diff --git a/CompNode.py b/CompNode.py
index 98db3153f24eb7549343c890e0d7e55e56139aba..c9aebbc6e324da2ebf612e3937d1b8a479cda93c 100644
--- a/CompNode.py
+++ b/CompNode.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class CompNode(ASTNode):
     def __init__(self, parseTree):
         self.parseTree = parseTree
         self.packageName = ''
-        self.importNames = [] # list of strings representing names getting imported
+        self.importNames = ['java.lang.*'] # all compUnit automatically imports java.lang.*
         self.env = None
         self.typeDcl = None
         self.children = []
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class CompNode(ASTNode):
                     self.typeDcl = InterNode(typeNode[0])
                 else:
                     self.typeDcl = ClassNode(typeNode[0])
+
         # always populate the children list
         self.children.append(self.typeDcl)