diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
index cb6690ab1..4ae9eb5d9 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class Base {
   /** Set true if this a proper release rather than a numbered revision. */
 
   /** True if heavy debugging error/log messages are enabled */
-  static public boolean DEBUG = false;
+  static public boolean DEBUG = !false;
 //  static public boolean DEBUG = true;
 
   static private boolean commandLine;
diff --git a/java/src/processing/mode/java/pdex/ASTGenerator.java b/java/src/processing/mode/java/pdex/ASTGenerator.java
index 9d476ffd5..f734faf65 100644
--- a/java/src/processing/mode/java/pdex/ASTGenerator.java
+++ b/java/src/processing/mode/java/pdex/ASTGenerator.java
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ public class ASTGenerator {
 
       Map<String, String> options = JavaCore.getOptions();
 
-      JavaCore.setComplianceOptions(JavaCore.VERSION_1_6, options);
-      options.put(JavaCore.COMPILER_SOURCE, JavaCore.VERSION_1_6);
+      JavaCore.setComplianceOptions(JavaCore.VERSION_1_8, options);
+      options.put(JavaCore.COMPILER_SOURCE, JavaCore.VERSION_1_8);
       parser.setCompilerOptions(options);
       compilationUnit = (CompilationUnit) parser.createAST(null);
     } else {
diff --git a/java/src/processing/mode/java/pdex/ErrorCheckerService.java b/java/src/processing/mode/java/pdex/ErrorCheckerService.java
index 5fba371b6..0c15cf869 100644
--- a/java/src/processing/mode/java/pdex/ErrorCheckerService.java
+++ b/java/src/processing/mode/java/pdex/ErrorCheckerService.java
@@ -536,8 +536,8 @@ public class ErrorCheckerService implements Runnable {
 
     Map<String, String> options = JavaCore.getOptions();
 
-    JavaCore.setComplianceOptions(JavaCore.VERSION_1_6, options);
-    options.put(JavaCore.COMPILER_SOURCE, JavaCore.VERSION_1_6);
+    JavaCore.setComplianceOptions(JavaCore.VERSION_1_8, options);
+    options.put(JavaCore.COMPILER_SOURCE, JavaCore.VERSION_1_8);
     options.put(JavaCore.COMPILER_DOC_COMMENT_SUPPORT, JavaCore.ENABLED);
     parser.setCompilerOptions(options);
 
@@ -593,8 +593,8 @@ public class ErrorCheckerService implements Runnable {
 
     Map<String, String> options = JavaCore.getOptions();
 
-    JavaCore.setComplianceOptions(JavaCore.VERSION_1_6, options);
-    options.put(JavaCore.COMPILER_SOURCE, JavaCore.VERSION_1_6);
+    JavaCore.setComplianceOptions(JavaCore.VERSION_1_8, options);
+    options.put(JavaCore.COMPILER_SOURCE, JavaCore.VERSION_1_8);
     options.put(JavaCore.COMPILER_DOC_COMMENT_SUPPORT, JavaCore.ENABLED);
     parser.setCompilerOptions(options);