diff --git a/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/pyassimp.py b/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/pyassimp.py
index d950a531e..d86d2a6db 100644
--- a/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/pyassimp.py
+++ b/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/pyassimp.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ def _init(self):
 Python magic to add the _init() function to all C struct classes.
 """
 for struct in dir(structs):
-    if not (struct.startswith('_') or struct.startswith('c_') or struct == "Structure"):
+    if not (struct.startswith('_') or struct.startswith('c_') or struct == "Structure" or struct == "POINTER"):
         setattr(getattr(structs, struct), '_init', _init)
 
 
@@ -268,4 +268,4 @@ def aiDecomposeMatrix(matrix):
     
     from ctypes import byref, pointer
     _assimp_lib.dll.aiDecomposeMatrix(pointer(matrix), byref(scaling), byref(rotation), byref(position))
-    return scaling._init(), rotation._init(), position._init()
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+    return scaling._init(), rotation._init(), position._init()