diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
index d331b4a5..8a72482a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractRipper
         }
     }
 
-    public boolean hasDownloadedURL(String url) {
+    private boolean hasDownloadedURL(String url) {
         File file = new File(URLHistoryFile);
         try {
             Scanner scanner = new Scanner(file);