setting new properties in category interface/implementation

Ok, so I have this, but it wont work:

@interface UILabel (touches)

@property (nonatomic) BOOL isMethodStep;

@end


@implementation UILabel (touches)

-(BOOL)isMethodStep {
    return self.isMethodStep;
}

-(void)setIsMethodStep:(BOOL)boolean {
    self.isMethodStep = boolean;
}

-(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
    if(self.isMethodStep){
        // set all labels to normal font:
        UIFont *toSet = (self.font == [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:16]) ? [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica-Bold" size:16] : [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:16];

        id superView = self.superview;
        for(id theView in [(UIView *)superView subviews])
            if([theView isKindOfClass:[UILabel class]])
                [(UILabel *)theView setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:16]];

        self.font = toSet;
    }
}

@end

If I take out the getter and setter methods then it doesn't work it tells me I need to create some getter and setter methods (or use @synthesize - but putting @synthesize in the @implementation throws an error too). But with the getter and setter methods I get an EXC_BAD_ACCESS and a crash. Any ideas? Thanks

Tom