pete,, i apologize. i know you have to be tired of telling people that. i found the rest of what i needed in some of your other post. | ReturnServerLocal host = (ReturnServerLocal) Component.getInstance("returnServer"); | not only did instantiating the object correctly fix my NPE,,, if fixed the log not working mystery... which when i think about it now,, makes really good sense that it didnt work without being properly wrapped. i have to say after four days of beating around the bush trying to figure out something so simple,, that was the sweetest infinite loop i have hung my app server with in a while. post your donate button and i'll buy you a beer. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4113518#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...