diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseLocationParser.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseLocationParser.java
index acae7d493e37dbbf7a51f4fe25fa5454e984c3a2..4179fa2e58094567707bfc09d1376809bccafee0 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseLocationParser.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseLocationParser.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class DatabaseLocationParser {
      *
      * @param url
      */
-    private void setFromURLString(String url) {
+    public void setFromURLString(String url) {
         logger4j.debug("DLP was called with a URL of [" + url + "]");
         try {
             //"jdbc:postgres://localhost:5432/drupal6?user=drupal6&ssl=true";