diff --git a/lib/wavefront/alerting.rb b/lib/wavefront/alerting.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/wavefront/alerting.rb
+++ b/lib/wavefront/alerting.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ module Wavefront
       get_alerts('affected_by_maintenance', options)
     end
 
+    private
+
     def get_alerts(path, options={})
       options[:host] ||= DEFAULT_HOST
       options[:path] ||= DEFAULT_PATH
@@ -77,8 +79,6 @@ module Wavefront
       RestClient.get(uri.to_s)
     end
 
-    private
-
     def debug(enabled)
       if enabled
         RestClient.log = 'stdout'
make get_alerts private