diff --git a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/Annotations.java b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/Annotations.java
index 08f33b04fe47016c93fcc785fd3299a95d29c020..5c99b4c8fd5b3f0cb350abd66909b95ea93b9a53 100644
--- a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/Annotations.java
+++ b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/Annotations.java
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ public class Annotations {
     public static String ID = "id";
 
     /* Set to true for rejecting the use of deprecated (non deterministic) primitives */
-    protected static boolean STRICT_IMPLEMENTATION = false;
+    public static boolean STRICT_IMPLEMENTATION = false;
 
 }