diff --git a/plugins/flashing/pom.xml b/plugins/flashing/pom.xml
index 9dd26400e..4c8ce5f42 100644
--- a/plugins/flashing/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/flashing/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>flashing</artifactId>
-    <version>1.3</version>
+    <version>1.4</version>
 
     <name>Window Flashing Plugin</name>
     <description>Flashes window on new messages (Microsoft Windows only).</description>
diff --git a/plugins/flashing/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/plugin/flashing/FlashingPreferenceDialog.java b/plugins/flashing/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/plugin/flashing/FlashingPreferenceDialog.java
index 882d7ff2b..974fddd84 100644
--- a/plugins/flashing/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/plugin/flashing/FlashingPreferenceDialog.java
+++ b/plugins/flashing/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/plugin/flashing/FlashingPreferenceDialog.java
@@ -29,15 +29,13 @@ import org.jivesoftware.spark.component.VerticalFlowLayout;
 import org.jivesoftware.spark.util.ResourceUtils;
 
 public class FlashingPreferenceDialog extends JPanel {
-	private final JCheckBox flashingEnabled;
-	private final JComboBox<String> flashingType;
-	
-	public FlashingPreferenceDialog() {
-		JPanel flashingPanel = new JPanel();
-		flashingEnabled = new JCheckBox();
-		flashingType = new JComboBox<>();
-		JLabel lTyps = new JLabel();
-		flashingPanel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
+	private final JCheckBox flashingEnabled = new JCheckBox();
+	private final JComboBox<String> flashingType = new JComboBox<>();
+    private final JPanel flashingPanel = new JPanel();
+    private final JLabel lTyps = new JLabel();
+
+    public FlashingPreferenceDialog() {
+        flashingPanel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
 		
 		flashingEnabled.addActionListener( e -> updateUI(flashingEnabled.isSelected()) );