diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/memory/SkillManagerWrapper.cpp b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/memory/SkillManagerWrapper.cpp
index d8ff3fd78b6d76c4b8d0ca7d805260e8bccd4681..bf3db47388a96c135b6a0b3dd5bd8df11fd3dd3d 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/memory/SkillManagerWrapper.cpp
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/memory/SkillManagerWrapper.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace armarx::skills::gui
     using SkillMap =
         std::map<skills::ProviderID, std::map<skills::SkillID, skills::SkillDescription>>;
 
-    const StatusMap
+    StatusMap
     SkillManagerWrapper::fetchExecutions()
     {
         if (!memory)
@@ -197,6 +197,12 @@ namespace armarx::skills::gui
         }
     }
 
+    void SkillManagerWrapper::updateFromMemory()
+    {
+        snapshot.statuses = fetchExecutions();
+        snapshot.skills = fetchSkills();
+    }
+
     const std::optional<ProviderID>
     SkillManagerWrapper::findFirstProvider(SkillMap const& map, SkillID const& skillId)
     {
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/memory/SkillManagerWrapper.h b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/memory/SkillManagerWrapper.h
index 5b81961b5c7a5e6443aadab5fca8482f0e0f72f1..ea902a723e5a1e8cd9e68060a21a820abbb33cac 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/memory/SkillManagerWrapper.h
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/memory/SkillManagerWrapper.h
@@ -52,18 +52,6 @@ namespace armarx::skills::gui
         void stopExecution(skills::SkillExecutionID const& executionId,
                            const unsigned int max_retries = 0);
 
-        /**
-         * @brief Fetches and returns the latest skills update from memory.
-         * @return The map representing all skills in memory. Empty, if error occurred.
-         */
-        const SkillMap fetchSkills();
-
-        /**
-         * @brief Fetches and returns the latest status update from memory.
-         * @return The map containing status updates for all execution ids. Empty, if error occurred.
-         */
-        const StatusMap fetchExecutions();
-
         static const std::optional<skills::ProviderID> findFirstProvider(SkillMap const& map,
                                                                          SkillID const& skillId);
 
@@ -87,6 +75,11 @@ namespace armarx::skills::gui
          */
         void stopAllExecutions();
 
+        /**
+         * @brief Requests this wrapper to overwrite its own state from memory.
+         */
+        void updateFromMemory();
+
     private:
         mutable std::mutex mutex_memory;
 
@@ -96,8 +89,27 @@ namespace armarx::skills::gui
         struct Snapshot {
             StatusMap statuses;
             SkillMap skills;
+
+            // default constructor (construct empty)
+            Snapshot() : statuses({}), skills({})
+            {
+            }
         };
 
+        Snapshot snapshot;
+
+        /**
+         * @brief Fetches and returns the latest skills update from memory.
+         * @return The map representing all skills in memory. Empty, if error occurred.
+         */
+        SkillMap fetchSkills();
+
+        /**
+         * @brief Fetches and returns the latest status update from memory.
+         * @return The map containing status updates for all execution ids. Empty, if error occurred.
+         */
+        StatusMap fetchExecutions();
+
         /**
          * @brief Modifies the given map to match the search.
          * @param update The map to modify.