diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/variant/IOUtils.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/variant/IOUtils.java
index 6b52a3cb533bcfdea34b190db5981e8af21c311f..d30d85e3b3e71a5895deac37e7b47060106d8087 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/variant/IOUtils.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/variant/IOUtils.java
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ class IOUtils
   }
   
   
-  private static void wrapString(String bases, StringBuffer buff)
+  protected static void wrapString(String bases, StringBuffer buff)
   {
     final int SEQUENCE_LINE_BASE_COUNT = 60;
     for(int k=0; k<bases.length(); k+=SEQUENCE_LINE_BASE_COUNT)