diff --git a/akka-rest/src/main/scala/ActorComponentProvider.scala b/akka-rest/src/main/scala/ActorComponentProvider.scala
index 5d9d49bef2..c1d8029425 100644
--- a/akka-rest/src/main/scala/ActorComponentProvider.scala
+++ b/akka-rest/src/main/scala/ActorComponentProvider.scala
@@ -9,19 +9,21 @@ import com.sun.jersey.core.spi.component.ioc.IoCFullyManagedComponentProvider
 
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.config.Configurator
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.util.Logging
+import se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor.Actor
 
 class ActorComponentProvider(val clazz: Class[_], val configurators: List[Configurator])
     extends IoCFullyManagedComponentProvider with Logging {
    
   override def getScope = ComponentScope.Singleton
 
-  override def getInstance: AnyRef = {
+  override def getInstance: Actor = {
     val instances = for {
       conf <- configurators
       if conf.isDefined(clazz)
-    } yield conf.getInstance(clazz).asInstanceOf[AnyRef]
+      instance <- conf.getInstance(clazz)
+    } yield instance
     instances match {
-      case instance :: Nil => instance
+      case (instance : Actor) :: Nil => instance
       case Nil => throw new IllegalArgumentException("No Actor for class [" +  clazz + "] could be found. Make sure you have defined and configured the class as an Active Object or Actor in a Configurator")
       case _ => throw new IllegalArgumentException("Actor for class [" +  clazz + "] is defined in more than one Configurator. Eliminate the redundancy.")
     }