diff --git a/Headers/Vigenere.hpp b/Headers/Vigenere.hpp
index 2202b96..fe6ac4a 100644
--- a/Headers/Vigenere.hpp
+++ b/Headers/Vigenere.hpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 ///TODO: Might be able to make encoding and decoding faster for longer messages by actually using a grid of alphabets (Caesar Ciphers)
 class Vigenere{
-private:
+protected:
 	std::string inputString;    //This is the string that you want to encode or decode
 	std::string outputString;   //This is the string that is output from encoding or decoding
 	std::string keyword;        //This is the keyword that is the resposible for determining the offsets that you change each character by