I got it, the issue was that in the ejb-deployer.xml the TimerService is by default commented, i just had to uncomment it. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4215833#4215833 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4215833