diff --git a/src/runtime/java/org/grammaticalframework/pgf/Expr.java b/src/runtime/java/org/grammaticalframework/pgf/Expr.java
index 947fdc1e2..e129af68d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/java/org/grammaticalframework/pgf/Expr.java
+++ b/src/runtime/java/org/grammaticalframework/pgf/Expr.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ public class Expr {
 		private Pool pool;
 		private long ref;
 
-		public Expr(Pool pool, long ref) {
+		private Expr(Pool pool, long ref) {
 			this.pool = pool;
 			this.ref  = ref;
 		}