diff --git a/app/PdePreprocessor.java b/app/PdePreprocessor.java
index a79d23499..0ee8e8b0e 100644
--- a/app/PdePreprocessor.java
+++ b/app/PdePreprocessor.java
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ public class PdePreprocessor {
   static final int INTERMEDIATE = 1;
   static final int ADVANCED     = 2;
 
+  static int programType = -1;
+
   String tempClass;
   String tempFilename;
   String tempClassFilename;
@@ -130,7 +132,13 @@ public class PdePreprocessor {
 
     // start parsing at the compilationUnit non-terminal
     //
-    parser.pdeProgram();
+    try {
+      parser.pdeProgram();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      System.err.println("exception: " + e);
+    }
+
+    System.err.println("programType = " + programType);
 
     // get ready to traverse the AST
     //