diff --git a/InkBlot.Tests/Helpers.cs b/InkBlot.Tests/Helpers.cs
index ad07aa8..337bac9 100644
--- a/InkBlot.Tests/Helpers.cs
+++ b/InkBlot.Tests/Helpers.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ internal static class Helpers
 
 public class TestBase
 {
-    protected (Story, Diagnostic[]) ParseText(string inkInput)
+    protected static (Story, Diagnostic[]) ParseText(string inkInput)
     {
         // parse the story
         var fileReader = new InMemoryFileReader([
diff --git a/InkBlot.Tests/MultiDivertTest.cs b/InkBlot.Tests/MultiDivertTest.cs
index eeb11b1..c30818c 100644
--- a/InkBlot.Tests/MultiDivertTest.cs
+++ b/InkBlot.Tests/MultiDivertTest.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace InkBlot.Tests;
 
 public class MultiDivertTest : TestBase
 {
-    private IStoryNode[] MyParseText(string text, bool stripSpaces)
+    private static IStoryNode[] MyParseText(string text, bool stripSpaces)
     {
         var (story, diagnostics) = ParseText(stripSpaces ? text.Replace(" ", "").Replace("\t", "") : text);