diff --git a/AltoRouter.php b/AltoRouter.php
index a0e2585..7bc9178 100644
--- a/AltoRouter.php
+++ b/AltoRouter.php
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class AltoRouter {
 	/**
 	 * Compile the regex for a given route (EXPENSIVE)
 	 */
-	private function compileRoute($route) {
+	protected function compileRoute($route) {
 		if (preg_match_all('`(/|\.|)\[([^:\]]*+)(?::([^:\]]*+))?\](\?|)`', $route, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER)) {
 
 			$matchTypes = $this->matchTypes;
diff --git a/tests/AltoRouterTest.php b/tests/AltoRouterTest.php
index e966537..9c2d61b 100644
--- a/tests/AltoRouterTest.php
+++ b/tests/AltoRouterTest.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class AltoRouterDebug extends AltoRouter{
 	public function getBasePath(){
 		return $this->basePath;
 	}
+
 }
 
 class SimpleTraversable implements Iterator{
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ class AltoRouterTest extends PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
 		$route = '/[:controller]/[:action]';
 		$target = function(){};
 
-		$this->assertInternalType('array', $this->router->getRoutes());
+		$this->assertIsArray($this->router->getRoutes());
 		$this->router->map($method, $route, $target);
 		$this->assertEquals(array(array($method, $route, $target, null)), $this->router->getRoutes());
 	}