diff --git a/gtsam/inference/BayesTree.h b/gtsam/inference/BayesTree.h
index 3b87f6370..04bc1bf59 100644
--- a/gtsam/inference/BayesTree.h
+++ b/gtsam/inference/BayesTree.h
@@ -165,10 +165,12 @@ namespace gtsam {
 			CliqueStats getStats() const;
 		};
 
+    /** Map from keys to Clique */
+    typedef std::deque<sharedClique> Nodes;
+
 	protected:
 
-		/** Map from keys to Clique */
-		typedef std::deque<sharedClique> Nodes;
+    /** Map from keys to Clique */
 		Nodes nodes_;
 
 		/** private helper method for saving the Tree to a text file in GraphViz format */