diff --git a/NOTES b/NOTES
index a44b47b..d025687 100644
--- a/NOTES
+++ b/NOTES
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ it uses select(), I'm not sure how I would honor Thread.interrupt() or
 whatever.  It's not guaranteed to interrupt select(), and I'm not keen on
 adding an arbitrary timeout/polling feature to it.
 
-XXX - make start stop natives static
 XXX - try without 0.0.0.0
 XXX - implement start on boot
 
diff --git a/jni/interface.c b/jni/interface.c
index 85cb260..0237bf8 100644
--- a/jni/interface.c
+++ b/jni/interface.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ from_java_string(jobject s)
 
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
 Java_org_galexander_sshd_SimpleSSHDService_start_1sshd(JNIEnv *env_,
-	jobject this,
+	jclass cl,
 	jint port, jobject jpath, jobject jshell, jobject jhome, jobject jextra)
 {
 	pid_t pid;
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Java_org_galexander_sshd_SimpleSSHDService_start_1sshd(JNIEnv *env_,
 }
 
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
-Java_org_galexander_sshd_SimpleSSHDService_stop_1sshd(JNIEnv *env_, jobject this)
+Java_org_galexander_sshd_SimpleSSHDService_stop_1sshd(JNIEnv *env_, jclass cl)
 {
 	pid_t pid;
 	if (!jni_init(env_)) {
diff --git a/src/org/galexander/sshd/SimpleSSHDService.java b/src/org/galexander/sshd/SimpleSSHDService.java
index e726962..bd56a9a 100644
--- a/src/org/galexander/sshd/SimpleSSHDService.java
+++ b/src/org/galexander/sshd/SimpleSSHDService.java
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ public class SimpleSSHDService extends Service {
 		} catch (Exception e) { /* *shrug* */ }
 	}
 
-	private native void start_sshd(int port, String path,
+	private static native void start_sshd(int port, String path,
 			String shell, String home, String extra);
-	private native void stop_sshd();
+	private static native void stop_sshd();
 	private static native int waitpid(int pid);
 	static {
 		System.loadLibrary("simplesshd-jni");