diff --git a/build/macosx/make.sh b/build/macosx/make.sh
index 08dc47e8c..43f4d7e5f 100755
--- a/build/macosx/make.sh
+++ b/build/macosx/make.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ cd bagel
 MACOSX_CLASSPATH=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Classes/classes.jar:/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Classes/ui.jar:/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Home/lib/ext/comm.jar:/System/Library/Java/Extensions/QTJava.zip
 
 CLASSPATH=$MACOSX_CLASSPATH
+export CLASSPATH
 
 ### --- make version with all the goodies for the application
 echo Building bagel with serial, video, and audio support
diff --git a/build/macosx/run.sh b/build/macosx/run.sh
index b4bdc325a..505ba4dfc 100755
--- a/build/macosx/run.sh
+++ b/build/macosx/run.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 # -Dcom.apple.hwaccel=false 
 
 CLASSPATH=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Classes/classes.jar:/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Classes/ui.jar:/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Home/lib/ext/comm.jar:/System/Library/Java/Extensions/QTJava.zip:lib:lib/build:lib/pde.jar:lib/kjc.jar:lib/oro.jar:../comm.jar
+export CLASSPATH
 
 cd work && java PdeBase
diff --git a/build/macosx/run13.sh b/build/macosx/run13.sh
index 01d8a30b9..863c1fe1f 100755
--- a/build/macosx/run13.sh
+++ b/build/macosx/run13.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 CLASSPATH=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.3.1/Classes/classes.jar:/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.3.1/Classes/ui.jar:/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.3.1/Home/lib/ext/comm.jar:/System/Library/Java/Extensions/QTJava.zip:lib:lib/build:lib/pde.jar:lib/kjc.jar:lib/oro.jar:../comm.jar
+export CLASSPATH
 
-cd work && /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.3.1/Commands/java -cp $CLASSPATH PdeBase
+cd work && /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.3.1/Commands/java PdeBase
 
 # -Dcom.apple.hwaccel=false 
 #cd work && java -cp lib:lib/build:lib/pde.jar:lib/kjc.jar:lib/oro.jar:../comm.jar PdeBase
diff --git a/build/macosx/run14.sh b/build/macosx/run14.sh
index 6e5949d1d..c3924d7a3 100755
--- a/build/macosx/run14.sh
+++ b/build/macosx/run14.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 CLASSPATH=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4/Classes/classes.jar:/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4/Classes/ui.jar:/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4/Home/lib/ext/comm.jar:/System/Library/Java/Extensions/QTJava.zip:lib:lib/build:lib/pde.jar:lib/kjc.jar:lib/oro.jar:../comm.jar
+export CLASSPATH
 
-cd work && /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4/Commands/java -cp $CLASSPATH PdeBase
+cd work && /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4/Commands/java PdeBase