diff --git a/app/PdePreprocessor.java b/app/PdePreprocessor.java
index c2602abca..289102c90 100644
--- a/app/PdePreprocessor.java
+++ b/app/PdePreprocessor.java
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ public class PdePreprocessor {
    * @return the classname of the exported Java
    */
   public String write(String program, String buildPath,
-                      String name, String imports[],
-                      int javaVersion) throws java.lang.Exception {
+                      String name, String imports[]) throws java.lang.Exception {
     this.programReader = new StringReader(program);
     this.buildPath = buildPath;
 
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ public class PdePreprocessor {
     PrintStream stream = new PrintStream(
       new FileOutputStream(buildPath + File.separator + name + ".java"));
 
-    writeHeader(stream, imports, javaVersion, name);
+    writeHeader(stream, imports, name);
 
     emitter.setOut(stream);
     emitter.print(rootNode);
@@ -172,6 +171,7 @@ public class PdePreprocessor {
     return name;
   }
 
+
   /**
    * Write any required header material (eg imports, class decl stuff)
    * 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public class PdePreprocessor {
    * @param name                Name of the class being created.
    */
   void writeHeader(PrintStream out, String imports[], 
-                   int javaVersion, String className) {
+                   String className) {
 
     // emit emports that are needed for classes from the code folder
     if (imports != null) {
@@ -191,7 +191,13 @@ public class PdePreprocessor {
 
     // emit standard imports (read from pde.properties)
     // for each language level that's being used.
-    for (int i = 0; i < javaVersion; i++) {
+    String jdkVersionStr = PdePreferences.get("compiler.jdk_version");
+
+    int jdkVersion = JDK11;  // default
+    if (jdkVersionStr.equals("1.3")) { jdkVersion = JDK13 };
+    if (jdkVersionStr.equals("1.4")) { jdkVersion = JDK14 };
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < jdkVersion; i++) {
       for (int j = 0; j < defaultImports[i].length; j++) {
         out.print("import " + defaultImports[i][j] + ".*; ");        
       }
diff --git a/app/PdeSketch.java b/app/PdeSketch.java
index 77c39ce61..b844d22d1 100644
--- a/app/PdeSketch.java
+++ b/app/PdeSketch.java
@@ -470,11 +470,10 @@ public class Sketch {
   public String getMainFilePath() {
     return files[0].getAbsolutePath();
   }
-  }
 
 
   class Code {
-    String name;
+    String name;  // pretty name (no extension), not the full file name
     File file;
     int flavor;
 
diff --git a/build/shared/lib/pde.properties b/build/shared/lib/pde.properties
index c018dcf35..4b5193d9d 100644
--- a/build/shared/lib/pde.properties
+++ b/build/shared/lib/pde.properties
@@ -181,3 +181,15 @@ compiler.substitute_font = false
 # writes out the parse tree as parseTree.xml, which can be usefully
 # viewed in (at least) Mozilla or IE.  useful when debugging the preprocessor.
 compiler.output_parse_tree = false
+
+# jdk version to use.. 
+compiler.jdk_version = 1.1
+
+# base imports to include for java 1.1 (or higher)
+compiler.imports.jdk11 = java.applet,java.awt,java.awt.image,java.awt.event,java.io,java.net,java.text,java.util,java.util.zip,netscape.javascript
+
+# additional imports when exporting to java 1.3 or higher
+compiler.imports.jdk13 = javax.sound.midi,javax.sound.midi.spi,javax.sound.sampled,javax.sound.sampled.spi
+
+# additional imports when exporting to java 1.4 or higher
+compiler.imports.jdk14 = javax.xml.parsers,javax.xml.transform,javax.xml.transform.dom,javax.xml.transform.sax,javax.xml.transform.stream,org.xml.sax,org.xml.sax.ext,org.xml.sax.helpers
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 932633f15..6f53e427e 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ X why won't loop() go bold? -> java 1.4 problem on the mac
 X   test what it does on the pc
 X   seems to be a mac-specific problem (probably because of monaco)
 X removed kjc classes
+X addition to pde.properties to list the imports for various jdk versions
+X set jdk version for export inside pde.properties
 
 goodbye macos9
 X posted to message board about it going away