diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/io/projectglow/Glow.scala b/core/src/main/scala/io/projectglow/Glow.scala
index f98645562..1cdcceebf 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/io/projectglow/Glow.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/io/projectglow/Glow.scala
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import io.projectglow.transformers.util.{SnakeCaseMap, StringUtils}
  * We should expose as little functionality as is necessary through this object and should prefer
  * generic methods with stringly-typed arguments to reduce language-specific maintenance burden.
  */
-object Glow {
+class Glow {
 
   /**
    * Apply a named transformation to a DataFrame of genomic data. All parameters apart from the
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ object Glow {
     .load(classOf[DataFrameTransformer])
 }
 
+object Glow extends Glow
+
 trait DataFrameTransformer extends Named {
   def transform(df: DataFrame, options: Map[String, String]): DataFrame
 }