diff --git a/akka-kernel/src/main/scala/AkkaServlet.scala b/akka-kernel/src/main/scala/AkkaServlet.scala
index 0538e8a625..f633835deb 100755
--- a/akka-kernel/src/main/scala/AkkaServlet.scala
+++ b/akka-kernel/src/main/scala/AkkaServlet.scala
@@ -78,12 +78,17 @@ class AkkaCometServlet extends org.atmosphere.cpr.AtmosphereServlet with Logging
   }
 
   private def loadCometSupport(fqn : String) = {
-      fqn match {
-          case s : String if s.length > 0 => Some(Class.forName(fqn)
-                                                       .getConstructor(Array(classOf[AtmosphereConfig]))
-                                                       .newInstance(config)
-                                                       .asInstanceOf[CometSupport[_ <: AtmosphereResource[_,_]]])
-          case _ => None
+
+      log.info("Trying to load: " + fqn)
+      try {
+        Some(Class.forName(fqn)
+                  .getConstructor(Array(classOf[AtmosphereConfig]): _*)
+                  .newInstance(config)
+                  .asInstanceOf[CometSupport[_ <: AtmosphereResource[_,_]]])
+      } catch {
+          case e : Exception =>
+              log.error(e, "Couldn't load comet support", fqn)
+              None
       }
   }
 }
diff --git a/akka-kernel/src/main/scala/Kernel.scala b/akka-kernel/src/main/scala/Kernel.scala
index 69813fdd18..e4f66a9050 100644
--- a/akka-kernel/src/main/scala/Kernel.scala
+++ b/akka-kernel/src/main/scala/Kernel.scala
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ object Kernel extends Logging {
     adapter.setServletInstance(new AkkaCometServlet)
     adapter.setContextPath(uri.getPath)
     //Using autodetection for now
-    //adapter.addInitParameter("cometSupport", "org.atmosphere.container.GrizzlyCometSupport")
+    adapter.addInitParameter("cometSupport", "org.atmosphere.container.GrizzlyCometSupport")
     if (HOME.isDefined) adapter.setRootFolder(HOME.get + "/deploy/root")
     log.info("REST service root path: [" + adapter.getRootFolder + "] and context path [" + adapter.getContextPath + "] ")