diff --git a/src/main/java/org/ubercraft/statsd/StatsdLoggerImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/ubercraft/statsd/StatsdLoggerImpl.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/ubercraft/statsd/StatsdLoggerImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/ubercraft/statsd/StatsdLoggerImpl.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class StatsdLoggerImpl implements StatsdLogger, Serializable {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 6548797032077199054L;
 
-    private final Logger logger;
+    protected final Logger logger;
 
     public StatsdLoggerImpl(Logger logger) {
         this.logger = logger;
changed visibility of logger instance on StatsdLoggerImpl class to protected