diff --git a/cacio-tta/pom.xml b/cacio-tta/pom.xml
index ed3134b..6b5eb40 100644
--- a/cacio-tta/pom.xml
+++ b/cacio-tta/pom.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
           <target>17</target>
           <compilerArgs>
             <arg>-XDignore.symbol.file=true</arg>
+            <arg>--add-exports=java.base/jdk.internal.misc=ALL-UNNAMED</arg>
             <arg>--add-exports=java.desktop/java.awt.peer=ALL-UNNAMED</arg>
             <arg>--add-exports=java.desktop/sun.awt.image=ALL-UNNAMED</arg>
             <arg>--add-exports=java.desktop/sun.java2d=ALL-UNNAMED</arg>
diff --git a/cacio-tta/src/main/java/com/github/caciocavallosilano/cacio/ctc/CTCPreloadClassLoader.java b/cacio-tta/src/main/java/com/github/caciocavallosilano/cacio/ctc/CTCPreloadClassLoader.java
index 39165da..082380b 100644
--- a/cacio-tta/src/main/java/com/github/caciocavallosilano/cacio/ctc/CTCPreloadClassLoader.java
+++ b/cacio-tta/src/main/java/com/github/caciocavallosilano/cacio/ctc/CTCPreloadClassLoader.java
@@ -30,24 +30,10 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
-import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
-import java.lang.invoke.VarHandle;
 import java.net.*;
+import jdk.internal.misc.Unsafe;
 
 public class CTCPreloadClassLoader extends URLClassLoader {
-    // https://stackoverflow.com/a/56043252/1050369
-    private static final VarHandle MODIFIERS;
-
-    static {
-        try {
-            var lookup = MethodHandles.privateLookupIn(Field.class, MethodHandles.lookup());
-            MODIFIERS = lookup.findVarHandle(Field.class, "modifiers", int.class);
-        } catch (IllegalAccessException | NoSuchFieldException ex) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
-        }
-    }
-
     static {
         try {
             Field toolkit = Toolkit.class.getDeclaredField("toolkit");
@@ -67,12 +53,12 @@ public class CTCPreloadClassLoader extends URLClassLoader {
             defaultHeadlessField.set(null, Boolean.FALSE);
             headlessField.set(null,Boolean.FALSE);
 
-            makeNonFinal(ge);
-
             Class<?> smfCls = Class.forName("sun.java2d.SurfaceManagerFactory");
             Field smf = smfCls.getDeclaredField("instance");
             smf.setAccessible(true);
             smf.set(null, null);
+            
+            setWithUnsafe(ge, new CTCGraphicsEnvironment());
 
             ge.set(null, new CTCGraphicsEnvironment());
 
@@ -107,7 +93,7 @@ static URL getFileURL(File file) {
         } catch (IOException e) {}
 
         try {
-            return file.toURL();
+            return file.toURI().toURL();
         } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
             // Should never happen since we specify the protocol...
             throw new InternalError(e);
@@ -119,10 +105,16 @@ private void appendToClassPathForInstrumentation(String path) {
         super.addURL(getFileURL(new File(path)));
     }
 
-    public static void makeNonFinal(Field field) {
-        int mods = field.getModifiers();
-        if (Modifier.isFinal(mods)) {
-            MODIFIERS.set(field, mods & ~Modifier.FINAL);
-        }
+    public static void setWithUnsafe(Field field, Object value) {
+        /*
+         * We can do this because we are running under *very* specific conditions:
+         * - This class is initialized way before anything AWT-related gets JIT-ed
+         * - The field is an object reference.
+         * Otherwise this won't work at all.
+         */
+        Unsafe unsafe = Unsafe.getUnsafe();
+        Object base = unsafe.staticFieldBase(field);
+        long offset = unsafe.staticFieldOffset(field);
+        unsafe.putReference(base, offset, value);
     }
 }
diff --git a/cacio-tta/src/main/java/com/github/caciocavallosilano/cacio/ctc/junit/CacioTestRunner.java b/cacio-tta/src/main/java/com/github/caciocavallosilano/cacio/ctc/junit/CacioTestRunner.java
index 65613c7..a908c4e 100644
--- a/cacio-tta/src/main/java/com/github/caciocavallosilano/cacio/ctc/junit/CacioTestRunner.java
+++ b/cacio-tta/src/main/java/com/github/caciocavallosilano/cacio/ctc/junit/CacioTestRunner.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel;
 
