diff --git a/src/main/java/GraphData.java b/src/main/java/GraphData.java
index 6ad5bce..253b406 100644
--- a/src/main/java/GraphData.java
+++ b/src/main/java/GraphData.java
@@ -19,13 +19,17 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class GraphData {
-    Graph<String, DefaultEdge> graphObject = new DefaultDirectedGraph<>(DefaultEdge.class);
+    private Graph<String, DefaultEdge> graphObject = new DefaultDirectedGraph<>(DefaultEdge.class);
 
     enum Algorithm{
         BFS,
         DFS
     }
 
+    public Graph<String, DefaultEdge> getGraph() {
+        return graphObject;
+    }
+
     public boolean parseGraph(String filepath) {
 
         // Import the graph from file
diff --git a/src/test/java/GraphDataTest.java b/src/test/java/GraphDataTest.java
index 048fa2c..28ff893 100644
--- a/src/test/java/GraphDataTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/GraphDataTest.java
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ public void TestParseGraph() {
         nodes.add("B");
         nodes.add("C");
         nodes.add("D");
-        assertEquals(nodes, graphApi.graphObject.vertexSet());
+        assertEquals(nodes, graphApi.getGraph().vertexSet());
         Set<String> edges = new HashSet<String>();
         Set<String> expected_edges = new HashSet<String>();
         edges.add("(A : B)");
         edges.add("(A : C)");
         edges.add("(A : D)");
-        for (DefaultEdge e: graphApi.graphObject.edgeSet()) {
+        for (DefaultEdge e: graphApi.getGraph().edgeSet()) {
             expected_edges.add(e.toString());
         }
         assertEquals(expected_edges, edges);
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public void TestOutputGraph() throws IOException {
     @DisplayName("Test outputGraph if node does not exist already")
     public void TestAddNode(){
         assertTrue(graphApi.addNode("Z"));
-        assertTrue(graphApi.graphObject.vertexSet().stream().anyMatch(v -> (v.equals("Z"))));
+        assertTrue(graphApi.getGraph().vertexSet().stream().anyMatch(v -> (v.equals("Z"))));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public void TestAddNodes(){
         String[] nodes = {"Z", "X", "Y"};
         graphApi.addNodes(nodes);
         for(String node:nodes) {
-            assertTrue(graphApi.graphObject.vertexSet().stream().anyMatch(v -> (v.equals(node))));
+            assertTrue(graphApi.getGraph().vertexSet().stream().anyMatch(v -> (v.equals(node))));
         }
     }
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public void TestAddNodesIfExistAlready(){
     @DisplayName("Test removeNode if node exists.")
     public void TestRemoveNode() throws Exception {
         graphApi.removeNode("A");
-        assertFalse(graphApi.graphObject.vertexSet().stream().anyMatch(v -> (v.equals("A"))));
+        assertFalse(graphApi.getGraph().vertexSet().stream().anyMatch(v -> (v.equals("A"))));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public void TestRemoveNodes() throws Exception {
         String[] nodes = {"A", "B", "C"};
         graphApi.removeNodes(nodes);
         for(String node:nodes) {
-            assertFalse(graphApi.graphObject.vertexSet().stream().anyMatch(v -> (v.equals(node))));
+            assertFalse(graphApi.getGraph().vertexSet().stream().anyMatch(v -> (v.equals(node))));
         }
     }