diff --git a/src/MySQL.php b/src/MySQL.php
index 7dd77a0..3367d21 100644
--- a/src/MySQL.php
+++ b/src/MySQL.php
@@ -14,15 +14,13 @@
 
 	// Interface for MySQL_Driver with abstractions for data manipulation
 	class MySQL extends mysqli {
-		private string $table;
-
-		private ?string $limit = null;
-		private ?string $order_by = null;
-		private array $filter_values = [];
-		private ?string $filter_sql = null;
-
-		// Array of last SELECT-ed columns
 		public ?array $columns = null;
+		
+		protected string $table;
+		protected ?string $limit = null;
+		protected ?string $order_by = null;
+		protected array $filter_values = [];
+		protected ?string $filter_sql = null;
 
 		// Pass constructor arguments to driver
 		function __construct() {