diff --git a/DNP3XML/XmlToConfig.cpp b/DNP3XML/XmlToConfig.cpp
index bf23c2f8..dd0062d7 100644
--- a/DNP3XML/XmlToConfig.cpp
+++ b/DNP3XML/XmlToConfig.cpp
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ DeviceTemplate XmlToConfig::Convert(const APLXML_DNP::DeviceTemplate_t& arCfg, b
 	return t;
 }
 
-CommandModes ConvertMode(const std::string& arMode)
+CommandModes XmlToConfig::ConvertMode(const std::string& arMode)
 {
 	if(arMode == "SBO") return CM_SBO_ONLY;
 	if(arMode == "DO_ONLY") return CM_DO_ONLY;
diff --git a/DNP3XML/XmlToConfig.h b/DNP3XML/XmlToConfig.h
index 0131b1c3..76e2513c 100644
--- a/DNP3XML/XmlToConfig.h
+++ b/DNP3XML/XmlToConfig.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ class XmlToConfig
 	static SlaveConfig Convert(const APLXML_DNP::SlaveConfig_t& arCfg, const APLXML_DNP::AppLayer_t& arApp);
 	static VtoConfig Convert(const APLXML_DNP::VtoPorts_t& arCfg);
 	static DeviceTemplate Convert( const APLXML_DNP::DeviceTemplate_t& arCfg, bool aStartOnline = false);
+	static CommandModes ConvertMode(const std::string& arMode);
 
 private: