diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
index 2d51ec2bf..7d4d8aa46 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class Base {
     Collections.synchronizedList(new ArrayList<Editor>());
   protected Editor activeEditor;
   /** A lone file menu to be used when all sketch windows are closed. */
-  static public JMenu defaultFileMenu;
+  protected JMenu defaultFileMenu;
 
   /**
    * Starts with the last mode used with the environment,
@@ -437,6 +437,49 @@ public class Base {
   // . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 
 
+  /**
+   * Limited file menu to be used on OS X when no sketches are open.
+   */
+  public JMenu initDefaultFileMenu() {
+    defaultFileMenu = new JMenu(Language.text("menu.file"));
+
+    JMenuItem item = Toolkit.newJMenuItem(Language.text("menu.file.new"), 'N');
+    item.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
+        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
+          handleNew();
+        }
+      });
+    defaultFileMenu.add(item);
+
+    item = Toolkit.newJMenuItem(Language.text("menu.file.open"), 'O');
+    item.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
+        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
+          handleOpenPrompt();
+        }
+      });
+    defaultFileMenu.add(item);
+
+    item = Toolkit.newJMenuItemShift(Language.text("menu.file.sketchbook"), 'K');
+    item.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
+      @Override
+      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
+        getNextMode().showSketchbookFrame();
+      }
+    });
+    defaultFileMenu.add(item);
+
+    item = Toolkit.newJMenuItemShift(Language.text("menu.file.examples"), 'O');
+    item.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
+      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
+        thinkDifferentExamples();
+      }
+    });
+    defaultFileMenu.add(item);
+
+    return defaultFileMenu;
+  }
+
+
   void buildCoreModes() {
     Mode javaMode =
       ModeContribution.load(this, Platform.getContentFile("modes/java"),
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/platform/ThinkDifferent.java b/app/src/processing/app/platform/ThinkDifferent.java
index 90333835c..a74a2dd84 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/platform/ThinkDifferent.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/platform/ThinkDifferent.java
@@ -23,18 +23,13 @@
 package processing.app.platform;
 
 import java.awt.Desktop;
-import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
-import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
 import java.io.File;
 
 import javax.swing.JMenu;
 import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
-import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
 
 import processing.app.Base;
-import processing.app.Language;
 import processing.app.ui.About;
-import processing.app.ui.Toolkit;
 
 
 /**
@@ -88,54 +83,8 @@ public class ThinkDifferent {
 
     // Set the menu bar to be used when nothing else is open.
     JMenuBar defaultMenuBar = new JMenuBar();
-    JMenu fileMenu = buildFileMenu(base);
+    JMenu fileMenu = base.initDefaultFileMenu();
     defaultMenuBar.add(fileMenu);
-    // This is kind of a gross way to do this, but the alternatives? Hrm.
-    Base.defaultFileMenu = fileMenu;
     desktop.setDefaultMenuBar(defaultMenuBar);
   }
-
-
-  /**
-   * Gimpy file menu to be used on OS X when no sketches are open.
-   */
-  static protected JMenu buildFileMenu(final Base base) {
-    JMenuItem item;
-    JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu(Language.text("menu.file"));
-
-    item = Toolkit.newJMenuItem(Language.text("menu.file.new"), 'N');
-    item.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
-        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
-          base.handleNew();
-        }
-      });
-    fileMenu.add(item);
-
-    item = Toolkit.newJMenuItem(Language.text("menu.file.open"), 'O');
-    item.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
-        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
-          base.handleOpenPrompt();
-        }
-      });
-    fileMenu.add(item);
-
-    item = Toolkit.newJMenuItemShift(Language.text("menu.file.sketchbook"), 'K');
-    item.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
-      @Override
-      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
-        base.getNextMode().showSketchbookFrame();
-      }
-    });
-    fileMenu.add(item);
-
-    item = Toolkit.newJMenuItemShift(Language.text("menu.file.examples"), 'O');
-    item.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
-      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
-        base.thinkDifferentExamples();
-      }
-    });
-    fileMenu.add(item);
-
-    return fileMenu;
-  }
 }