Hi Jose, better ask this in the hibernate forums: https://forum.hibernate.org/index.php I don't know how hibernate searches its config files, but hopefully in the forums someone can help. According to Hibernate docs, "The XML configuration file is by default expected to be in the root of your CLASSPATH". So, I think that it should be placed in "WEB-INF\classes", not in some dependent lib. Wolfgang View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4263679#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...