diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alexnederlof/jasperreport/JasperReporter.java b/src/main/java/com/alexnederlof/jasperreport/JasperReporter.java
index ed6fe63..12c78c5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alexnederlof/jasperreport/JasperReporter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alexnederlof/jasperreport/JasperReporter.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.DefaultJasperReportsContext;
 import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRException;
 import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRPropertiesUtil;
+import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRReport;
 import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.design.JRCompiler;
 import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.design.JRJdtCompiler;
 import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRReportSaxParserFactory;
@@ -303,7 +304,7 @@ private void configureJasper() {
 		DefaultJasperReportsContext jrContext = DefaultJasperReportsContext.getInstance();
 
 		jrContext.setProperty(JRReportSaxParserFactory.COMPILER_XML_VALIDATION, String.valueOf(xmlValidation));
-		jrContext.setProperty(JRCompiler.COMPILER_PREFIX, compiler == null ? JRJdtCompiler.class.getName() : compiler);
+		jrContext.setProperty(JRCompiler.COMPILER_PREFIX + JRReport.LANGUAGE_JAVA, compiler == null ? JRJdtCompiler.class.getName() : compiler);
 		jrContext.setProperty(JRCompiler.COMPILER_KEEP_JAVA_FILE, Boolean.FALSE.toString());
 
 		if (additionalProperties != null) {