diff --git a/C/common/datapoint.cpp b/C/common/datapoint.cpp
index 751337d37f..95e566a07f 100644
--- a/C/common/datapoint.cpp
+++ b/C/common/datapoint.cpp
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ std::vector<Datapoint*> *Datapoint::parseJson(const std::string& json) {
 	if (!document.IsObject()) {
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return recursiveJson(document);
+	return Datapoint::recursiveJson(document);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ std::vector<Datapoint*> *Datapoint::recursiveJson(const rapidjson::Value& docume
 	for (rapidjson::Value::ConstMemberIterator itr = document.MemberBegin(); itr != document.MemberEnd(); ++itr)
 	{	   
 		if (itr->value.IsObject()) {
-			std::vector<Datapoint*> * vec = recursiveJson(itr->value);
+			std::vector<Datapoint*> * vec = Datapoint::recursiveJson(itr->value);
 			DatapointValue d(vec, true);
 			p->push_back(new Datapoint(itr->name.GetString(), d));
 		}
diff --git a/C/common/include/datapoint.h b/C/common/include/datapoint.h
index a81183b4fb..c2b6ebaed1 100644
--- a/C/common/include/datapoint.h
+++ b/C/common/include/datapoint.h
@@ -367,8 +367,8 @@ class Datapoint {
 		 * Parse a json string and generates 
 		 * a corresponding datapoint vector  
 		 */
-		std::vector<Datapoint*>* parseJson(const std::string& json);
-		std::vector<Datapoint*>* recursiveJson(const rapidjson::Value& document);
+		static std::vector<Datapoint*>* parseJson(const std::string& json);
+		static std::vector<Datapoint*>* recursiveJson(const rapidjson::Value& document);
 
 	private:
 		std::string		m_name;