diff --git a/Objective-J/CommonJS/lib/objective-j/compiler.js b/Objective-J/CommonJS/lib/objective-j/compiler.js
index 372adc446..a02e9263d 100644
--- a/Objective-J/CommonJS/lib/objective-j/compiler.js
+++ b/Objective-J/CommonJS/lib/objective-j/compiler.js
@@ -11,37 +11,26 @@ var OBJJ_PREPROCESSOR_PREPROCESS      = exports.OBJJ_PREPROCESSOR_PREPROCESS
 var OBJJ_PREPROCESSOR_COMPRESS        = exports.OBJJ_PREPROCESSOR_COMPRESS        = 1 << 11;
 var OBJJ_PREPROCESSOR_SYNTAX          = exports.OBJJ_PREPROCESSOR_SYNTAX          = 1 << 12;
 
-var SHRINKSAFE_PATH = FILE.join(ObjectiveJ.OBJJ_HOME, "shrinksafe", "shrinksafe.jar"),
-    RHINO_PATH = FILE.join(ObjectiveJ.OBJJ_HOME, "shrinksafe", "js.jar");
-
-var compressor = null;
-
-function sharedCompressor()
-{
-    if (!compressor)
-        compressor = OS.popen("java -server -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath " + RHINO_PATH + ":" +  SHRINKSAFE_PATH + " org.dojotoolkit.shrinksafe.Main", { charset:"UTF-8" });
-
-    return compressor;
-}
-
-function compress(/*String*/ aCode, /*String*/ FIXME)
-{
-    var tmpFile = FILE.join("/tmp", FIXME + Math.random() + ".tmp");
-
-    FILE.write(tmpFile, aCode, { charset:"UTF-8" });
-
-    var compressor = sharedCompressor();
-        output = "",
-        chunk = "";
-
-    compressor.stdin.write(tmpFile + "\n");
-    compressor.stdin.flush();
-
-    while ((chunk = compressor.stdout.readLine()) !== "/*----*/\n")
-        output += chunk;
-
-    return output;
-//    return OS.command(["java", "-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8", "-classpath", [RHINO_PATH, SHRINKSAFE_PATH].join(":"), "org.dojotoolkit.shrinksafe.Main", tmpFile]);
+var compressors = {
+    ss  : { id : "minify/shrinksafe" }
+    //,yui : { id : "minify/yuicompressor" }
+    // ,cc  : { id : "minify/closure-compiler" }
+};
+var compressorStats = {};
+function compressor(code) {
+    var winner, winnerName;
+    compressorStats['original'] = (compressorStats['original'] || 0) + code.length;
+    for (var name in compressors) {
+        var compressor = require(compressors[name].id);
+        var result = compressor.compress(code, { charset : "UTF-8", useServer : true });
+        compressorStats[name] = (compressorStats[name] || 0) + result.length;
+        if (!winner || result < winner.length) {
+            winner = result;
+            winnerName = name;
+        }
+    }
+    // print("winner="+winnerName+" compressorStats="+JSON.stringify(compressorStats));
+    return winner;
 }
 
 function compileWithResolvedFlags(aFilePath, objjcFlags, gccFlags)
@@ -90,7 +79,7 @@ function compileWithResolvedFlags(aFilePath, objjcFlags, gccFlags)
     if (shouldCompress)
     {
         var code = executable.code();
-        code = compress("function(){" + code + "}", FILE.basename(aFilePath));
+        code = compressor("function(){" + code + "}");
         // more robust function wrapper stripping
         code = code.replace(/^\s*function\s*\(\s*\)\s*{|}\s*;?\s*$/g, "");
         executable.setCode(code);
diff --git a/Objective-J/Jakefile b/Objective-J/Jakefile
index e7145eb91..72f252359 100644
--- a/Objective-J/Jakefile
+++ b/Objective-J/Jakefile
@@ -104,35 +104,25 @@ function environmentFlags()
     }]).join(", ") + "]\"";
 }
 
+var SHRINKSAFE = require("minify/shrinksafe");
+function compressor(code) {
+    return SHRINKSAFE.compress(code, { charset : "UTF-16", useServer : true });
+}
+
 function gcc(inputFilePath, outputFilePath, flags, compress)
 {
     stream.print("Building... \0green(" + outputFilePath +"\0)");
 
     // GCC preprocess the file.
-    var gcc = OS.popen("gcc -E -x c -P " + flags + " " + inputFilePath, { charset:"UTF-8" }),
-        gccFilePath = FILE.join("", "tmp", "objj-gcc.js"),
-        chunk = null,
-        fileContents = FILE.read("header.txt", { charset : "UTF-8" });
+    var gcc = OS.popen("gcc -E -x c -P " + flags + " " + inputFilePath, { charset:"UTF-8" });
 
-    while (chunk = gcc.stdout.read())
-        fileContents += chunk;
-
-    FILE.write(gccFilePath, fileContents, { charset:"UTF-8" });
+    var contents = FILE.read("header.txt", { charset : "UTF-8" });
+    contents += gcc.stdout.read();
 
     if (FILE.extension(inputFilePath) === ".js" && compress)
-    {
-        var compressor = OS.popen("java -server -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath CommonJS/shrinksafe/js.jar:CommonJS/shrinksafe/shrinksafe.jar org.dojotoolkit.shrinksafe.Main", { charset:"UTF-8" });
-    
-        compressor.stdin.write(FILE.absolute(gccFilePath) + "\n");
-        compressor.stdin.flush();
-    
-        fileContents = "";
-    
-        while ((chunk = compressor.stdout.readLine()) !== "/*----*/\n")
-            fileContents += chunk;
-    }
-    
-    FILE.write(outputFilePath, fileContents, { charset : "UTF-8" });
+        contents = compressor(contents);
+
+    FILE.write(outputFilePath, contents, { charset : "UTF-8" });
 }
 
 task("build", [$BUILD_BROWSER_FILE, $BUILD_LICENSE, $BUILD_CJS_OBJECTIVE_J_FRAMEWORK]);
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 8f3a5a1ff..3d8b48a3e 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ if ! tusk update; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-tusk $tusk_install_command browserjs jake $extra_packages
+tusk $tusk_install_command browserjs jake shrinksafe $extra_packages
 
 if [ `uname` = "Darwin" ]; then
     echo "================================================================================"
diff --git a/common.jake b/common.jake
index 85c5cdd8a..2192e465b 100644
--- a/common.jake
+++ b/common.jake
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ function ensurePackageUpToDate(packageName, requiredVersion, options)
 // UPDATE THESE TO PICK UP CORRESPONDING CHANGES IN DEPENDENCIES
 ensurePackageUpToDate("jake",           "0.1.2");
 ensurePackageUpToDate("browserjs",      "0.1.1");
+ensurePackageUpToDate("shrinksafe",     "0.2");
 ensurePackageUpToDate("narwhal",        "0.2.1", {
     noupdate : true,
     message : "Update Narwhal to 0.2.1 by running bootstrap.sh, or pulling the latest from git (see: http://github.com/280north/narwhal)."