diff --git a/MapView.pde b/MapView.pde
index 0db6083..0e29509 100644
--- a/MapView.pde
+++ b/MapView.pde
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import processing.opengl.*;
+//import processing.opengl.*;
 import com.modestmaps.*;
 import com.modestmaps.core.*;
 import com.modestmaps.geo.*;
diff --git a/Sighting.pde b/Sighting.pde
index a1ae236..aaa22e8 100644
--- a/Sighting.pde
+++ b/Sighting.pde
@@ -338,16 +338,22 @@ class SQLiteDataSource implements DataSource {
     String dbname = "ufo.db";
     String dbpath = null;
     
-    dbpath = dataPath(dbname);
-    File dbf = new File(dbpath);
-    if (!dbf.exists()) {
-      dbpath = savePath(dbname);
-      dbf = new File(dbpath);
+    if (sketchPath == null) {
+      /* applet - what now!? */
+      println("applets can't access files!");
+      dbpath = "/Users/camillo/test.py";
+    } else {
+      dbpath = dataPath(dbname);
+      File dbf = new File(dbpath);
       if (!dbf.exists()) {
-        stopWatch();
-        print("extracting database...");
-        saveStream(dbpath, createInput(dbname));
-        println(stopWatch());
+        dbpath = savePath(dbname);
+        dbf = new File(dbpath);
+        if (!dbf.exists()) {
+          stopWatch();
+          print("extracting database...");
+          saveStream(dbpath, createInput(dbname));
+          println(stopWatch());
+        }
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/Utils.pde b/Utils.pde
index eeb9610..41cd79f 100644
--- a/Utils.pde
+++ b/Utils.pde
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ void popClip()
                dataPath(""):  /Users/camillo/UIC/CS424 visualization/p3/cs424p3/application.macosx/data/
 
   applet:      sketchPath:    null
+               dataPath(""):  null
 */
 
 /* data utilities */