diff --git a/dnaplotter b/dnaplotter
index e64dd17d6ae41df11ce88b4b91d9600556c35664..7c6e2ea88e074d0414e7c6ff774ab483a59e98fd 100755
--- a/dnaplotter
+++ b/dnaplotter
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/j2ssh/commons-logging.jar:$ARTEMIS_HOME/l
 CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/ibatis/ibatis-2.3.4.726.jar:$ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/ibatis/:$ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/ibatis/log4j-1.2.14.jar:$ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/ibatis/cglib-nodep-2.2.jar:$ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/retrotranslator-runtime-1.1.0.jar
 export CLASSPATH
 
+# batik jars
+CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/batik/batik-awt-util.jar:$ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/batik/batik-dom.jar:$ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/batik/batik-ext.jar:$ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/batik/batik-svggen.jar:$ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/batik/batik-util.jar:$ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/batik/batik-xml.jar
+
 # picard jars
 CLASSPATH=$ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/picard/sam.jar:$ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/picard/picard.jar:$ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/commons-net-2.2.jar:$CLASSPATH
 export CLASSPATH