diff --git a/RNFirebase.podspec b/RNFirebase.podspec
index 768997b6..6124e875 100644
--- a/RNFirebase.podspec
+++ b/RNFirebase.podspec
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'json'
-
 package = JSON.parse(File.read('package.json'))
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.license             = package['license']
   s.author              = "Mike Diarmid"
   s.source              = { :git => "https://github.com/invertase/react-native-firebase.git", :tag => "v#{s.version}" }
-  s.social_media_url    = 'http://twitter.com/invertaseio'
+  s.social_media_url    = 'http://twitter.com/mikediarmid'
   s.platform            = :ios, "8.0"
   s.header_dir          = 'ios/RNFirebase'
   s.preserve_paths      = 'README.md', 'package.json', '*.js'
diff --git a/lib/modules/database/snapshot.js b/lib/modules/database/snapshot.js
index ee0df7af..d81ae220 100644
--- a/lib/modules/database/snapshot.js
+++ b/lib/modules/database/snapshot.js
@@ -8,25 +8,21 @@ import { isObject, deepGet, deepExists } from './../../utils';
  * @link https://firebase.google.com/docs/reference/js/firebase.database.DataSnapshot
  */
 export default class Snapshot {
-  static key: String;
-  static value: Object;
-  static exists: boolean;
-  static hasChildren: boolean;
-  static childKeys: String[];
-
   ref: Object;
   key: string;
-  value: any;
-  exists: boolean;
-  priority: any;
-  childKeys: Array<string>;
+
+  _value: any;
+  _priority: any;
+  _childKeys: Array<string>;
 
   constructor(ref: Reference, snapshot: Object) {
     this.ref = ref;
     this.key = snapshot.key;
-    this.value = snapshot.value;
-    this.priority = snapshot.priority === undefined ? null : snapshot.priority;
-    this.childKeys = snapshot.childKeys || [];
+
+    // internal use only
+    this._value = snapshot.value;
+    this._priority = snapshot.priority === undefined ? null : snapshot.priority;
+    this._childKeys = snapshot.childKeys || [];
   }
 
   /**
@@ -35,9 +31,9 @@ export default class Snapshot {
    * @returns {any}
    */
   val(): any {
-    // clone via JSON stringify/parse - prevent modification of this.value
-    if (isObject(this.value) || Array.isArray(this.value)) return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.value));
-    return this.value;
+    // clone via JSON stringify/parse - prevent modification of this._value
+    if (isObject(this._value) || Array.isArray(this._value)) return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this._value));
+    return this._value;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -47,7 +43,7 @@ export default class Snapshot {
    * @returns {Snapshot}
    */
   child(path: string): Snapshot {
-    const value = deepGet(this.value, path);
+    const value = deepGet(this._value, path);
     const childRef = this.ref.child(path);
     return new Snapshot(childRef, {
       value,
@@ -67,7 +63,7 @@ export default class Snapshot {
    * @returns {boolean}
    */
   exists(): Boolean {
-    return this.value !== null;
+    return this._value !== null;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -76,11 +72,11 @@ export default class Snapshot {
    * @param action
    */
   forEach(action: (key: any) => any): Boolean {
-    if (!this.childKeys.length) return false;
+    if (!this._childKeys.length) return false;
     let cancelled = false;
 
-    for (let i = 0, len = this.childKeys.length; i < len; i++) {
-      const key = this.childKeys[i];
+    for (let i = 0, len = this._childKeys.length; i < len; i++) {
+      const key = this._childKeys[i];
       const childSnapshot = this.child(key);
       const returnValue = action(childSnapshot);
 
@@ -99,7 +95,7 @@ export default class Snapshot {
    * @returns {String|Number|null}
    */
   getPriority(): String|Number|null {
-    return this.priority;
+    return this._priority;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -109,7 +105,7 @@ export default class Snapshot {
    * @returns {Boolean}
    */
   hasChild(path: string): Boolean {
-    return deepExists(this.value, path);
+    return deepExists(this._value, path);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -127,8 +123,8 @@ export default class Snapshot {
    * @returns {Number}
    */
   numChildren(): Number {
-    if (!isObject(this.value)) return 0;
-    return Object.keys(this.value).length;
+    if (!isObject(this._value)) return 0;
+    return Object.keys(this._value).length;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ead99865..45204b41 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-native-firebase",
-  "version": "1.0.0-alpha",
+  "version": "1.0.0-alpha1",
   "author": "Invertase <contact@invertase.io> (http://invertase.io)",
   "description": "A react native firebase library supporting both android and ios native firebase SDK's",
   "main": "index",