 import com.github.caciocavallosilano.cacio.ctc.CTCGraphicsEnvironment;
+import com.github.caciocavallosilano.cacio.ctc.CTCPreloadClassLoader;
 import com.github.caciocavallosilano.cacio.ctc.CTCToolkit;
 
 import org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner;
@@ -34,23 +35,8 @@
 
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
-import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
-import java.lang.invoke.VarHandle;
 
 public class CacioTestRunner extends BlockJUnit4ClassRunner {
-    // https://stackoverflow.com/a/56043252/1050369
-    private static final VarHandle MODIFIERS;
-
-    static {
-        try {
-            var lookup = MethodHandles.privateLookupIn(Field.class, MethodHandles.lookup());
-            MODIFIERS = lookup.findVarHandle(Field.class, "modifiers", int.class);
-        } catch (IllegalAccessException | NoSuchFieldException ex) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
-        }
-    }
-
     static {
         try {
             Field toolkit = Toolkit.class.getDeclaredField("toolkit");
@@ -59,7 +45,7 @@ public class CacioTestRunner extends BlockJUnit4ClassRunner {
 
             Field defaultHeadlessField = java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.class.getDeclaredField("defaultHeadless");
             defaultHeadlessField.setAccessible(true);
-            defaultHeadlessField.set(null,Boolean.TRUE);
+            defaultHeadlessField.set(null,Boolean.TRUE); 
             Field headlessField = java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.class.getDeclaredField("headless");
             headlessField.setAccessible(true);
             headlessField.set(null,Boolean.TRUE);
@@ -70,14 +56,13 @@ public class CacioTestRunner extends BlockJUnit4ClassRunner {
             defaultHeadlessField.set(null, Boolean.FALSE);
             headlessField.set(null,Boolean.FALSE);
 
-            makeNonFinal(ge);
 
             Class<?> smfCls = Class.forName("sun.java2d.SurfaceManagerFactory");
             Field smf = smfCls.getDeclaredField("instance");
             smf.setAccessible(true);
             smf.set(null, null);
 
-            ge.set(null, new CTCGraphicsEnvironment());
+            CTCPreloadClassLoader.setWithUnsafe(ge, new CTCGraphicsEnvironment());
         } catch (Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
@@ -88,11 +73,4 @@ public class CacioTestRunner extends BlockJUnit4ClassRunner {
     public CacioTestRunner(Class<?> klass) throws InitializationError {
         super(klass);
     }
-
-    public static void makeNonFinal(Field field) {
-        int mods = field.getModifiers();
-        if (Modifier.isFinal(mods)) {
-            MODIFIERS.set(field, mods & ~Modifier.FINAL);
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f7c49ba..2703bc5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <additionalOptions>
             <additionalOption>-XDignore.symbol.file=true</additionalOption>
+            <additionalOption>--add-exports=java.base/jdk.internal.misc=ALL-UNNAMED</additionalOption>
             <additionalOption>--add-exports=java.desktop/java.awt.peer=ALL-UNNAMED</additionalOption>
             <additionalOption>--add-exports=java.desktop/sun.awt=ALL-UNNAMED</additionalOption>
             <additionalOption>--add-exports=java.desktop/sun.awt.event=ALL-UNNAMED</additionalOption>
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@
               <java.awt.headless>false</java.awt.headless>
             </systemPropertyVariables>
             <argLine>
+              --add-exports=java.base/jdk.internal.misc=ALL-UNNAMED
               --add-exports=java.desktop/java.awt=ALL-UNNAMED
               --add-exports=java.desktop/java.awt.peer=ALL-UNNAMED
               --add-exports=java.desktop/sun.awt.image=ALL-UNNAMED