diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
index e8715dbb5..9c661973e 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ import static processing.app.I18n._;
  * files and images, etc) that comes from that.
  */
 public class Base {
-  public static final int REVISION = 158;
+  public static final int REVISION = BaseNoGui.REVISION;
   /** This might be replaced by main() if there's a lib/version.txt file. */
-  static String VERSION_NAME = "0158";
+  static String VERSION_NAME = BaseNoGui.VERSION_NAME;
   /** Set true if this a proper release rather than a numbered revision. */
-  static public boolean RELEASE = false;
+  static public boolean RELEASE = BaseNoGui.RELEASE;
 
   static Platform platform;
 
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/BaseNoGui.java b/app/src/processing/app/BaseNoGui.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0574f6bfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/BaseNoGui.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package processing.app;
+
+public class BaseNoGui {
+
+  public static final int REVISION = 158;
+  /** This might be replaced by main() if there's a lib/version.txt file. */
+  static String VERSION_NAME = "0158";
+  /** Set true if this a proper release rather than a numbered revision. */
+  static public boolean RELEASE = false;
+
+}
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/debug/Compiler.java b/app/src/processing/app/debug/Compiler.java
index 1f7540e9c..79e4958b4 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/debug/Compiler.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/debug/Compiler.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import processing.app.Base;
+import processing.app.BaseNoGui;
 import processing.app.I18n;
 import processing.app.PreferencesData;
 import processing.app.SketchCode;
@@ -578,7 +579,7 @@ public class Compiler implements MessageConsumer {
       throws RunnerException {
     String includes = prepareIncludes(includeFolders);
     PreferencesMap dict = new PreferencesMap(prefs);
-    dict.put("ide_version", "" + Base.REVISION);
+    dict.put("ide_version", "" + BaseNoGui.REVISION);
     dict.put("includes", includes);
     dict.put("source_file", sourceFile.getAbsolutePath());
     dict.put("object_file", objectFile.getAbsolutePath());
@@ -597,7 +598,7 @@ public class Compiler implements MessageConsumer {
     String includes = prepareIncludes(includeFolders);
 
     PreferencesMap dict = new PreferencesMap(prefs);
-    dict.put("ide_version", "" + Base.REVISION);
+    dict.put("ide_version", "" + BaseNoGui.REVISION);
     dict.put("includes", includes);
     dict.put("source_file", sourceFile.getAbsolutePath());
     dict.put("object_file", objectFile.getAbsolutePath());
@@ -616,7 +617,7 @@ public class Compiler implements MessageConsumer {
     String includes = prepareIncludes(includeFolders);
 
     PreferencesMap dict = new PreferencesMap(prefs);
-    dict.put("ide_version", "" + Base.REVISION);
+    dict.put("ide_version", "" + BaseNoGui.REVISION);
     dict.put("includes", includes);
     dict.put("source_file", sourceFile.getAbsolutePath());
     dict.put("object_file", objectFile.getAbsolutePath());
@@ -778,7 +779,7 @@ public class Compiler implements MessageConsumer {
       for (File file : coreObjectFiles) {
 
         PreferencesMap dict = new PreferencesMap(prefs);
-        dict.put("ide_version", "" + Base.REVISION);
+        dict.put("ide_version", "" + BaseNoGui.REVISION);
         dict.put("archive_file", afile.getName());
         dict.put("object_file", file.getAbsolutePath());
 
@@ -819,7 +820,7 @@ public class Compiler implements MessageConsumer {
     dict.put("compiler.c.elf.flags", flags);
     dict.put("archive_file", "core.a");
     dict.put("object_files", objectFileList);
-    dict.put("ide_version", "" + Base.REVISION);
+    dict.put("ide_version", "" + BaseNoGui.REVISION);
 
     String[] cmdArray;
     try {
@@ -834,7 +835,7 @@ public class Compiler implements MessageConsumer {
   // 5. extract EEPROM data (from EEMEM directive) to .eep file.
   void compileEep() throws RunnerException {
     PreferencesMap dict = new PreferencesMap(prefs);
-    dict.put("ide_version", "" + Base.REVISION);
+    dict.put("ide_version", "" + BaseNoGui.REVISION);
 
     String[] cmdArray;
     try {
@@ -849,7 +850,7 @@ public class Compiler implements MessageConsumer {
   // 6. build the .hex file
   void compileHex() throws RunnerException {
     PreferencesMap dict = new PreferencesMap(prefs);
-    dict.put("ide_version", "" + Base.REVISION);
+    dict.put("ide_version", "" + BaseNoGui.REVISION);
 
     String[] cmdArray;
     try {