diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/flowmanager/web/DatapathSummarySerializer.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/flowmanager/web/DatapathSummarySerializer.java
index 4faf350..5fa472f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/flowmanager/web/DatapathSummarySerializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/flowmanager/web/DatapathSummarySerializer.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class DatapathSummarySerializer extends JsonSerializer<String>{
-	final static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DatapathSummarySerializer.class);
+	protected final static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DatapathSummarySerializer.class);
 	
 	@Override
 	public void serialize(String datapathSummary, JsonGenerator jGen,