diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/genebuilder/gff/PropertiesPanel.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/genebuilder/gff/PropertiesPanel.java
index cf0cede8202fd5c9eb8373a6224e90ea0c7feed1..905ce19d28b93edaef4fffc8fc13ef1c4b391eb6 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/genebuilder/gff/PropertiesPanel.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/genebuilder/gff/PropertiesPanel.java
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ public class PropertiesPanel extends JPanel
    * Change partial settings of child featuers.
    * @param gffFeature
    */
-  public void updatePartialSettings(GFFStreamFeature gffFeature)
+  private void updatePartialSettings(GFFStreamFeature gffFeature)
   {
     if(!partialChanged)
       return;