diff --git a/src/main/java/teetime/framework/Stage.java b/src/main/java/teetime/framework/Stage.java
index 08a0e47bc833f479d846a58d1f8f999664015c76..5146a2e85bdfa12e6092389077785c5287313f82 100644
--- a/src/main/java/teetime/framework/Stage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/teetime/framework/Stage.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public abstract class Stage {
 	/** The owning thread of this stage if this stage is directly executed by a {@link AbstractRunnableStage}, <code>null</code> otherwise. */
 	protected Thread owningThread;
 
-	public ConfigurationContext owningContext = ConfigurationContext.EMPTY_CONTEXT;
+	ConfigurationContext owningContext = ConfigurationContext.EMPTY_CONTEXT;
 
 	protected Stage() {
 		this.id = this.createId();