diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1aa2275..0a2984d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     <packaging>atlassian-plugin</packaging>
 
     <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <stash.version>2.3.1</stash.version>
         <stash.data.version>2.3.1</stash.data.version>
         <amps.version>4.1.7</amps.version>
@@ -100,6 +101,11 @@
             <version>${common-lang.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- WIRED TEST RUNNER DEPENDENCIES -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.atlassian.stash</groupId>
+            <artifactId>stash-service-impl</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.atlassian.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>atlassian-plugins-osgi-testrunner</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/englishtown/stash/hook/DefaultSettingsReflectionHelper.java b/src/main/java/com/englishtown/stash/hook/DefaultSettingsReflectionHelper.java
index 01fadfd..00110da 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/englishtown/stash/hook/DefaultSettingsReflectionHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/englishtown/stash/hook/DefaultSettingsReflectionHelper.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package com.englishtown.stash.hook;
 import com.atlassian.stash.setting.Settings;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/englishtown/stash/hook/MirrorRepositoryHook.java b/src/main/java/com/englishtown/stash/hook/MirrorRepositoryHook.java
index fe7c40a..f6d1a4a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/englishtown/stash/hook/MirrorRepositoryHook.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/englishtown/stash/hook/MirrorRepositoryHook.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
-import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.*;
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 public class MirrorRepositoryHook implements AsyncPostReceiveRepositoryHook, RepositorySettingsValidator {
 
-    static class MirrorSettings {
+    protected static class MirrorSettings {
         String mirrorRepoUrl;
         String username;
         String password;
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ public class MirrorRepositoryHook implements AsyncPostReceiveRepositoryHook, Rep
         }
     }
 
-    URI getAuthenticatedUrl(String mirrorRepoUrl, String username, String password) throws URISyntaxException {
+    protected URI getAuthenticatedUrl(String mirrorRepoUrl, String username, String password) throws URISyntaxException {
 
         URI uri = URI.create(mirrorRepoUrl);
         String userInfo = username + ":" + password;
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@ public class MirrorRepositoryHook implements AsyncPostReceiveRepositoryHook, Rep
 
     }
 
-    List<MirrorSettings> getMirrorSettings(Settings settings) {
+    protected List<MirrorSettings> getMirrorSettings(Settings settings) {
 
         List<MirrorSettings> results = new ArrayList<MirrorSettings>();
         Map<String, Object> allSettings = settings.asMap();
@@ -221,7 +220,7 @@ public class MirrorRepositoryHook implements AsyncPostReceiveRepositoryHook, Rep
         return results;
     }
 
-    boolean validate(MirrorSettings ms, Settings settings, SettingsValidationErrors errors) {
+    protected boolean validate(MirrorSettings ms, Settings settings, SettingsValidationErrors errors) {
 
         boolean result = true;
 
@@ -258,7 +257,7 @@ public class MirrorRepositoryHook implements AsyncPostReceiveRepositoryHook, Rep
         return result;
     }
 
-    void updateSettings(List<MirrorSettings> mirrorSettings, Settings settings) {
+    protected void updateSettings(List<MirrorSettings> mirrorSettings, Settings settings) {
 
         Map<String, Object> values = new HashMap<String, Object>();
 
@@ -274,4 +273,4 @@ public class MirrorRepositoryHook implements AsyncPostReceiveRepositoryHook, Rep
 
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/englishtown/stash/hook/DefaultSettingsReflectionHelperTest.java b/src/test/java/com/englishtown/stash/hook/DefaultSettingsReflectionHelperTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94961aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/englishtown/stash/hook/DefaultSettingsReflectionHelperTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package com.englishtown.stash.hook;
+
+import com.atlassian.stash.internal.setting.MapSettingsBuilder;
+import com.atlassian.stash.setting.Settings;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+/**
+ * Created with IntelliJ IDEA.
+ * User: adriangonzalez
+ * Date: 5/13/13
+ * Time: 3:54 PM
+ * To change this template use File | Settings | File Templates.
+ */
+public class DefaultSettingsReflectionHelperTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSet() throws Exception {
+
+        DefaultSettingsReflectionHelper helper = new DefaultSettingsReflectionHelper();
+        MapSettingsBuilder builder = new MapSettingsBuilder();
+        Map<String, Object> values = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+        builder.add("old", "old");
+        values.put("new", "new");
+
+        Settings settings = builder.build();
+        helper.set(values, settings);
+
+        assertNull(settings.getString("old"));
+        assertEquals("new", settings.getString("new"));
+
+    }
+
+}