diff --git a/android/core/src/processing/core/PGraphicsAndroid2D.java b/android/core/src/processing/core/PGraphicsAndroid2D.java
index d1ebc4696..3c8f6d9cf 100644
--- a/android/core/src/processing/core/PGraphicsAndroid2D.java
+++ b/android/core/src/processing/core/PGraphicsAndroid2D.java
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ public class PGraphicsAndroid2D extends PGraphics {
     PShapeSVG svg = null;
 
     if (extension.equals("svg")) {
-      svg = new PShapeSVG(parent, filename);
+      svg = new PShapeSVG(parent.loadXML(filename));
 
     } else if (extension.equals("svgz")) {
       try {
diff --git a/android/core/src/processing/core/PShapeSVG.java b/android/core/src/processing/core/PShapeSVG.java
index 25f5dda4e..458464cc1 100644
--- a/android/core/src/processing/core/PShapeSVG.java
+++ b/android/core/src/processing/core/PShapeSVG.java
@@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ public class PShapeSVG extends PShape {
   String fillName;  // id of another object
 
 
-  /**
-   * Initializes a new SVG Object with the given filename.
-   */
-  public PShapeSVG(PApplet parent, String filename) {
-    // this will grab the root document, starting <svg ...>
-    // the xml version and initial comments are ignored
-    this(parent.loadXML(filename));
-  }
+//  /**
+//   * Initializes a new SVG Object with the given filename.
+//   */
+//  public PShapeSVG(PApplet parent, String filename) {
+//    // this will grab the root document, starting <svg ...>
+//    // the xml version and initial comments are ignored
+//    this(parent.loadXML(filename));
+//  }
 
 
   /**
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public class PShapeSVG extends PShape {
   }
 
 
-  public PShapeSVG(PShapeSVG parent, XML properties, boolean parseKids) {
+  protected PShapeSVG(PShapeSVG parent, XML properties, boolean parseKids) {
     // Need to set this so that findChild() works.
     // Otherwise 'parent' is null until addChild() is called later.
     this.parent = parent;
diff --git a/android/core/src/processing/opengl/PGraphics2D.java b/android/core/src/processing/opengl/PGraphics2D.java
index b77d6c21e..83aaa8ab9 100644
--- a/android/core/src/processing/opengl/PGraphics2D.java
+++ b/android/core/src/processing/opengl/PGraphics2D.java
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ public class PGraphics2D extends PGraphicsOpenGL {
     PShapeSVG svg = null;
 
     if (extension.equals("svg")) {
-      svg = new PShapeSVG(pg.parent, filename);
+      svg = new PShapeSVG(pg.parent.loadXML(filename));
 
     } else if (extension.equals("svgz")) {
       try {
diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index 7b0e7dffb..a35313cd4 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ _   and how it should be handled with hash/dict
 _   right now using hasKey().. in JSONObject
 
 
+_ add 'gz' as one of the loadXxx() options
+_   helps .svgz case from being weird, also generally dealing w/ compressed data
+
 _ image caches not being properly disposed (weak references broken?)
 _   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=1353