diff --git a/hoot-services/src/main/java/hoot/services/command/ExternalCommandRunnerImpl.java b/hoot-services/src/main/java/hoot/services/command/ExternalCommandRunnerImpl.java
index 6997b73..82be8a2 100644
--- a/hoot-services/src/main/java/hoot/services/command/ExternalCommandRunnerImpl.java
+++ b/hoot-services/src/main/java/hoot/services/command/ExternalCommandRunnerImpl.java
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public class ExternalCommandRunnerImpl implements ExternalCommandRunner {
return commandResult;
}
- private static CommandLine parse(String commandTemplate, Map<String, ?> substitutionMap) {
+ public static CommandLine parse(String commandTemplate, Map<String, ?> substitutionMap) {
String[] tokens = commandTemplate.split(" ");
CommandLine cl = new CommandLine((String) expandToken(tokens[0].trim(), substitutionMap));