diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/HexView.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/HexView.java
index 5414231904..0f550423d7 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/HexView.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/HexView.java
@@ -155,18 +155,14 @@ final class HexView extends JPanel implements CaretListener {
         this._offsetView.setText(offsetSB.toString());
         this._hexView.setText(hexSB.toString());
         this._asciiView.setText(asciiSB.toString());
-
+        this._hexView.addCaretListener(this);
+        this._asciiView.addCaretListener(this);
         this._asciiView.setSelectedTextColor(this._asciiView.getForeground());
         this._hexView.setSelectedTextColor(this._asciiView.getForeground());
         this._highlightColor = this._hexView.getSelectionColor();
         this._highlighterPainter = new DefaultHighlighter.DefaultHighlightPainter(this._highlightColor);
     }
 
-    void addCaretListeners() {
-        this._hexView.addCaretListener(this);
-        this._asciiView.addCaretListener(this);
-    }
-
     /**
      * clearHighlight removes any colors applied to the text views.
      */
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejTreeValueView.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejTreeValueView.java
index 0512f57194..08634087e3 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejTreeValueView.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejTreeValueView.java
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ public final class RejTreeValueView extends RejTreeNodeView {
                 }
                 default: {
                     HexView hexView = new HexView(data.getAsRawData());
-                    hexView.addCaretListeners();
                     hexView.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(Bundle.RejTreeValueView_valueBorder_title()));
                     valueComponent = hexView;
                     break;
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejTreeView.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejTreeView.java
index 2da3a7034b..3131c7e66a 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejTreeView.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejTreeView.java
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ final class RejTreeView extends JScrollPane implements TreeExpansionListener, Tr
         this._tree_model.setAsksAllowsChildren(true);
 
         this._tree = new JTree(this._tree_model);
-
+        this._tree.addTreeExpansionListener(this);
+        this._tree.addTreeSelectionListener(this);
         // here's a bit of a hack to force the children to be loaded and shown
         this._tree.collapsePath(new TreePath(rootNode.getPath()));
         this._tree.expandPath(new TreePath(rootNode.getPath()));
@@ -72,11 +73,6 @@ final class RejTreeView extends JScrollPane implements TreeExpansionListener, Tr
         setPreferredSize(new Dimension(250, 400));
     }
 
-    void addTreeListeners() {
-        this._tree.addTreeExpansionListener(this);
-        this._tree.addTreeSelectionListener(this);
-    }
-
     /**
      * getTreeNode creates a TreeNode from a RejTreeNode, settings the
      * appropriate fields.
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejView.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejView.java
index ce72bffb7a..490efc1873 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejView.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejView.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ public final class RejView extends JPanel implements RejTreeNodeSelectionListene
         this._hive = hive;
         // have to do these cause they're final
         this._tree_view = new RejTreeView(this._hive);
-        this._tree_view.addTreeListeners();
         this._splitPane = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.HORIZONTAL_SPLIT,
                 this._tree_view, new JPanel());
         this.setupUI();
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ public final class RejView extends JPanel implements RejTreeNodeSelectionListene
 
         // have to do these cause they're final
         this._tree_view = new RejTreeView(this._hive);
-        this._tree_view.addTreeListeners();
         this._splitPane = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.HORIZONTAL_SPLIT,
                 this._tree_view, new JPanel());
         this.setupUI();