diff --git a/bin/start-akka-server.sh b/bin/start-akka-server.sh
index d3bbb987a1..929353fe8a 100755
--- a/bin/start-akka-server.sh
+++ b/bin/start-akka-server.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$BASE_DIR/lib/jersey-client-1.1.0-ea.jar
 CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$BASE_DIR/lib/jersey-core-1.0.3.jar
 CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$BASE_DIR/lib/jersey-json-1.0.3.jar
 CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$BASE_DIR/lib/jersey-server-1.0.3.jar
+CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$BASE_DIR/lib/jersey-scala-1.1.2-ea-SNAPSHOT.jar
 CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$BASE_DIR/lib/JSAP-2.1.jar
 CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$BASE_DIR/lib/jsr250-api-1.0.jar
 CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$BASE_DIR/lib/jsr311-api-1.0.jar
diff --git a/deploy/akka-samples-java-0.5.jar b/deploy/akka-samples-java-0.5.jar
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index 0000000000..ba656cdbed
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diff --git a/deploy/akka-samples-scala-0.5.jar b/deploy/akka-samples-scala-0.5.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..faf5c4e9c3
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diff --git a/kernel/pom.xml b/kernel/pom.xml
index 977e6fb9f5..c220730b7e 100644
--- a/kernel/pom.xml
+++ b/kernel/pom.xml
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@
             <artifactId>jsr311-api</artifactId>
             <version>1.0</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.sun.jersey.contribs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-scala</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1.2-ea-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
 
         <!-- For third-party logging -->
         <dependency>
@@ -192,7 +197,7 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <args>
                         <arg>-target:jvm-1.5</arg>
-                        <arg>-unchecked</arg>
+                        <!--<arg>-unchecked</arg>-->
                     </args>
                     <scalaVersion>${scala.version}</scalaVersion>
                     <vscaladocVersion>1.1</vscaladocVersion>
diff --git a/lib/akka-kernel-0.5.jar b/lib/akka-kernel-0.5.jar
index b480a98251..c1306e3952 100644
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diff --git a/lib/akka-util-java-0.5.jar b/lib/akka-util-java-0.5.jar
index 4df2a41ea8..55c89e12bc 100644
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diff --git a/lib/jersey-scala-1.1.2-ea-SNAPSHOT.jar b/lib/jersey-scala-1.1.2-ea-SNAPSHOT.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a24bb19a7d
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diff --git a/samples-scala/src/main/scala/SimpleService.scala b/samples-scala/src/main/scala/SimpleService.scala
index b29dbef6ec..6c7b27278d 100644
--- a/samples-scala/src/main/scala/SimpleService.scala
+++ b/samples-scala/src/main/scala/SimpleService.scala
@@ -38,20 +38,18 @@ class SimpleService extends Actor {
   private val storage = TransactionalState.newPersistentMap(CassandraStorageConfig())
 
   @GET
-  @Produces(Array("application/json"))
-  def count = (this !! Tick).getOrElse("Error in counter")
+  @Produces(Array("application/xml"))
+  def count = (this !! Tick).getOrElse(<error>Error in counter</error>)
 
   override def receive: PartialFunction[Any, Unit] = {
     case Tick => if (hasStartedTicking) {
       val counter = storage.get(KEY).get.asInstanceOf[Integer].intValue
       storage.put(KEY, new Integer(counter + 1))
-      //reply(<h1>Tick: { counter + 1 } </h1>)
-      reply("Tick: " + (counter + 1) + "\n")
+      reply(<success>Tick: {counter + 1}</success>)
     } else {
       storage.put(KEY, new Integer(0))
       hasStartedTicking = true
-      //reply(<h1>Tick: 0</h1>)
-      reply("Tick: 0\n")
+      reply(<success>Tick: 0</success>)
     }
   }