diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/Security.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/Security.scala
index 72d79db3d9..284d82d98e 100644
--- a/akka-http/src/main/scala/Security.scala
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/scala/Security.scala
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
 package se.scalablesolutions.akka.security
 
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor.{Scheduler, Actor, ActorRef, ActorRegistry}
-import se.scalablesolutions.akka.util.Logging
+import se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor.Actor._
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.config.Config
+import se.scalablesolutions.akka.util.Logging
 
 import com.sun.jersey.api.model.AbstractMethod
 import com.sun.jersey.spi.container.{ResourceFilterFactory, ContainerRequest, ContainerRequestFilter, ContainerResponse, ContainerResponseFilter, ResourceFilter}
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ class AkkaSecurityFilterFactory extends ResourceFilterFactory with Logging {
     override def filter(request: ContainerRequest): ContainerRequest =
       rolesAllowed match {
         case Some(roles) => {
-          val result : Option[AnyRef] = authenticator !! Authenticate(request, roles)
+          val result = (authenticator !! Authenticate(request, roles)).as[AnyRef]
           result match {
             case Some(OK) => request
             case Some(r) if r.isInstanceOf[Response] =>
diff --git a/akka-samples/akka-sample-chat/src/main/scala/ChatServer.scala b/akka-samples/akka-sample-chat/src/main/scala/ChatServer.scala
index abe76ebcfa..01e1738b87 100644
--- a/akka-samples/akka-sample-chat/src/main/scala/ChatServer.scala
+++ b/akka-samples/akka-sample-chat/src/main/scala/ChatServer.scala
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ case class ChatMessage(from: String, message: String) extends Event
 class ChatClient(val name: String) {
   val chat = RemoteClient.actorFor("chat:service", "localhost", 9999)
 
-  def login =                 chat ! Login(name)
-  def logout =                chat ! Logout(name)
+  def login                 = chat ! Login(name)
+  def logout                = chat ! Logout(name)
   def post(message: String) = chat ! ChatMessage(name, name + ": " + message)
-  def chatLog: ChatLog =     (chat !! GetChatLog(name)).getOrElse(throw new Exception("Couldn't get the chat log from ChatServer"))
+  def chatLog               = (chat !! GetChatLog(name)).as[ChatLog].getOrElse(throw new Exception("Couldn't get the chat log from ChatServer"))
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/akka-samples/akka-sample-rest-scala/src/main/scala/SimpleService.scala b/akka-samples/akka-sample-rest-scala/src/main/scala/SimpleService.scala
index 0a5af80a57..870739bf8f 100644
--- a/akka-samples/akka-sample-rest-scala/src/main/scala/SimpleService.scala
+++ b/akka-samples/akka-sample-rest-scala/src/main/scala/SimpleService.scala
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class SimpleService {
     //Fetch the first actor of type SimpleServiceActor
     //Send it the "Tick" message and expect a NodeSeq back
     val result = for{a <- actorsFor(classOf[SimpleServiceActor]).headOption
-                     r <- a.!![NodeSeq]("Tick")} yield r
+                     r <- (a !! "Tick").as[NodeSeq]} yield r
     //Return either the resulting NodeSeq or a default one
     result getOrElse <error>Error in counter</error>
   }
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class PersistentSimpleService {
     //Fetch the first actor of type PersistentSimpleServiceActor
     //Send it the "Tick" message and expect a NodeSeq back
     val result = for{a <- actorsFor(classOf[PersistentSimpleServiceActor]).headOption
-                     r <- a.!![NodeSeq]("Tick")} yield r
+                     r <- (a !! "Tick").as[NodeSeq]} yield r
     //Return either the resulting NodeSeq or a default one
     result getOrElse <error>Error in counter</error>
   }
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class Chat {
     //Fetch the first actor of type ChatActor
     //Send it the "Tick" message and expect a NodeSeq back
     val result = for{a <- actorsFor(classOf[ChatActor]).headOption
-                     r <- a.!![String](msg)} yield r
+                     r <- (a !! msg).as[String]} yield r
     //Return either the resulting String or a default one
     result getOrElse "System__error"
   }
diff --git a/akka-samples/akka-sample-security/src/main/scala/SimpleService.scala b/akka-samples/akka-sample-security/src/main/scala/SimpleService.scala
index 061555ef05..e5c8029eb8 100644
--- a/akka-samples/akka-sample-security/src/main/scala/SimpleService.scala
+++ b/akka-samples/akka-sample-security/src/main/scala/SimpleService.scala
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class SecureTickService {
         //Fetch the first actor of type PersistentSimpleServiceActor
         //Send it the "Tick" message and expect a NdeSeq back
         val result = for{a <- actorsFor(classOf[SecureTickActor]).headOption
-                         r <- a.!![Integer]("Tick")} yield r
+                         r <- (a !! "Tick").as[Integer]} yield r
         //Return either the resulting NodeSeq or a default one
         result match {
       case (Some(counter)) => (<success>Tick: {counter}</success>)