CrawlController.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/framework/CrawlController.java
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ implements Serializable,
     /**
      * @return CrawlController state.
      */
-    public State getState() {
+    public Object getState() {
         return this.state;
     }