diff --git a/akka-spring/src/main/scala/ActiveObjectFactoryBean.scala b/akka-spring/src/main/scala/ActiveObjectFactoryBean.scala
index bc4286cec1..5b7a62a0b5 100644
--- a/akka-spring/src/main/scala/ActiveObjectFactoryBean.scala
+++ b/akka-spring/src/main/scala/ActiveObjectFactoryBean.scala
@@ -48,6 +48,20 @@ class ActiveObjectFactoryBean extends AbstractFactoryBean[AnyRef] with Logging w
   @BeanProperty var scope:String = VAL_SCOPE_SINGLETON
   @BeanProperty var property:PropertyEntries = _
   @BeanProperty var applicationContext:ApplicationContext = _
+  
+  // Holds info about if deps has been set or not. Depends on
+  // if interface is specified or not. We must set deps on
+  // target instance if interface is specified
+  var hasSetDependecies = false
+
+
+  override def isSingleton:Boolean = {
+	 if(scope.equals(VAL_SCOPE_SINGLETON)) {
+      	true
+     } else {
+  		false
+     }
+ }
 
   /*
    * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean#getObjectType()
@@ -63,11 +77,6 @@ class ActiveObjectFactoryBean extends AbstractFactoryBean[AnyRef] with Logging w
    * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AbstractFactoryBean#createInstance()
    */
   def createInstance: AnyRef = {
-        if(scope.equals(VAL_SCOPE_SINGLETON)) {
-                setSingleton(true)
-        } else {
-                setSingleton(false)
-        }
     var argumentList = ""
     if (isRemote) argumentList += "r"
     if (hasInterface) argumentList += "i"
@@ -86,7 +95,11 @@ class ActiveObjectFactoryBean extends AbstractFactoryBean[AnyRef] with Logging w
     super.destroy
   }
 
-  private def setProperties(ref:AnyRef) : AnyRef = {
+   private def setProperties(ref:AnyRef) : AnyRef = {
+        if(hasSetDependecies) {
+			return ref
+		}
+		
         log.debug("Processing properties and dependencies for target class %s",target)
         val beanWrapper = new BeanWrapperImpl(ref);
         if(ref.isInstanceOf[ApplicationContextAware]) {
@@ -109,6 +122,8 @@ class ActiveObjectFactoryBean extends AbstractFactoryBean[AnyRef] with Logging w
                         throw new AkkaBeansException("Either property@ref or property@value must be set on property element")
                 }
         }
+        //un-set so next bean can be managed
+		hasSetDependecies = false
         ref
   }
 
@@ -139,10 +154,12 @@ class ActiveObjectFactoryBean extends AbstractFactoryBean[AnyRef] with Logging w
     if (transactional) config.makeTransactionRequired
     config
   }
-
-  private[akka] def aNewInstance[T <: AnyRef](clazz: Class[T]) : T = {
-      clazz.newInstance().asInstanceOf[T]
-  }
+  def aNewInstance[T <: AnyRef](clazz: Class[T]) : T = {
+      var ref = clazz.newInstance().asInstanceOf[T]
+  	  setProperties(ref)
+      hasSetDependecies = true
+	  ref
+}
 
   private[akka] def isRemote = (host != null) && (!host.isEmpty)
 
diff --git a/akka-spring/src/test/java/se/scalablesolutions/akka/spring/Pojo.java b/akka-spring/src/test/java/se/scalablesolutions/akka/spring/Pojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42e1e393e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-spring/src/test/java/se/scalablesolutions/akka/spring/Pojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package se.scalablesolutions.akka.spring;
+
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
+
+public class Pojo implements PojoInf,ApplicationContextAware {
+
+    private String string;
+
+	private boolean gotApplicationContext = false;
+	
+	public boolean gotApplicationContext() {
+		return gotApplicationContext;
+	}
+	public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext context) {
+		gotApplicationContext = true;
+	}
+
+   public void setString(String s) {
+		string = s;
+ }
+
+    public String getString() {
+		return string;
+   }
+    
+ }
diff --git a/akka-spring/src/test/java/se/scalablesolutions/akka/spring/PojoInf.java b/akka-spring/src/test/java/se/scalablesolutions/akka/spring/PojoInf.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db31841f17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-spring/src/test/java/se/scalablesolutions/akka/spring/PojoInf.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package se.scalablesolutions.akka.spring;
+
+public interface PojoInf {
+
+    public String getString();
+    public boolean gotApplicationContext();
+    
+ }
diff --git a/akka-spring/src/test/java/se/scalablesolutions/akka/spring/SampleBean.java b/akka-spring/src/test/java/se/scalablesolutions/akka/spring/SampleBean.java
index ce8cf1fd70..e8adaa38e7 100644
--- a/akka-spring/src/test/java/se/scalablesolutions/akka/spring/SampleBean.java
+++ b/akka-spring/src/test/java/se/scalablesolutions/akka/spring/SampleBean.java
@@ -1,23 +1,13 @@
 package se.scalablesolutions.akka.spring;
 
-import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
-import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
-
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor.annotation.shutdown;
 
-public class SampleBean implements ApplicationContextAware {
+public class SampleBean {
 
     public boolean down;
 
-    public boolean gotApplicationContext;
-
     public SampleBean() {
         down = false;
-        gotApplicationContext = false;
-    }
-
-    public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext context) {
-  	    gotApplicationContext = true;
     }
 
     public String foo(String s) {
diff --git a/akka-spring/src/test/resources/appContext.xml b/akka-spring/src/test/resources/appContext.xml
index b299b3e363..e9a651b735 100644
--- a/akka-spring/src/test/resources/appContext.xml
+++ b/akka-spring/src/test/resources/appContext.xml
@@ -22,4 +22,12 @@
     <bean id="string" class="java.lang.String">
         <constructor-arg value="someString"/>
     </bean>
-</beans>
+     <akka:active-object id="pojoInf" 
+	       target="se.scalablesolutions.akka.spring.Pojo" 
+           interface="se.scalablesolutions.akka.spring.PojoInf"
+		   scope="singleton"
+	       timeout="1000">
+	     <property name="string" value="akka rocks"/>
+	</akka:active-object>
+	
+ </beans>
diff --git a/akka-spring/src/test/scala/ActiveObjectFactoryBeanTest.scala b/akka-spring/src/test/scala/ActiveObjectFactoryBeanTest.scala
index e0db33e8f1..5055fb6184 100644
--- a/akka-spring/src/test/scala/ActiveObjectFactoryBeanTest.scala
+++ b/akka-spring/src/test/scala/ActiveObjectFactoryBeanTest.scala
@@ -65,14 +65,15 @@ class ActiveObjectFactoryBeanTest extends Spec with ShouldMatchers {
       assert(target.getSource === entry.value)
     }
 
-    it("should create an application context and inject a string dependency") {
+    it("should create an application context and verify dependency injection") {
       var ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("appContext.xml");
       val target:ResourceEditor = ctx.getBean("bean").asInstanceOf[ResourceEditor]
       assert(target.getSource === "someString")
-
-	  val sampleBean = ctx.getBean("sample").asInstanceOf[SampleBean];
-	Thread.sleep(300)
-	  assert(sampleBean.gotApplicationContext)
+	  
+	  val pojoInf = ctx.getBean("pojoInf").asInstanceOf[PojoInf];
+	  println("pojoInf = " + pojoInf.getString)
+	  assert(pojoInf.getString == "akka rocks")
+	  assert(pojoInf.gotApplicationContext)
     }
 
     it("should stop the created active object when scope is singleton and the context is closed") {