diff --git a/Sources/Franz/Consumer.swift b/Sources/Franz/Consumer.swift
index 5bbcc7e..538462c 100644
--- a/Sources/Franz/Consumer.swift
+++ b/Sources/Franz/Consumer.swift
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import Foundation
     Base consumer delegate. Used by SimpleConsumer.
 */
 @objc public protocol ConsumerDelegate {
-    /**g
+    /**
         Called when the consumer has consumed a new Message
      
         - Parameter message:  the returned message
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ import Foundation
 open class Consumer: NSObject {
     internal var broker: Broker?
 
-    private var _topic: String
-    private var _partition: Int32
-    private var _clientId: String
+    fileprivate var _topic: String
+    fileprivate var _partition: Int32
+    fileprivate var _clientId: String
     
     internal init(topic: String, partition: Int32, clientId: String) {
         self._topic = topic
diff --git a/Sources/Franz/Crypt/CRC32.swift b/Sources/Franz/Crypt/CRC32.swift
index d29d9c7..70b31b5 100644
--- a/Sources/Franz/Crypt/CRC32.swift
+++ b/Sources/Franz/Crypt/CRC32.swift
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func ==(lhs: CRC32, rhs: CRC32) -> Bool {
 }
 
 final class CRC32: Hashable {
-    private var initialized = false
+    fileprivate var initialized = false
     private(set) var crc: UInt32 = 0
     
     var hashValue: Int {
diff --git a/Sources/Franz/Group.swift b/Sources/Franz/Group.swift
index 9f21846..a77869d 100644
--- a/Sources/Franz/Group.swift
+++ b/Sources/Franz/Group.swift
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ import Foundation
     Base class for all Client Groups.
 */
 open class Group {
-    private var _broker: Broker
-    private var _clientId: String
-    private var _groupProtocol: GroupProtocol
-    private var _groupId: String
-    private var _generationId: Int32
-    private var _version: ApiVersion = ApiVersion.defaultVersion
+    fileprivate var _broker: Broker
+    fileprivate var _clientId: String
+    fileprivate var _groupProtocol: GroupProtocol
+    fileprivate var _groupId: String
+    fileprivate var _generationId: Int32
+    fileprivate var _version: ApiVersion = ApiVersion.defaultVersion
 
     private var _state: GroupState?