diff --git a/src/GroupRings.jl b/src/GroupRings.jl
index 88b0156..cc2faab 100644
--- a/src/GroupRings.jl
+++ b/src/GroupRings.jl
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ function groupring_mult(X::AbstractVector, Y::AbstractVector, pm::Array{Int,2})
    return result
 end
 
-function groupring_mult{T<:Number}(X::GroupRingElem{T}, Y::GroupRingElem{T})
+function *{T<:Number}(X::GroupRingElem{T}, Y::GroupRingElem{T})
    parent(X) == parent(Y) || throw(ArgumentError(
    "Elements don't seem to belong to the same Group Ring!"))
    RG = parent(X)
@@ -314,8 +314,7 @@ function groupring_mult{T<:Number}(X::GroupRingElem{T}, Y::GroupRingElem{T})
    return GroupRingElem(result, RG)
 end
 
-function groupring_mult{T<:Number, S<:Number}(X::GroupRingElem{T},
-      Y::GroupRingElem{S})
+function *{T<:Number, S<:Number}(X::GroupRingElem{T}, Y::GroupRingElem{S})
    parent(X) == parent(Y) || throw("Elements don't seem to belong to the same
    Group Ring!")
    warn("Multiplying elements with different base rings!")
@@ -325,8 +324,6 @@ function groupring_mult{T<:Number, S<:Number}(X::GroupRingElem{T},
    return GroupRingElem(result, RG)
 end
 
-(*)(X::GroupRingElem, Y::GroupRingElem) = groupring_mult(X,Y)
-
 ###############################################################################
 #
 #   *-involution