diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/AkkaBroadcaster.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/AkkaBroadcaster.scala
index 8f724ff445..ca5abc6f1d 100644
--- a/akka-http/src/main/scala/AkkaBroadcaster.scala
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/scala/AkkaBroadcaster.scala
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@ import se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor.Actor._
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor.Actor
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.dispatch.Dispatchers
 
-class AkkaBroadcaster extends org.atmosphere.jersey.JerseyBroadcaster {
-  name = classOf[AkkaBroadcaster].getName
-
+object AkkaBroadcaster {
   val broadcasterDispatcher = Dispatchers.fromConfig("akka.rest.comet-dispatcher")
+}
+
+class AkkaBroadcaster extends org.atmosphere.jersey.JerseyBroadcaster {
+  import AkkaBroadcaster._
+  name = classOf[AkkaBroadcaster].getName
 
   //FIXME should be supervised
   val caster = actorOf(new Actor {