diff --git a/src/check.rs b/src/check.rs
index cbd52e4..68e217f 100644
--- a/src/check.rs
+++ b/src/check.rs
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ use crate::config::Player;
 // this global stuff is so that we can load up the config and check stuff without
 // being part of the Game struct
 thread_local! {
-	pub static NAME_MIN: RefCell<usize> = RefCell::new(0);
-	pub static NAME_MAX: RefCell<usize> = RefCell::new(0);
-	pub static NAME_CHARS: RefCell<&'static str> = RefCell::new("");
-	pub static PASS_MIN: RefCell<usize> = RefCell::new(0);
-	pub static PASS_MAX: RefCell<usize> = RefCell::new(0);
-	pub static PASS_CHARS: RefCell<&'static str> = RefCell::new("");
+	static NAME_MIN: RefCell<usize> = RefCell::new(0);
+	static NAME_MAX: RefCell<usize> = RefCell::new(0);
+	static NAME_CHARS: RefCell<&'static str> = RefCell::new("");
+	static PASS_MIN: RefCell<usize> = RefCell::new(0);
+	static PASS_MAX: RefCell<usize> = RefCell::new(0);
+	static PASS_CHARS: RefCell<&'static str> = RefCell::new("");
 }
 
 /// Return value for check functions