diff --git a/diylc/diylc-core/lib/app-framework.jar b/diylc/diylc-core/lib/app-framework.jar
index 014a7e51..8b1974e9 100644
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diff --git a/diylc/diylc-core/src/org/diylc/presenter/update.xml b/diylc/diylc-core/src/org/diylc/presenter/update.xml
index 831d39b6..8a2d50e4 100644
--- a/diylc/diylc-core/src/org/diylc/presenter/update.xml
+++ b/diylc/diylc-core/src/org/diylc/presenter/update.xml
@@ -3361,6 +3361,10 @@
 				<org.diylc.appframework.update.Change>
 					<changeType>NEW_FEATURE</changeType>
 					<description>Added 'Font Size Override' property to most components that display text to allow control over font size</description>
+				</org.diylc.appframework.update.Change>
+				<org.diylc.appframework.update.Change>
+					<changeType>IMPROVEMENT</changeType>
+					<description>Technical change: replace mechanism for dynamic JAR loading to ensure compatibility with Java 11 and newer</description>
 				</org.diylc.appframework.update.Change>								
 			</changes>
 			<url>https://github.com/bancika/diy-layout-creator/releases</url>
diff --git a/diylc/diylc-library/lib/app-framework.jar b/diylc/diylc-library/lib/app-framework.jar
index 014a7e51..8b1974e9 100644
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diff --git a/diylc/diylc-library/lib/diylc-core.jar b/diylc/diylc-library/lib/diylc-core.jar
index 2833ea14..5d7e0976 100644
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diff --git a/diylc/diylc-swing/.classpath b/diylc/diylc-swing/.classpath
index c9ca94d3..eaf2020c 100644
--- a/diylc/diylc-swing/.classpath
+++ b/diylc/diylc-swing/.classpath
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/AppleJavaExtensions.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/orsonpdf-1.8.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/gestures-wrapper-0.2.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/jar-loader.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry combineaccessrules="false" kind="src" path="/diylc-core"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/xstream-1.4.3.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/java-http-proxy.jar"/>
diff --git a/diylc/diylc-swing/DIYLCStarter.launch b/diylc/diylc-swing/DIYLCStarter.launch
index 2aec2372..b0eed7ab 100644
--- a/diylc/diylc-swing/DIYLCStarter.launch
+++ b/diylc/diylc-swing/DIYLCStarter.launch
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.MAIN_TYPE" value="org.diylc.DIYLCStarter"/>
 <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.MODULE_NAME" value="diylc-swing"/>
 <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PROJECT_ATTR" value="diylc-swing"/>
-<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.VM_ARGUMENTS" value="-Xms512m -Xmx2048m -Dorg.diylc.storeDict=true -Dorg.diylc.enableTests=true -Dorg.diylc.scriptRun=true -Ddorg.diylc.debugContinuityAreas=true -Ddorg.diylc.debugComponentAreas=true -Ddorg.diylc.WriteStaticVariants=true -Dorg.diylc.WriteStaticBlocks=true"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.VM_ARGUMENTS" value="-Xms512m -Xmx2048m -javaagent:lib/jar-loader.jar -Dorg.diylc.storeDict=true -Dorg.diylc.enableTests=true -Dorg.diylc.scriptRun=true -Ddorg.diylc.debugContinuityAreas=true -Ddorg.diylc.debugComponentAreas=true -Ddorg.diylc.WriteStaticVariants=true -Dorg.diylc.WriteStaticBlocks=true"/>
 </launchConfiguration>
diff --git a/diylc/diylc-swing/build.xml b/diylc/diylc-swing/build.xml
index 52338685..b33b4120 100644
--- a/diylc/diylc-swing/build.xml
+++ b/diylc/diylc-swing/build.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<property name="jar.dir" value="${build.dir}/jar" />
 	<property name="report.dir" value="${build.dir}/junitreport" />
 	<property name="main.class" value="org.diylc.DIYLCStarter" />
-	<property name="diylc.version" value="4.12.0" />
+	<property name="diylc.version" value="4.13.0" />
 	
 	<property name="osx.jre8.path" value="jre\osx\jdk8u275-b01-jre\Contents\Home\" />
 
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
 			<classpath file="${jar.dir}\library\*.jar" />
 			<option value="-Xms512m" />
 			<option value="-Xmx2048m" />
+			<!--<option value="-javaagent:Contents/Java/jar-loader.jar" />-->
 			<option value="-Dorg.diylc.scriptRun=true" />
 			<option value="-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8" />
 			<option value="-Dcom.apple.macos.use-file-dialog-packages=true"/>
diff --git a/diylc/diylc-swing/diylc.exe b/diylc/diylc-swing/diylc.exe
index a05ea6b2..e56e5287 100644
Binary files a/diylc/diylc-swing/diylc.exe and b/diylc/diylc-swing/diylc.exe differ
diff --git a/diylc/diylc-swing/launch4j.xml b/diylc/diylc-swing/launch4j.xml
index 7f3980f4..ac225d0f 100644
--- a/diylc/diylc-swing/launch4j.xml
+++ b/diylc/diylc-swing/launch4j.xml
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@
     <maxHeapSize>1024</maxHeapSize>
     <opt>-Dorg.diylc.scriptRun=true</opt>
     <opt>-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8</opt>
+    <opt>-javaagent:lib/jar-loader.jar</opt>
   </jre>
 </launch4jConfig>
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diff --git a/diylc/diylc-swing/lib/app-framework.jar b/diylc/diylc-swing/lib/app-framework.jar
index 014a7e51..8b1974e9 100644
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diff --git a/diylc/diylc-swing/lib/diylc-core.jar b/diylc/diylc-swing/lib/diylc-core.jar
index 2833ea14..5d7e0976 100644
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diff --git a/diylc/diylc-swing/lib/jar-loader.jar b/diylc/diylc-swing/lib/jar-loader.jar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72e1e7ac
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diff --git a/diylc/diylc-swing/library/main.jar b/diylc/diylc-swing/library/main.jar
index add822c5..c420581c 100644
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diff --git a/diylc/diylc-swing/run.sh b/diylc/diylc-swing/run.sh
index e45938c3..1a5423dd 100644
--- a/diylc/diylc-swing/run.sh
+++ b/diylc/diylc-swing/run.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-java -Xms512m -Xmx2048m -Dorg.diylc.scriptRun=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -cp diylc.jar:lib org.diylc.DIYLCStarter
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+java -Xms512m -Xmx2048m -javaagent:lib/jar-loader.jar -Dorg.diylc.scriptRun=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -cp diylc.jar:lib org.diylc.DIYLCStarter
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