diff --git a/src/cse332/datastructures/trees/BinarySearchTree.java b/src/cse332/datastructures/trees/BinarySearchTree.java
index f848e18a504129ad66ab2a45e0572e48a2eaba3b..947e2336f1b9f249c211eab69566f2e2d7d70580 100644
--- a/src/cse332/datastructures/trees/BinarySearchTree.java
+++ b/src/cse332/datastructures/trees/BinarySearchTree.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class BinarySearchTree<K extends Comparable<K>, V>
      * type E and an integer count. The class is protected so that subclasses of
      * BinarySearchTree can access it.
      */
-    protected class BSTNode extends Item<K, V> {
+    public class BSTNode extends Item<K, V> {
         public BSTNode[] children; // The children of this node.
 
         /**