diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c5e82d7..d5bb1e2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-bin
\ No newline at end of file
+bin
+dist
+classes
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 5bdf024..20e19a9 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 	<target name="compile" depends="copy-resources">
 		<!-- Compile the java code from ${src} into ${build} -->
-		<javac srcdir="${src}" destdir="${build}" classpathref="build.classpath" debug="true" source="1.6" target="1.6"/>
+		<javac srcdir="${src}" destdir="${build}" classpathref="build.classpath" debug="true" source="1.8" target="1.8"/>
 	</target>
 	
 	  <target name="compile-test" depends="compile">