diff --git a/project/AkkaBuild.scala b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
index 517adebe92..eb9a9fc117 100644
--- a/project/AkkaBuild.scala
+++ b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
@@ -596,8 +596,8 @@ object AkkaBuild extends Build {
          |import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
          |import scala.concurrent.duration._
          |import akka.util.Timeout
-         |val config = ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.stdout-loglevel=INFO,akka.loglevel=DEBUG,pinned{type=PinnedDispatcher,executor=thread-pool-executor,throughput=1000}")
-         |val remoteConfig = ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.remote.netty{port=0,use-dispatcher-for-io=akka.actor.default-dispatcher,execution-pool-size=0},akka.actor.provider=akka.remote.RemoteActorRefProvider").withFallback(config)
+         |var config = ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.stdout-loglevel=INFO,akka.loglevel=DEBUG,pinned{type=PinnedDispatcher,executor=thread-pool-executor,throughput=1000}")
+         |var remoteConfig = ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.remote.netty{port=0,use-dispatcher-for-io=akka.actor.default-dispatcher,execution-pool-size=0},akka.actor.provider=akka.remote.RemoteActorRefProvider").withFallback(config)
          |var system: ActorSystem = null
          |implicit def _system = system
          |def startSystem(remoting: Boolean = false) { system = ActorSystem("repl", if(remoting) remoteConfig else config); println("don’t forget to system.shutdown()!") }