diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
index ace31ab720f5d62cbd68deb8de058d7c83353fa1..5b3f25c1925103246a43e741f133965feb55d8bc 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ public class EepGet {
     protected long _bytesTransferred;
     protected long _bytesRemaining;
     protected int _currentAttempt;
-    private String _etag;
-    private String _lastModified;
+    protected String _etag;
+    protected String _lastModified;
     protected boolean _encodingChunked;
     protected boolean _notModified;
-    private String _contentType;
+    protected String _contentType;
     protected boolean _transferFailed;
     protected boolean _headersRead;
     protected boolean _aborted;