No way, I use @In(create=true) too and it works. Did you create your project using seam-gen? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4086418#4086418 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4086418