diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/tokenizer/KorapTokenizer.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/tokenizer/KorapTokenizer.java
index ba5a882..b6ff7e4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/tokenizer/KorapTokenizer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/tokenizer/KorapTokenizer.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.io.Reader;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 
 /**
  * The interface Korap tokenizer.
@@ -208,8 +209,8 @@
          * @throws IllegalAccessException the illegal access exception
          * @throws InstantiationException the instantiation exception
          */
-        public KorapTokenizer build() throws IllegalAccessException, InstantiationException {
-            KorapTokenizer korapTokenizer = (KorapTokenizer) tokenizerClass.newInstance();
+        public KorapTokenizer build() throws IllegalAccessException, InstantiationException, NoSuchMethodException, InvocationTargetException {
+            KorapTokenizer korapTokenizer = (KorapTokenizer) tokenizerClass.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
             korapTokenizer.setEcho(echo);
             korapTokenizer.setInputReader(inputReader);
             korapTokenizer.setOutputStream(outputStream);
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/tokenizer/TokenizerTest.java b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/tokenizer/TokenizerTest.java
index 6664fa2..69351e9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/tokenizer/TokenizerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/tokenizer/TokenizerTest.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
 
 import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 
 @RunWith(JUnit4.class)
 public class TokenizerTest {
@@ -717,7 +718,7 @@
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testTextBreakOutputArchive () throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, ClassNotFoundException {
+    public void testTextBreakOutputArchive () throws ClassNotFoundException, IllegalAccessException, InstantiationException, NoSuchMethodException, InvocationTargetException {
         DerekoDfaTokenizer_de tok = (DerekoDfaTokenizer_de) new KorapTokenizer.Builder()
                 .tokenizerClassName(DerekoDfaTokenizer_de.class.getName())
                 .printOffsets(true)