diff --git a/act b/act
index f7aa1fae3f11804ae4620735b055c2a48bd6347f..4200521ecdb9b2301b3e989c86fcdd295cd31de7 100755
--- a/act
+++ b/act
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ ACT_HOME=`dirname "$PRG"`/.
 
 CLASSPATH=$ACT_HOME:$ACT_HOME/lib/JacORB.jar:$ACT_HOME/lib/jemAlign.jar:$ACT_HOME/lib/jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar:$ACT_HOME/lib/macos.jar:$ACT_HOME/lib/chado-14-interface.jar:$ACT_HOME/lib/postgresql-8.4-701.jdbc3.jar:$CLASSPATH
 
+# batik jars
+CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$ACT_HOME/lib/batik/batik-awt-util.jar:$ACT_HOME/lib/batik/batik-dom.jar:$ACT_HOME/lib/batik/batik-ext.jar:$ACT_HOME/lib/batik/batik-svggen.jar:$ACT_HOME/lib/batik/batik-util.jar:$ACT_HOME/lib/batik/batik-xml.jar
+
 # j2ssh jars
 CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$ACT_HOME/lib/j2ssh/commons-logging.jar:$ACT_HOME/lib/j2ssh/j2ssh-core.jar:$ACT_HOME/lib/j2ssh/