diff --git a/lib/geocoder/stores/active_record.rb b/lib/geocoder/stores/active_record.rb
index 5e523c27aeeadbb9464676ddbd4ccb79dcd24c23..b088089f0a445bbecb85a158c8da1798d9062a56 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/stores/active_record.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/stores/active_record.rb
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ module Geocoder::Store
         end
       end
 
+      private # ----------------------------------------------------------------
+
       ##
       # Get options hash suitable for passing to ActiveRecord.find to get
       # records within a radius (in kilometers) of the given point.
@@ -120,8 +122,6 @@ module Geocoder::Store
         }
       end
 
-      private # ----------------------------------------------------------------
-
       ##
       # SQL for calculating distance based on the current database's
       # capabilities (trig functions?).
diff --git a/test/near_test.rb b/test/near_test.rb
index 3a19bbe3039e69a91d2852bc7cca6ff9e58d3222..359f2011423d0b38d3b83cbbb10eb2bfeed49abe 100644
--- a/test/near_test.rb
+++ b/test/near_test.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require 'test_helper'
 class NearTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   def test_near_scope_options_without_sqlite_includes_bounding_box_condition
-    result = Event.near_scope_options(1.0, 2.0, 5)
+    result = Event.send(:near_scope_options, 1.0, 2.0, 5)
 
     assert_match /test_table_name.latitude BETWEEN 0.9276\d* AND 1.0723\d* AND test_table_name.longitude BETWEEN 1.9276\d* AND 2.0723\d* AND /,
       result[:conditions][0]