diff --git a/src/main/java/de/gnmyt/sqltoolkit/drivers/MySQLConnection.java b/src/main/java/de/gnmyt/sqltoolkit/drivers/MySQLConnection.java
index fcdddae..860073e 100755
--- a/src/main/java/de/gnmyt/sqltoolkit/drivers/MySQLConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/gnmyt/sqltoolkit/drivers/MySQLConnection.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class MySQLConnection {
     private final String password;
     private final String database;
 
-    private Connection con;
+    protected Connection con;
 
     /**
      * Basic constructor for the connection