diff --git a/oaipmh-core/src/test/java/info/textgrid/middleware/OaiPmhOnlineTests.java b/oaipmh-core/src/test/java/info/textgrid/middleware/OaiPmhOnlineTests.java
index 17ad779344eff478145270cbf75527d19230cbf9..30857bf1c74cd17374bb74dc396d0aaaa8c3d2c0 100644
--- a/oaipmh-core/src/test/java/info/textgrid/middleware/OaiPmhOnlineTests.java
+++ b/oaipmh-core/src/test/java/info/textgrid/middleware/OaiPmhOnlineTests.java
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ public class OaiPmhOnlineTests {
 	 * @param theVerb
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 */
-	private void list(String theVerb) throws IOException {
+	private static void list(String theVerb) throws IOException {
 
 		long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();