diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/eptcomputing/neo4j/rest/NeoJsonConverter.scala b/src/main/scala/com/eptcomputing/neo4j/rest/NeoJsonConverter.scala
index e06a7b9..860edd5 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/eptcomputing/neo4j/rest/NeoJsonConverter.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/eptcomputing/neo4j/rest/NeoJsonConverter.scala
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import org.codehaus.jettison.json.{JSONObject, JSONArray, JSONException}
  */
 object NeoJsonConverter extends IteratorConverters {
 
-  val log = Logger.getLogger(this.getClass.getName)
+  private val log = Logger.getLogger(this.getClass.getName)
 
   /**
    * Serialises a Neo4j node into a JSON object of the following form: