diff --git a/source/tristanable/encoding.d b/source/tristanable/encoding.d
index 42ae5bc..bc88d96 100644
--- a/source/tristanable/encoding.d
+++ b/source/tristanable/encoding.d
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ module tristanable.encoding;
 public final class DataMessage
 {
 
-    public ulong tag;
-    public byte[] data;
+    private ulong tag;
+    private byte[] data;
 
     public static DataMessage decode(byte[] bytes)
     {