diff --git a/.java-version b/.java-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6259340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.java-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.8
diff --git a/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/pdf/tag/Document.java b/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/pdf/tag/Document.java
index 8958c9b..cf088fd 100755
--- a/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/pdf/tag/Document.java
+++ b/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/pdf/tag/Document.java
@@ -240,6 +240,17 @@ public ApplicationSettings getApplicationSettings() {
 		return applicationSettings;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Return the number of the document's explicit (or implicit) engine type.
+	 */
+	public int getType() {
+		if (_document instanceof PD4MLPDFDocument) {
+			return PDFDocument.TYPE_PD4ML;
+		} else {
+			return PDFDocument.TYPE_FS;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * set the value proxyserver Host name or IP address of a proxy server.
 	 *
diff --git a/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/pdf/tag/DocumentSection.java b/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/pdf/tag/DocumentSection.java
index a86ef3f..81a352c 100755
--- a/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/pdf/tag/DocumentSection.java
+++ b/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/pdf/tag/DocumentSection.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public PDFDocument getPDFDocument() {
 			second = true;
 			if (_document == null) {
 				second = false;
-				_document = PDFDocument.newInstance(doc.getApplicationSettings().getType());
+				_document = PDFDocument.newInstance(doc.getType());
 			}
 
 		}