diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 395dbde0..753d0007 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -13,15 +13,11 @@
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry including="**/*.java" kind="src" path="src/main/resources"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/J2SE-1.5">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.6"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index abec6ca3..107056a3 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.5
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.5
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.6
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.unusedLocal=preserve
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.6
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.lineNumber=generate
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.localVariable=generate
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.sourceFile=generate
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.5
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.6
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
index 0d7f4b0e..65c94b9a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import com.rarchives.ripme.utils.Utils;
 
 public abstract class AbstractRipper 
                 extends Observable
-                implements RipperInterface {
+                implements RipperInterface, Runnable {
 
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(AbstractRipper.class);
 
@@ -221,4 +221,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractRipper
         }
     }
 
+    public void run() {
+        try {
+            rip();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            logger.error("Got exception while running ripper:", e);
+        }
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java
index 1088e656..ab0edfca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ public class MainWindow implements Runnable {
                 URL url = new URL(ripTextfield.getText());
                 AbstractRipper ripper = AbstractRipper.getRipper(url);
                 ripper.setObserver(new RipStatusHandler());
-                ripper.rip();
+                Thread t = new Thread(ripper);
+                t.start();
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 status("Error: " + e.getMessage());
                 return;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/RipStatusMessage.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/RipStatusMessage.java
index 3158b6eb..340a391a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/RipStatusMessage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/RipStatusMessage.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ public class RipStatusMessage {
     public enum STATUS {
         LOADING_RESOURCE("Loading Resource"),
         DOWNLOAD_STARTED("Download Started"),
-        DOWNLOAD_COMPLETE("Download Domplete"),
+        DOWNLOAD_COMPLETE("Download Complete"),
         DOWNLOAD_ERRORED("Download Errored"),
         RIP_COMPLETE("Rip Complete");