diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6fd1ab9..6e61b6f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@
             <artifactId>javalang</artifactId>
             <version>[4.1.0, 5.0.0)</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>asm-commons</artifactId>
+            <version>6.1.1</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/walkmod/javalang/compiler/types/ASMClass.java b/src/main/java/org/walkmod/javalang/compiler/types/ASMClass.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e70173f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/walkmod/javalang/compiler/types/ASMClass.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package org.walkmod.javalang.compiler.types;
+
+import org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes;
+import org.objectweb.asm.tree.ClassNode;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+
+public class ASMClass extends ClassNode {
+
+
+    private String actualName;
+    private Boolean anonymous;
+    private boolean isPrivate = false;
+
+
+    public ASMClass() {
+        super(Opcodes.ASM5);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void visit(int version, int access,
+                      String name, String signature, String superName, String[] interfaces) {
+        super.visit(version, access, name, signature, superName, interfaces);
+        actualName = name;
+        isPrivate = access == Opcodes.ACC_PRIVATE;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void visitInnerClass(String name, String outer, String innerName, int access) {
+        super.visitInnerClass(name, outer, innerName, access);
+        if (name.equals(actualName)) {
+            anonymous = innerName == null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Boolean isAnonymous() {
+        return anonymous != null && anonymous;
+    }
+
+    public Boolean isMemberClass() {
+        return anonymous != null && !anonymous;
+    }
+
+    public String getActualName() {
+        return actualName;
+    }
+
+    public Boolean isPrivate() {
+        return isPrivate;
+    }
+
+    public String getPackage() {
+        if (!actualName.contains(File.separator)){
+            return null;
+        }
+        return getActualName().substring(0, getActualName().lastIndexOf(File.separator) + 1)
+                .replaceAll(File.separator, "\\.");
+    }
+
+    public String getSimpleName() {
+        int index = getActualName().lastIndexOf(File.separator);
+        if (index != -1){
+            return actualName;
+        } else {
+            return getActualName().substring(index + 1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String getCanonicalName() {
+        return getPackage() + "." + getSimpleName().replaceAll("$", "\\.");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/walkmod/javalang/compiler/types/TypesLoaderVisitor.java b/src/main/java/org/walkmod/javalang/compiler/types/TypesLoaderVisitor.java
index 3ffcd06..1da227d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/walkmod/javalang/compiler/types/TypesLoaderVisitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/walkmod/javalang/compiler/types/TypesLoaderVisitor.java
@@ -14,14 +14,17 @@
  */
 package org.walkmod.javalang.compiler.types;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.net.URLClassLoader;
 import java.util.*;
-import java.util.jar.JarEntry;
-import java.util.jar.JarFile;
 
+import org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader;
+import org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes;
+import org.objectweb.asm.tree.InnerClassNode;
 import org.walkmod.javalang.ast.CompilationUnit;
 import org.walkmod.javalang.ast.ImportDeclaration;
 import org.walkmod.javalang.ast.Node;
@@ -34,10 +37,8 @@
 import org.walkmod.javalang.ast.body.TypeDeclaration;
 import org.walkmod.javalang.ast.expr.ObjectCreationExpr;
 import org.walkmod.javalang.ast.expr.QualifiedNameExpr;
-import org.walkmod.javalang.ast.type.Type;
 import org.walkmod.javalang.compiler.actions.LoadStaticImportsAction;
 import org.walkmod.javalang.compiler.providers.SymbolActionProvider;
-import org.walkmod.javalang.compiler.symbols.ASTSymbolTypeResolver;
 import org.walkmod.javalang.compiler.symbols.ReferenceType;
 import org.walkmod.javalang.compiler.symbols.Scope;
 import org.walkmod.javalang.compiler.symbols.Symbol;
@@ -450,13 +451,15 @@ public void visit(ImportDeclaration id, T context) {
     /**
     * @param importedInner {@link @see #resolveSymbolName}
     */
-    private void loadNestedClasses(Class<?> clazz, boolean imported, Node node, final boolean importedInner) {
-        Class<?>[] innerClasses = clazz.getDeclaredClasses();
-        if (innerClasses != null) {
-            for (int i = 0; i < innerClasses.length; i++) {
-                if (!Modifier.isPrivate(innerClasses[i].getModifiers())) {
-                    String fullName = innerClasses[i].getName();
-                    SymbolType st = new SymbolType(innerClasses[i]);
+    private void loadNestedClasses(ASMClass clazz, boolean imported, Node node, final boolean importedInner) {
+
+        if (clazz.innerClasses != null) {
+            Iterator<InnerClassNode> it = clazz.innerClasses.iterator();
+            while(it.hasNext()) {
+                InnerClassNode innerClass = it.next();
+                if (innerClass.access != Opcodes.ACC_PRIVATE) {
+                    String fullName = innerClass.name;
+                    SymbolType st = new SymbolType(fullName);
                     symbolTable.pushSymbol(resolveSymbolName(fullName, imported, importedInner), ReferenceType.TYPE, st,
                             node, true);
                 }
@@ -465,15 +468,53 @@ private void loadNestedClasses(Class<?> clazz, boolean imported, Node node, fina
         }
     }
 
