diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 17cfda3..2e7f324 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
   <!-- builds our distribution files -->
   <target name="dist" depends="check-available,compile">
     <jar destfile="${deploy.dir}/${app.name}.jar" manifest="lib/manifest.mf"
-         basedir="${deploy.dir}/classes"/>
+         basedir="${deploy.dir}/classes" excludes="**/netscape/**"/>
   </target>
 
   <!-- optimizes, combines and removes dead code -->
diff --git a/src/java/netscape/javascript/JSException.java b/src/java/netscape/javascript/JSException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49b2d46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/netscape/javascript/JSException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package netscape.javascript;
+
+/**
+ * This just exists to compile against so that we don't have to link against plugin.jar
+ */
+public class JSException extends RuntimeException
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/java/netscape/javascript/JSObject.java b/src/java/netscape/javascript/JSObject.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3b5353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/netscape/javascript/JSObject.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package netscape.javascript;
+
+import java.applet.Applet;
+
+/**
+ * This just exists to compile against so that we don't have to link against plugin.jar
+ */
+public abstract class JSObject
+{
+    public abstract Object call (String func, Object[] args) throws JSException;
+    public abstract Object eval (String code) throws JSException;
+    public abstract Object getMember (String name) throws JSException;
+    public abstract void setMember (String name, Object value) throws JSException;
+    public abstract void removeMember (String name) throws JSException;
+    public abstract Object getSlot (int slot) throws JSException;
+    public abstract void setSlot (int slot, Object value) throws JSException;
+
+    public static JSObject getWindow (Applet applet)
+        throws JSException
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+}