Hi, The reason for moving the configuration to the Spring XML is in order to be able to use PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer. That way no values would be "hard coded" in the XML, but rather defined in the properties file. Can I achieve that with jbpm.cfg.xml, so that I can define "idleInterval" in the properties file? Thanks View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4181459#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...