are you doing something like: UserStateful bean = (UserStateful)new InitialContext().lookup("UserStatefulBean/remote"); | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4116913#4116913 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4116913