diff --git a/app/test/resources/bug281.expected b/app/test/resources/bug281.expected
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac422a4fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test/resources/bug281.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import processing.core.*; 
+import processing.xml.*; 
+
+import java.applet.*; 
+import java.awt.Dimension; 
+import java.awt.Frame; 
+import java.awt.event.MouseEvent; 
+import java.awt.event.KeyEvent; 
+import java.awt.event.FocusEvent; 
+import java.awt.Image; 
+import java.io.*; 
+import java.net.*; 
+import java.text.*; 
+import java.util.*; 
+import java.util.zip.*; 
+import java.util.regex.*; 
+
+public class bug281 extends PApplet {
+    public void setup() {
+if ( "monopoly".charAt( 3 ) == '(' )
+{
+	println("parcheesi");
+}
+    noLoop();
+} 
+    static public void main(String args[]) {
+        PApplet.main(new String[] { "--bgcolor=null", "bug281" });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/test/resources/bug281.pde b/app/test/resources/bug281.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dee32d1c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test/resources/bug281.pde
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+if ( "monopoly".charAt( 3 ) == '(' )
+{
+	println("parcheesi");
+}
diff --git a/app/test/resources/bug481.expected b/app/test/resources/bug481.expected
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7afb3728a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test/resources/bug481.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import processing.core.*; 
+import processing.xml.*; 
+
+import java.applet.*; 
+import java.awt.Dimension; 
+import java.awt.Frame; 
+import java.awt.event.MouseEvent; 
+import java.awt.event.KeyEvent; 
+import java.awt.event.FocusEvent; 
+import java.awt.Image; 
+import java.io.*; 
+import java.net.*; 
+import java.text.*; 
+import java.util.*; 
+import java.util.zip.*; 
+import java.util.regex.*; 
+
+public class bug481 extends PApplet {
+    public void setup() {
+Class[] abc = new Class[]{Applet.class};
+    noLoop();
+} 
+    static public void main(String args[]) {
+        PApplet.main(new String[] { "--bgcolor=null", "bug481" });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/test/resources/bug481.pde b/app/test/resources/bug481.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9aa594d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test/resources/bug481.pde
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Class[] abc = new Class[]{Applet.class};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/test/src/test/processing/parsing/ParserTests.java b/app/test/src/test/processing/parsing/ParserTests.java
index 65cfef8a4..9791b08c1 100644
--- a/app/test/src/test/processing/parsing/ParserTests.java
+++ b/app/test/src/test/processing/parsing/ParserTests.java
@@ -163,6 +163,16 @@ public class ParserTests {
       "Web colors must be exactly 6 hex digits. This looks like 5.", 4);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void bug281() {
+    expectGood("bug281");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void bug481() {
+    expectGood("bug481");
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void bug1511() {
     expectGood("bug1511");