diff --git a/app/models/content_instance.rb b/app/models/content_instance.rb
index fd725dc9..fc6dde05 100644
--- a/app/models/content_instance.rb
+++ b/app/models/content_instance.rb
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ class ContentInstance
     Locomotive::Liquid::Drops::Content.new(self)
   end
 
+  def highlighted_field_value
+    self.send(self.content_type.highlighted_field._name)
+  end
+
   protected
 
   def set_slug
@@ -84,10 +88,6 @@ class ContentInstance
     end
   end
 
-  def highlighted_field_value
-    self.send(self.content_type.highlighted_field._name)
-  end
-
   def highlighted_field_alias
     self.content_type.highlighted_field._alias.to_sym
   end