diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparkleListener.cs b/SparkleLib/SparkleListener.cs
index 14c06d1c..0c0aac1f 100644
--- a/SparkleLib/SparkleListener.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparkleListener.cs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
 
 
 		// Starts a new thread and listens to the channel
-		public void ListenForChanges ()
+		public void Listen ()
 		{
 
 			Thread = new Thread (
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
 			Thread.Start ();
 	
 		}
+		
+		
+		public void Announce (string message)
+		{
+				
+			Client.SendMessage (SendType.Message, Channel, message);
+			
+		}
 
 
 		// Frees all resources for this Listener
@@ -114,7 +122,7 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
 
 		
 		// Creates an SHA-1 hash of input
-		public static string GetSHA1 (string s)
+		private static string GetSHA1 (string s)
 		{
 			SHA1 sha1 = new SHA1CryptoServiceProvider ();
 			Byte[] bytes = ASCIIEncoding.Default.GetBytes (s);
diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs b/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs
index fdacb120..86c8a4bc 100644
--- a/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
 			};
 
 			// Start listening
-			Listener.ListenForChanges ();
+			Listener.Listen ();
 			
 
 			SizeBuffer = new List <double> ();
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
 					    PushingFinished (this, args); 
 					
 					if (!_IsPolling)
-						Listener.Client.SendMessage (SendType.Message, Listener.Channel, _CurrentHash);
+						Listener.Announce (_CurrentHash);
 
 				}