I fixed it, and in case anybody stumbles across this problem here's what I found: 1.Jboss doesn't fully support version 2.5 so, in web.xml you should add both and <local-home> to point to the same thing(though I think <local-home> should be added just so the parser won't yell something's wrong) 2. in jboss-web.xml you should also add <local-jndi-name> which should be something like YourApp/YourBean/local -- which tells jboss -- map the bean YourApp/YourBean/local (proprietary jboss naming format) to java:/comp/env/ejb/YourBean (if you set your <ejb-ref-name> to ejb/YourBean) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4103449#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...