diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.cast.js/source/com/ibm/wala/cast/js/html/DomLessSourceExtractor.java b/com.ibm.wala.cast.js/source/com/ibm/wala/cast/js/html/DomLessSourceExtractor.java
index e9b240d0c..a8027eefe 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.cast.js/source/com/ibm/wala/cast/js/html/DomLessSourceExtractor.java
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.cast.js/source/com/ibm/wala/cast/js/html/DomLessSourceExtractor.java
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ public class DomLessSourceExtractor extends JSSourceExtractor {
       }
     }
 
-    private void getScriptFromUrl(String urlAsString, ITag scriptTag) throws IOException, MalformedURLException {
+    protected void getScriptFromUrl(String urlAsString, ITag scriptTag) throws IOException, MalformedURLException {
       URL scriptSrc = new URL(entrypointUrl, urlAsString);
       Reader scriptInputStream;
       try {