Good point. This could be related to the problem I am having with SeamTest and the new 1.1BETA1 version. I guess one could simply override the SeamTest.init() method and Annotate it with @Configuration(beforeSuite = true) instead of the @Configuration(beforeTestClass = true). Don't know how if TestNG handles this nicely. I will probably try this tomorrow or later today. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3980817#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...