+    private static byte[] readStream(InputStream inputStream, boolean close) throws IOException {
+        if(inputStream == null) {
+            throw new IOException("Class not found");
+        } else {
+            try {
+                ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+                byte[] data = new byte[4096];
+
+                int bytesRead;
+                while((bytesRead = inputStream.read(data, 0, data.length)) != -1) {
+                    outputStream.write(data, 0, bytesRead);
+                }
+
+                outputStream.flush();
+                byte[] var5 = outputStream.toByteArray();
+                return var5;
+            } finally {
+                if(close) {
+                    inputStream.close();
+                }
+
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private ASMClass getASMClass(String name) throws IOException {
+        ASMClass visitor = new ASMClass();
+        ClassReader reader = new ClassReader(readStream(
+                classLoader.getResourceAsStream(name.replace('.', '/') + ".class"),
+                true));
+        reader.accept(visitor, 1);
+        return visitor;
+    }
+
     private void addType(final String name, boolean imported, Node node, List<SymbolAction> actions) {
         if (classLoader != null && name != null) {
+
+            //check if the file exists in the classpath
             try {
-                Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(name, false, classLoader);
-                if (!Modifier.isPrivate(clazz.getModifiers()) && !clazz.isAnonymousClass()) {
+
+                ASMClass asmClass = getASMClass(name);
+
+                if (!asmClass.isPrivate() && !asmClass.isAnonymous()){ //anonymous?
 
                     boolean overrideSimpleName = true;
 
-                    SymbolType st = new SymbolType(clazz);
+                    SymbolType st = new SymbolType(name);
 
                     if (node instanceof ImportDeclaration) {
                         ImportDeclaration id = (ImportDeclaration) node;
@@ -481,27 +522,26 @@ private void addType(final String name, boolean imported, Node node, List<Symbol
                             overrideSimpleName = false;
                         }
                     }
-                    symbolTable.pushSymbol(resolveSymbolName(name, imported, false), ReferenceType.TYPE, st, node,
-                            actions, overrideSimpleName);
+                    symbolTable.pushSymbol(resolveSymbolName(name, imported, false),
+                            ReferenceType.TYPE, st, node, actions, overrideSimpleName);
 
-                    if (clazz.isMemberClass()) {
-                        String cname = clazz.getCanonicalName();
-                        if (cname != null) {
-                            symbolTable.pushSymbol(cname, ReferenceType.TYPE, st, node, actions, true);
+                    if (asmClass.isMemberClass()) {
 
-                            Package pkg = clazz.getPackage();
-                            if (pkg != null) {
-                                if (pkg.getName().equals(packageName) && node != null) {
+                        symbolTable.pushSymbol(asmClass.getCanonicalName(), ReferenceType.TYPE, st, node, actions, true);
 
-                                    symbolTable.pushSymbol(clazz.getSimpleName(), ReferenceType.TYPE, st, node, actions,
-                                            true);
-                                }
+                        String pkg = asmClass.getPackage();
+                        if (pkg != null) {
+                            if (pkg.equals(packageName) && node != null) {
+
+                                symbolTable.pushSymbol(asmClass.getSimpleName(), ReferenceType.TYPE, st, node, actions,
+                                        true);
                             }
                         }
+
                     }
-                    loadNestedClasses(clazz, imported, node, true);
+                    loadNestedClasses(asmClass, imported, node, true);
                 }
-            } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            } catch (IOException e) {
                 loadInnerClass(name, imported, node, actions);
             } catch (IncompatibleClassChangeError e2) {
                 int index = name.lastIndexOf("$");
@@ -525,19 +565,19 @@ private void loadInnerClass(String name, boolean imported, Node node, List<Symbo
             String internalName = preffix + "$" + suffix;
 
             try {
-                Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(internalName, false, classLoader);
+                ASMClass asmClass = getASMClass(internalName);
 
-                if (!Modifier.isPrivate(clazz.getModifiers())) {
+                if (!asmClass.isPrivate()) {
                     String keyName = resolveSymbolName(internalName, imported, false);
-                    SymbolType st = new SymbolType(clazz);
+                    SymbolType st = new SymbolType(internalName);
                     Symbol<?> pushedSymbol =
                             symbolTable.pushSymbol(keyName, ReferenceType.TYPE, st, node, actions, true);
                     if (pushedSymbol != null) {
-                        loadNestedClasses(clazz, imported, node, false);
+                        loadNestedClasses(asmClass, imported, node, false);
                     }
 
                 }
-            } catch (ClassNotFoundException e1) {
+            } catch (IOException e1) {
                 int indexDot = internalName.indexOf(".");
                 if (indexDot == -1) {
                     throw new RuntimeException("The referenced class " + internalName + " does not exists");