diff --git a/packages/lib/src/subscriptions.ts b/packages/lib/src/subscriptions.ts
index e8595fa9..71ba825e 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/subscriptions.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/src/subscriptions.ts
@@ -455,41 +455,44 @@ export interface SubscribableValue {
 	isDeleted: boolean,
 }
 
-/** Subscribers created on each connector, they share one connect and one close listener on it */
-const connectorSubscribers = new WeakMap<object, Set<EventSubscriber<any, any>>>();
-
-/**
- * Pass connect and close events of a connector on to a subscriber
- * Uses one listener for all subscribers, so that plugins creating many subscribers do not go past the
- * listener limit set on the connector.
- * @param connector - connector of the link the subscriber was created on
- * @param subscriber - subscriber to pass the events to
- */
-function addConnectorSubscriber(connector: WebSocketBaseConnector, subscriber: EventSubscriber<any, any>) {
-	let subscribers = connectorSubscribers.get(connector);
-	if (!subscribers) {
-		const created = new Set<EventSubscriber<any, any>>();
-		connectorSubscribers.set(connector, created);
-		connector.on("connect", () => {
-			for (const entry of created) {
-				entry.handleConnectionEvent("connect");
-			}
-		});
-		connector.on("close", () => {
-			for (const entry of created) {
-				entry.handleConnectionEvent("close");
-			}
-		});
-		subscribers = created;
-	}
-	subscribers.add(subscriber);
-}
-
 /**
  * Component for subscribing to and tracking updates of a remote resource
  * Multiple handlers can be subscribed at the same time
  */
 export class EventSubscriber<E, S = null> {
+	/** Subscribers created on each connector, they share one connect and one close listener on it */
+	private static connectorSubscribers = new WeakMap<object, Set<EventSubscriber<any, any>>>();
+
+	/**
+	 * Pass connect and close events of a connector on to a subscriber
+	 * Uses one listener for all subscribers, so that plugins creating many subscribers do not go past the
+	 * listener limit set on the connector.
+	 * @param connector - connector of the link the subscriber was created on
+	 * @param subscriber - subscriber to pass the events to
+	 */
+	private static addConnectorSubscriber(
+		connector: WebSocketBaseConnector,
+		subscriber: EventSubscriber<any, any>,
+	) {
+		let subscribers = EventSubscriber.connectorSubscribers.get(connector);
+		if (!subscribers) {
+			const created = new Set<EventSubscriber<any, any>>();
+			EventSubscriber.connectorSubscribers.set(connector, created);
+			connector.on("connect", () => {
+				for (const entry of created) {
+					entry.handleConnectionEvent("connect");
+				}
+			});
+			connector.on("close", () => {
+				for (const entry of created) {
+					entry.handleConnectionEvent("close");
+				}
+			});
+			subscribers = created;
+		}
+		subscribers.add(subscriber);
+	}
+
 	/** The time at which an event was last received, is less than 0 when there have been no events */
 	lastUpdatedMs = -1;
 	/** True if this subscriber is currently synced with the source */
@@ -513,7 +516,7 @@ export class EventSubscriber<E, S = null> {
 	) {
 		control.handle(Event, this._handleEvent.bind(this));
 		// The events below exist only on websocket connectors, we can't early return because of test mocking
-		addConnectorSubscriber(control.connector as WebSocketBaseConnector, this);
+		EventSubscriber.addConnectorSubscriber(control.connector as WebSocketBaseConnector, this);
 		// Only the web Control reports account changes
 		const accountControl = control as Link & { onAccountUpdate?: (handler: () => void) => void };
 		if (typeof accountControl.onAccountUpdate === "function") {