diff --git a/sjrpc/utils/proxies.py b/sjrpc/utils/proxies.py
index c740213bcb7bde5486220f17059d745fe5f939c2..c4e835549a0699dabe969f5cb08bc56820033006 100644
--- a/sjrpc/utils/proxies.py
+++ b/sjrpc/utils/proxies.py
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ class ConnectionProxy(object):
     '''
     
     def __init__(self, connection):
-        self._connection = connection
+        self.connection = connection
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         def func(*args, **kwargs):
             try:
-                returned = self._connection.call(name, *args, **kwargs)
+                returned = self.connection.call(name, *args, **kwargs)
             except RpcError as err:
                 expt = __builtins__.get(err.exception)
                 if expt is not None: