diff --git a/provider/indexer-azure/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/IndexerQueueTaskBuilderAzure.java b/provider/indexer-azure/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/IndexerQueueTaskBuilderAzure.java
index 0ec330cb2375fb28e32618bb2c38e60fb43f2653..0e712d28cc596ff076250bc1f8ffb4d5e25a0a52 100644
--- a/provider/indexer-azure/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/IndexerQueueTaskBuilderAzure.java
+++ b/provider/indexer-azure/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/IndexerQueueTaskBuilderAzure.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ import static org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.model.http.DpsHeaders.AUTHORIZATION
 @RequestScope
 @Primary
 public class IndexerQueueTaskBuilderAzure extends IndexerQueueTaskBuilder {
-    Gson gson = new Gson();
+    private Gson gson = new Gson();
 
     @Autowired
     private ITopicClientFactory topicClientFactory;