diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/dagger/modules/DatabaseModule.java b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/dagger/modules/DatabaseModule.java
index 01ca3f7f7..8f2a91ef1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/dagger/modules/DatabaseModule.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/dagger/modules/DatabaseModule.java
@@ -93,6 +93,6 @@ public class DatabaseModule {
     @Provides
     @Singleton
     public TalkDatabase provideTalkDatabase(@NonNull final Context context) {
-        return TalkDatabase.Companion.getInstance(context);
+        return TalkDatabase.getInstance(context);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/data/source/local/TalkDatabase.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/data/source/local/TalkDatabase.kt
index c6da1d53c..5f854f38c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/data/source/local/TalkDatabase.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/data/source/local/TalkDatabase.kt
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ abstract class TalkDatabase : RoomDatabase() {
         @Volatile
         private var INSTANCE: TalkDatabase? = null
 
+        @JvmStatic
         fun getInstance(context: Context): TalkDatabase =
             INSTANCE ?: synchronized(this) {
                 INSTANCE ?: build(context).also { INSTANCE = it }