diff --git a/src/java/main/com/topcoder/direct/services/view/ajax/CustomFormatAJAXResult.java b/src/java/main/com/topcoder/direct/services/view/ajax/CustomFormatAJAXResult.java
index ca823f2c5..35fbadda6 100644
--- a/src/java/main/com/topcoder/direct/services/view/ajax/CustomFormatAJAXResult.java
+++ b/src/java/main/com/topcoder/direct/services/view/ajax/CustomFormatAJAXResult.java
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ public void execute(ActionInvocation invocation) throws AJAXDataPreProcessingExc
      * @throws IOException
      *             if any io error happens
      */
-    private static void writeDataAndClose(InputStream in, OutputStream out) throws IOException {
+    private void writeDataAndClose(InputStream in, OutputStream out) throws IOException {
         try {
             // Write input stream to output stream
             byte[] buf = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];