diff --git a/luaj-jse/pom.xml b/luaj-jse/pom.xml
index cba44a6a..64cb4f72 100644
--- a/luaj-jse/pom.xml
+++ b/luaj-jse/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,38 @@
 
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.5.0</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>shade</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<!-- Don’t generate a dependency-reduced-pom (avoids messing up parent pom) -->
+							<createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
+							<relocations>
+								<!-- Optional: relocate luaj-core to avoid conflicts -->
+								<!--
+                                <relocation>
+                                    <pattern>org.luaj.vm2</pattern>
+                                    <shadedPattern>my.shaded.org.luaj.vm2</shadedPattern>
+                                </relocation>
+                                -->
+							</relocations>
+							<transformers>
+								<!-- Fix MANIFEST.MF so you can run with java -jar -->
+								<transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+									<mainClass>org.luaj.vm2.Lua</mainClass>
+								</transformer>
+							</transformers>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>com.helger.maven</groupId>
 				<artifactId>ph-javacc-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -71,7 +103,15 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>9</source>
+                    <target>9</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
 	</build>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/luaj-jse/src/main/java/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/JavaMethod.java b/luaj-jse/src/main/java/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/JavaMethod.java
index 2beb04e0..302a8a2c 100644
--- a/luaj-jse/src/main/java/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/JavaMethod.java
+++ b/luaj-jse/src/main/java/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/JavaMethod.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 ******************************************************************************/
 package org.luaj.vm2.lib.jse;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.InaccessibleObjectException;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -60,13 +61,15 @@ static LuaFunction forMethods(JavaMethod[] m) {
 
 	final Method method;
 
+	private final boolean test = false;
+
 	private JavaMethod(Method m) {
 		super(m.getParameterTypes(), m.getModifiers());
 		this.method = m;
 		try {
 			if (!m.isAccessible())
 				m.setAccessible(true);
-		} catch (SecurityException s) {
+		} catch (SecurityException | InaccessibleObjectException ignored) {
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/luaj-jse/src/main/java/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/LuajavaLib.java b/luaj-jse/src/main/java/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/LuajavaLib.java
index b7c0261b..0c936c1c 100644
--- a/luaj-jse/src/main/java/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/LuajavaLib.java
+++ b/luaj-jse/src/main/java/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/LuajavaLib.java
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ public class LuajavaLib extends VarArgFunction {
 
 	static final int METHOD_MODIFIERS_VARARGS = 0x80;
 
+	private ClassLoader classloader;
+
+	public LuajavaLib(final ClassLoader classloader) {
+		this.classloader = classloader;
+	}
+
 	public LuajavaLib() {
 	}
 
@@ -151,7 +157,7 @@ public Varargs invoke(Varargs args) {
 				InvocationHandler handler = new ProxyInvocationHandler(lobj);
 
 				// create the proxy object
-				Object proxy = Proxy.newProxyInstance(getClass().getClassLoader(), ifaces, handler);
+				Object proxy = Proxy.newProxyInstance(this.classloader == null ? getClass().getClassLoader() : this.classloader, ifaces, handler);
 
 				// return the proxy
 				return LuaValue.userdataOf(proxy);
@@ -183,7 +189,11 @@ public Varargs invoke(Varargs args) {
 
 	// load classes using app loader to allow luaj to be used as an extension
 	protected Class classForName(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
-		return Class.forName(name, true, ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader());
+		return Class.forName(name, true, this.classloader == null ? getClass().getClassLoader() : this.classloader);
+	}
+
+	public void setClassloader(final ClassLoader classloader) {
+		this.classloader = classloader;
 	}
 
 	private static final class ProxyInvocationHandler implements InvocationHandler {