Okay, here's what I would try: Use the Session Facade Pattern. Create a stateless session bean and inject the EntityManagerFactory into it using the code you have in your servlet class (cut and paste it). Get a reference to this bean in your servlet using JNDI lookup: InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext(); | FacadeBeanLocal bean = ctx.lookup("FacadeBean/local"); | bean.doWhatever(); The lookup string will vary depending on your packaging. Using and EAR: "<ear-name>/<bean-name>/[local | remote]" Using a JAR: "<bean-name>/[local | remote]" Make sure you label the interface your facade bean implements with either @Local or @Remote. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4046541#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...