diff --git a/build/jre/.classpath b/build/jre/.classpath
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c80e3eaa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/jre/.classpath
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="/processing-app/lib/ant.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
+</classpath>
diff --git a/build/jre/.gitignore b/build/jre/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..565cb8b0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/jre/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bin
+downloader.jar
+
diff --git a/build/jre/.project b/build/jre/.project
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cf0eb57e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/jre/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>processing-jre</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/build/jre/build.xml b/build/jre/build.xml
index a4bd87699..afbf0cace 100644
--- a/build/jre/build.xml
+++ b/build/jre/build.xml
@@ -1,31 +1,36 @@
-<project name="methods" default="task-lib">
+<project name="downloader" default="dist">
 
   <target name="compile">
     <mkdir dir="bin" />
 
-    <javac target="1.7" 
-	   srcdir="src" destdir="bin" 
+    <javac source="1.7"
+           target="1.7" 
+	   srcdir="src" 
+           destdir="bin" 
 	   debug="true" 
 	   includeantruntime="true"
 	   nowarn="true"
 	   compiler="org.eclipse.jdt.core.JDTCompilerAdapter">
-      <compilerclasspath path="../../java/mode/ecj.jar" />
+      <compilerclasspath path="../../java/mode/org.eclipse.jdt.core.jar; 
+                               ../../java/mode/jdtCompilerAdapter.jar" />
     </javac>
   </target>
   
-  <target name="task-lib" depends="compile">
+  <target name="dist" depends="compile">
     <jar basedir="bin" destfile="downloader.jar" />
   </target>
   
-  <target name="demo">
+  <target name="demo" depends="dist">
     <taskdef name="downloader" 
 	     classname="Downloader"
 	     classpath="downloader.jar" />
-    <preproc dir="demo"/>
+    <downloader version="8" update="31" build="13" 
+                jdk="true" flavor="macosx-x64.dmg" />
   </target>
   
   <target name="clean">
     <delete dir="bin" />
     <delete file="downloader.jar" />
   </target>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/build/jre/src/Downloader.java b/build/jre/src/Downloader.java
index e21dd49a5..39ced6ff4 100644
--- a/build/jre/src/Downloader.java
+++ b/build/jre/src/Downloader.java
@@ -14,14 +14,19 @@ public class Downloader extends Task {
     "gpw_e24=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oracle.com%2F; " +
     "oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie";
 
-  private int version;
-  private int update;
-  private int build;
+  private int version;  // Java 8
+  private int update;   // Update 31
+  private int build;    // Build 13
 
-  private boolean jdk;
+  private boolean jdk;  // false if JRE
 
-  private File baseDir;
-  private boolean includeRecorder;
+//  private String platform;  // macosx, windows, linux
+//  private String bits;  // i586 or x64
+  private String flavor;
+  
+  private String path;  // target path
+//  private File baseDir;
+//  private boolean includeRecorder;
 
 
   public Downloader() { }
@@ -45,13 +50,50 @@ public class Downloader extends Task {
   public void setJDK(boolean jdk) {
     this.jdk = jdk;
   }
+  
+  
+//  public void setPlatform(String platform) {
+//    this.platform = platform;
+//  }
+  
+  
+//  public void setBits(String bits) {
+//    this.bits = bits;
+//  }
+  
+  public void setFlavor(String flavor) {
+    this.flavor = flavor;
+  }
+  
+  
+  public void setPath(String path) {
+    this.path = path;
+  }
 
 
   public void execute() throws BuildException {
     //if (baseDir == null) {
     //  throw new BuildException("dir parameter must be set!");
     //}
+    
+    if (version == 0) {
+      throw new BuildException("version (i.e. 7 or 8) must be set");
+    }
+    
+    if (build == 0) {
+      throw new BuildException("build number must be set");
+    }
+    
+    if (flavor == null) {
+      throw new BuildException("you've gotta choose a flavor (macosx-x64.dmg, windows-x64.exe...");
+    }
+//    if (bits == null) {
+//      throw new BuildException("bits must be set (x64 or i586)");
+//    }
 
+    //download(path, jdk, platform, bits, version, update, build);
+    download();
+    
     /*
     downloadJRE("linux-i586.tar.gz");
     downloadJRE("linux-x64.tar.gz");
@@ -71,16 +113,20 @@ public class Downloader extends Task {
   }
 
 
-  static void download(File folder, String filename,
-                       boolean jre, String platform,
-                       int version, int update, int build) {
+//  static void download(String path, //File folder, String filename,
+//                       boolean jdk, String platform, String bits,
+//                       int version, int update, int build) {
+  void download() {
     //HttpURLConnection.setFollowRedirects(true);
-    if (filename == null) {
-      filename = (jre ? "jre" : "jdk") +
+    String filename = (jdk ? "jdk" : "jre") +
       (update == 0 ?
-       String.format("-%d-%s", version, platform) :
-       String.format("-%du%d-%s", version, update, platform));
+       String.format("-%d-%s", version, flavor) :
+       String.format("-%du%d-%s", version, update, flavor));
+    
+    if (path == null) {
+      path = filename;  //System.getProperty("user.dir");
     }
+
     //String url = "http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/" +
     // https://edelivery.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u45-b18/jre-7u45-linux-i586.tar.gz
     String url = "https://edelivery.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/" +
@@ -119,7 +165,7 @@ public class Downloader extends Task {
       if (conn.getResponseCode() == 200) {
         InputStream input = conn.getInputStream();
         BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(input);
-        File outputFile = new File(folder, filename);
+        File outputFile = new File(path); //folder, filename);
         BufferedOutputStream output =
           new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(outputFile));
         int c = bis.read();