diff --git a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Settings.java b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Settings.java
index 5f283f6b0..fbca35f22 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Settings.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Settings.java
@@ -1338,11 +1338,7 @@ public class Settings implements net.ess3.api.ISettings {
         try {
             Field field = NumberUtil.class.getDeclaredField("PRETTY_FORMAT");
             field.setAccessible(true);
-            Field modifiersField = Field.class.getDeclaredField("modifiers");
-            modifiersField.setAccessible(true);
-            modifiersField.setInt(field, field.getModifiers() & ~Modifier.FINAL);
             field.set(null, currencyFormat);
-            modifiersField.setAccessible(false);
             field.setAccessible(false);
         } catch (NoSuchFieldException | IllegalAccessException e) {
             ess.getLogger().severe("Failed to apply custom currency format: " + e.getMessage());
diff --git a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/utils/NumberUtil.java b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/utils/NumberUtil.java
index c4459f34c..3d2a5cef5 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/utils/NumberUtil.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/utils/NumberUtil.java
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ import static com.earth2me.essentials.I18n.tl;
 
 
 public class NumberUtil {
-    static DecimalFormat twoDPlaces = new DecimalFormat("#,###.##");
-    static DecimalFormat currencyFormat = new DecimalFormat("#0.00", DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(Locale.US));
+    private static DecimalFormat twoDPlaces = new DecimalFormat("#,###.##");
+    private static DecimalFormat currencyFormat = new DecimalFormat("#0.00", DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(Locale.US));
     
     // This field is likely to be modified in com.earth2me.essentials.Settings when loading currency format.
     // This ensures that we can supply a constant formatting.
-    static final NumberFormat PRETTY_FORMAT = NumberFormat.getInstance(Locale.US);
+    private static NumberFormat PRETTY_FORMAT = NumberFormat.getInstance(Locale.US);
 
     static {
         twoDPlaces.setRoundingMode(RoundingMode.HALF_UP);