diff --git a/modules/status/src/main/java/org/jpos/ee/status/Heartbeat.java b/modules/status/src/main/java/org/jpos/ee/status/Heartbeat.java
index 0fe1cbdd54..0b3057197f 100644
--- a/modules/status/src/main/java/org/jpos/ee/status/Heartbeat.java
+++ b/modules/status/src/main/java/org/jpos/ee/status/Heartbeat.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ private void close() {
             getLog().error (e);
         }
     }
-    private String getDetail (long start, int tick) {
+    protected String getDetail (long start, int tick) {
         Runtime r = Runtime.getRuntime();
         StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
         sb.append ("memory=");