Alright I figured out what is going on. Need to use the ejb3-aop-interceptors.xml file to configure ejb3 beans. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4126406#4126406 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4126406