diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/Account.java b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/Account.java
index 55af667d4a6fa6446b36d30c32dcbb8d700c59ee..8db44d7d02c22993cea56f77e564d3b7eedbf7f5 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/Account.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/Account.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public String toString() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public Account(long account_id, Account.Type accountType, String typeSpecificId) {
+	Account(long account_id, Account.Type accountType, String typeSpecificId) throws TskCoreException {
 		this.account_id = account_id;
 		this.accountType = accountType;
 		this.typeSpecificID = typeSpecificId;