diff --git a/src/search/evaluator.cc b/src/search/evaluator.cc
index d93378750d..db63a23c9f 100644
--- a/src/search/evaluator.cc
+++ b/src/search/evaluator.cc
@@ -101,9 +101,12 @@ void add_evaluator_options_to_feature(plugins::Feature &feature) {
 }
 
 shared_ptr<tuple<string, utils::Verbosity>> get_evaluator_parameters_from_options(const plugins::Options &opts) {
-    auto parent_parameter_tuple = utils::get_log_parameters_from_options(opts);
-    auto own_parameter_tuple = make_tuple(opts.get<string>("description"));
-    return make_shared<tuple<string, utils::Verbosity>>(tuple_cat(own_parameter_tuple, *parent_parameter_tuple));
+    return make_shared<tuple<string, utils::Verbosity>>(
+        tuple_cat(
+            make_tuple(opts.get<string>("description")),
+            *utils::get_log_parameters_from_options(opts)
+            )
+        );
 }
 
 static class EvaluatorCategoryPlugin : public plugins::TypedCategoryPlugin<Evaluator> {
diff --git a/src/search/merge_and_shrink/merge_tree_factory.cc b/src/search/merge_and_shrink/merge_tree_factory.cc
index 58b62c4fa1..7d9293a163 100644
--- a/src/search/merge_and_shrink/merge_tree_factory.cc
+++ b/src/search/merge_and_shrink/merge_tree_factory.cc
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ void MergeTreeFactory::add_options_to_feature(plugins::Feature &feature) {
         "use_random");
 }
 
+shared_ptr<tuple<int, UpdateOption>> get_merge_tree_parameters_from_options(const plugins::Options &opts) {
+    return make_shared<tuple<int, UpdateOption>>(
+        make_tuple(
+            opts.get<int>("random_seed"),
+            opts.get<UpdateOption>("update_option")
+            )
+        );
+}
+
 static class MergeTreeFactoryCategoryPlugin : public plugins::TypedCategoryPlugin<MergeTreeFactory> {
 public:
     MergeTreeFactoryCategoryPlugin() : TypedCategoryPlugin("MergeTree") {
diff --git a/src/search/merge_and_shrink/merge_tree_factory.h b/src/search/merge_and_shrink/merge_tree_factory.h
index d2cd60142b..296dce8c1f 100644
--- a/src/search/merge_and_shrink/merge_tree_factory.h
+++ b/src/search/merge_and_shrink/merge_tree_factory.h
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ class MergeTreeFactory {
     // Derived classes must call this method in their parsing methods.
     static void add_options_to_feature(plugins::Feature &feature);
 };
+
+extern std::shared_ptr<std::tuple<int, UpdateOption>> get_merge_tree_parameters_from_options(const plugins::Options &opts);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/search/merge_and_shrink/merge_tree_factory_linear.cc b/src/search/merge_and_shrink/merge_tree_factory_linear.cc
index 4cd7069844..9e48e51e69 100644
--- a/src/search/merge_and_shrink/merge_tree_factory_linear.cc
+++ b/src/search/merge_and_shrink/merge_tree_factory_linear.cc
@@ -139,10 +139,9 @@ class MergeTreeFactoryLinearFeature : public plugins::TypedFeature<MergeTreeFact
 
     virtual shared_ptr<MergeTreeFactoryLinear> create_component(
         const plugins::Options &opts, const utils::Context &) const override {
-        return make_shared<MergeTreeFactoryLinear>(
-            opts.get<variable_order_finder::VariableOrderType>("variable_order"),
-            opts.get<int>("random_seed"),
-            opts.get<UpdateOption>("update_option")
+        return plugins::make_shared_from_args_tuple_and_args<MergeTreeFactoryLinear>(
+            get_merge_tree_parameters_from_options(opts),
+            opts.get<variable_order_finder::VariableOrderType>("variable_order")
             );
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/search/plugins/plugin.h b/src/search/plugins/plugin.h
index 5688487038..7f06ecc686 100644
--- a/src/search/plugins/plugin.h
+++ b/src/search/plugins/plugin.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class TypedFeature : public FeatureAuto<Constructed> {
 template<typename T, typename ParentTuple, typename ... ChildSingletons>
 std::shared_ptr<T> make_shared_from_args_tuple_and_args(ParentTuple parent_tuple, ChildSingletons ... child_singletons) {
     return std::apply([](auto ... args) {
-                          return make_shared<T>(args ...);
+                          return std::make_shared<T>(args ...);
                       },
                       std::tuple_cat(std::make_tuple(child_singletons ...), *parent_tuple)
                       );