diff --git a/svgreader/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/svgreader/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35f78d435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/svgreader/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#Sat Nov 11 10:35:15 EST 2006
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.1
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.unusedLocal=preserve
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.3
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.lineNumber=generate
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.localVariable=generate
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.sourceFile=generate
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=ignore
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=ignore
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.3
diff --git a/svgreader/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/svgreader/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03b94fb20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/svgreader/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#Sat Nov 11 10:35:15 EST 2006
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+internal.default.compliance=default
diff --git a/svgreader/src/processing/svg/reader/SVG.java b/svgreader/src/processing/svg/reader/SVG.java
index 8f9637a3d..1b0c57fe9 100755
--- a/svgreader/src/processing/svg/reader/SVG.java
+++ b/svgreader/src/processing/svg/reader/SVG.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class SVG {
         }
         */
         if (!document.getName().equals("svg")) {
-            System.err.println("root isn't svg, it's " + document.getName());
+            throw new RuntimeException("root isn't svg, it's " + document.getName());
         }
 
         width = document.getFloatAttribute("width");