diff --git a/src/progress_bar.rs b/src/progress_bar.rs
index 597fb9552345c237ed8933974288276f0b375ab9..75eceb4752217a710c6e16abb79dcf67dd8d8a3b 100644
--- a/src/progress_bar.rs
+++ b/src/progress_bar.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pub struct ProgressBarWrite<'p, 'w, P: Write + 'p, W: Write + 'w> {
 }
 
 impl<'p, 'w, P: Write, W: Write> ProgressBarWrite<'p, 'w, P, W> {
-    pub fn new(pb: &'p mut ProgressBar<P>, w: &'w mut W) -> ProgressBarWrite<'p, 'w, P, W> {
+    pub fn _new(pb: &'p mut ProgressBar<P>, w: &'w mut W) -> ProgressBarWrite<'p, 'w, P, W> {
         ProgressBarWrite {
             pb,
             w