diff --git a/library.json b/library.json
index 2a69f69..e0d0fdc 100644
--- a/library.json
+++ b/library.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "SensorModbusMaster",
-    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "version": "0.1.2",
     "keywords": "sensor, modbus",
     "description": "Arduino library for communicating via modbus with the Arduino acting as master",
     "repository":
diff --git a/library.properties b/library.properties
index b043b30..54d05f1 100644
--- a/library.properties
+++ b/library.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name=SensorModbusMaster
-version=0.1.0
+version=0.1.2
 author=Sara Damiano <sdamiano@stroudcenter.org>
 maintainer=Sara Damiano <sdamiano@stroudcenter.org>
 sentence=Arduino library for communicating via modbus with the Arduino acting as master
diff --git a/src/SensorModbusMaster.h b/src/SensorModbusMaster.h
index b3f2e99..1380409 100644
--- a/src/SensorModbusMaster.h
+++ b/src/SensorModbusMaster.h
@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ class modbusMaster
     void stopDebugging(void){_debugStream = &nullstream;}
 
 
+    // This needs to be bigger than the largest response
+    // For 8 parameters with 8 registers each:
+    // 64 registers * 2 bytes per register + 5 frame bytes
+    static byte responseBuffer[RESPONSE_BUFFER_SIZE];
+
+
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //                            PRIVATE FUNCTIONS
@@ -194,10 +200,6 @@ void printFrameHex(byte modbusFrame[], int frameLength);
     NullStream nullstream;
     Stream *_debugStream = &nullstream;  // The stream instance (serial port) for debugging
 
-    // This needs to be bigger than the largest response
-    // For 8 parameters with 8 registers each:
-    // 64 registers * 2 bytes per register + 5 frame bytes
-    static byte responseBuffer[RESPONSE_BUFFER_SIZE];
     static byte crcFrame[2];
 
     // The modbus protocol defines that there can be no more than 1.5 characters