diff --git a/reactor/.idea/compiler.xml b/reactor/.idea/compiler.xml
index 633124f1..f4c9d65f 100644
--- a/reactor/.idea/compiler.xml
+++ b/reactor/.idea/compiler.xml
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@
       </profile>
     </annotationProcessing>
     <bytecodeTargetLevel>
-      <module name="API" target="1.6" />
-      <module name="Core" target="1.6" />
+      <module name="API" target="1.8" />
+      <module name="Core" target="1.8" />
       <module name="main" target="1.5" />
-      <module name="Reactor" target="1.6" />
-      <module name="Test" target="1.6" />
-      <module name="tests" target="1.6" />
-      <module name="unification-lib" target="1.6" />
+      <module name="Reactor" target="1.8" />
+      <module name="Test" target="1.8" />
+      <module name="tests" target="1.8" />
+      <module name="unification-lib" target="1.8" />
     </bytecodeTargetLevel>
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/reactor/.idea/misc.xml b/reactor/.idea/misc.xml
index fe561da6..2b6fef76 100644
--- a/reactor/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/reactor/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     <ConfirmationsSetting value="0" id="Add" />
     <ConfirmationsSetting value="0" id="Remove" />
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_6" default="true" assert-keyword="true" jdk-15="true" project-jdk-name="1.6" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_8" default="true" assert-keyword="true" jdk-15="true" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
   </component>
   <component name="SbtLocalSettings">
diff --git a/reactor/API/API.iml b/reactor/API/API.iml
index 9dfb9d8e..3e9765db 100644
--- a/reactor/API/API.iml
+++ b/reactor/API/API.iml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <module org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.MavenProjectsManager.isMavenModule="true" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_6" inherit-compiler-output="false">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_8" inherit-compiler-output="false">
     <output url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/classes" />
     <output-test url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/test-classes" />
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
diff --git a/reactor/Core/Core.iml b/reactor/Core/Core.iml
index 507b1869..4f611d3b 100644
--- a/reactor/Core/Core.iml
+++ b/reactor/Core/Core.iml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       </list>
     </option>
   </component>
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_6" inherit-compiler-output="false">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_8" inherit-compiler-output="false">
     <output url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/classes" />
     <output-test url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/test-classes" />
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
diff --git a/reactor/Reactor.iml b/reactor/Reactor.iml
index 73488b42..564f191a 100644
--- a/reactor/Reactor.iml
+++ b/reactor/Reactor.iml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <module org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.MavenProjectsManager.isMavenModule="true" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_6" inherit-compiler-output="false">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_8" inherit-compiler-output="false">
     <output url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/classes" />
     <output-test url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/test-classes" />
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
diff --git a/reactor/Test/Test.iml b/reactor/Test/Test.iml
index 61320fd4..e714b555 100644
--- a/reactor/Test/Test.iml
+++ b/reactor/Test/Test.iml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       </list>
     </option>
   </component>
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_6" inherit-compiler-output="false">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_8" inherit-compiler-output="false">
     <output url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/classes" />
     <output-test url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/test-classes" />
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
diff --git a/reactor/pom.xml b/reactor/pom.xml
index ed509801..d3e1d1dc 100644
--- a/reactor/pom.xml
+++ b/reactor/pom.xml
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.2</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.6</source>
-                    <target>1.6</target>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/reactor/unification/code/unification-lib.iml b/reactor/unification/code/unification-lib.iml
index 73488b42..564f191a 100644
--- a/reactor/unification/code/unification-lib.iml
+++ b/reactor/unification/code/unification-lib.iml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <module org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.MavenProjectsManager.isMavenModule="true" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_6" inherit-compiler-output="false">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_8" inherit-compiler-output="false">
     <output url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/classes" />
     <output-test url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/test-classes" />
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
diff --git a/reactor/unification/tests/tests.iml b/reactor/unification/tests/tests.iml
index 6b676004..5e8d3129 100644
--- a/reactor/unification/tests/tests.iml
+++ b/reactor/unification/tests/tests.iml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <module org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.MavenProjectsManager.isMavenModule="true" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_6" inherit-compiler-output="false">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_8" inherit-compiler-output="false">
     <output url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/classes" />
     <output-test url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/test-classes" />
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">