diff --git a/main/ui/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/model/UpgradeStrategy.java b/main/ui/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/model/UpgradeStrategy.java
index 6f7f147ce..4f67ca3f2 100644
--- a/main/ui/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/model/UpgradeStrategy.java
+++ b/main/ui/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/model/UpgradeStrategy.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public abstract class UpgradeStrategy {
 	/**
 	 * Thrown when data migration failed.
 	 */
-	public class UpgradeFailedException extends Exception {
+	public static class UpgradeFailedException extends Exception {
 
 		UpgradeFailedException() {
 		}