diff --git a/laravel/html.php b/laravel/html.php
index ec6b3ae2..7a602de9 100644
--- a/laravel/html.php
+++ b/laravel/html.php
@@ -419,8 +419,8 @@ class HTML {
 	 *
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public static function get_encoding(){
-
+	protected static function get_encoding()
+	{
 		if(static::$encoding===null) static::$encoding = Config::get('application.encoding');
 
 		return static::$encoding;