diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/LinkTextParser.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/LinkTextParser.java
index 6111820e48..89bb146a90 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/LinkTextParser.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/LinkTextParser.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class LinkTextParser
    *
    * @return
    */
-  public String parseText(String content)
+  public static String parseText(String content)
   {
     Matcher m = REGEX_URL.matcher(content);
     List<Token> tokens = new ArrayList<Token>();