diff --git a/interpreter/interpret_source.py b/interpreter/interpret_source.py
index 79335cb..e0516f8 100644
--- a/interpreter/interpret_source.py
+++ b/interpreter/interpret_source.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import logging
 import re
-import sys
 from typing import Dict, List, Match, Tuple, Union
 
 from errors.custom import InterpreterException, JavaSyntaxError, ScopeNotFoundException
@@ -122,6 +121,10 @@ class JavaInterpreter:
             return 2
         raise ScopeNotFoundException("Unable to find scope start. Is the program ill-formed?")
 
+    def _get_subscope(self, idx: int):
+        brace_offset = self._get_scope_start_offset(idx)
+        return self._get_instructions_in_scope(idx+brace_offset)
+
     def _handle_while(self, line: str, idx: int):
         bracket_idx = line.rindex(')') # throws if while contruct is illformed
 
@@ -129,10 +132,6 @@ class JavaInterpreter:
         child_instructions, idx = self._get_subscope(idx)
         return while_instruction_front(("while" + instruction_txt), child_instructions), idx
 
-    def _get_subscope(self, idx: int):
-        brace_offset = self._get_scope_start_offset(idx)
-        return self._get_instructions_in_scope(idx+brace_offset)
-
     def _get_else_scope(self, idx:int):
         instructions = None
         if self._check_line_start(idx, "}else"):