diff --git a/core/PApplet.java b/core/PApplet.java
index 982d63842..307487d3f 100644
--- a/core/PApplet.java
+++ b/core/PApplet.java
@@ -457,7 +457,8 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
 
 
   public void draw() {
-    finished = true;  // if no draw method, then...
+    // if no draw method, then shut things down
+    finished = true;
   }
 
 
@@ -465,7 +466,9 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
     if (!looping) {
       redraw = true;
       if (thread != null) {
-        //thread.interrupt();  // wake from sleep
+        // wake from sleep (necessary otherwise it'll be
+        // up to 10 seconds before update)
+        thread.interrupt();
       }
     }
   }
@@ -475,7 +478,9 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
     if (!looping) {
       looping = true;
       if (thread != null) {
-        //thread.interrupt();  // wake from sleep
+        // wake from sleep (necessary otherwise it'll be
+        // up to 10 seconds before update)
+        thread.interrupt();
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index 7ff605c9e..1f9293db3 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ X   lines also getting vertically smashed together
 X   make a note of the change to font.width()
 X backwards rects and backwards ellipses weren't properly drawn
 X   code now compensates for negative widths or swapped x1/x2
+X fix noLoop() not properly running
+X also fix redraw() to include interrupt() again
 
 X made loadStrings() and openStream(File) static again
 _   fix other stuff that's supposed to be static