diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
index 597b552fe9..4067706ba9 100755
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ trait AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec {
   def NrOfNodes: Int
   def commonConfig: Config
 
-  def remotes: Seq[String] = {
+  private[this] val remotes: Array[String] = {
     val arrayOpt = Option(AkkaRemoteSpec.testNodes).map(_ split ",")
-    (arrayOpt getOrElse Array.fill(NrOfNodes)("localhost")).toSeq
+    (arrayOpt getOrElse Array.fill(NrOfNodes)("localhost")).toArray
   }
 
-  def specString(count: Int): String = {
-    val specs = for ((host, idx) <- remotes.take(count).zipWithIndex) yield
-      "\"akka://AkkaRemoteSpec@%s:%d\"".format(host, 9991+idx)
+	def akkaSpec(idx: Int) = "AkkaRemoteSpec@%s:%d".format(remotes(idx), 9991+idx)
+
+  def akkaURIs(count: Int): String = {
+    val specs = for (idx <- 0 until count) yield "\"akka://" + akkaSpec(idx) + "\""
     specs.mkString(",")
   }
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
index bbf653a808..0ac13c4f12 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ object DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSp
           /service-hello.remote = %s
         }
       }
-    }""" format specString(1))
+    }""" format akkaURIs(1))
 }
 
-class DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(0)) {
+import DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
+
+class DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(nodeConfigs(0)) {
   import DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
   val nodes = NrOfNodes
 
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ class DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(DirectRoutedRe
   }
 }
 
-class DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(1)) with DefaultTimeout {
+class DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(nodeConfigs(1)) with DefaultTimeout {
 
   import DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
   val nodes = NrOfNodes
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ class DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(DirectRoutedRe
       val actor = system.actorOf(Props[SomeActor], "service-hello")
       actor.isInstanceOf[RemoteActorRef] must be(true)
 
-      Await.result(actor ? "identify", timeout.duration) must equal("AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9991")
+      Await.result(actor ? "identify", timeout.duration) must equal(akkaSpec(0))
 
       barrier("done")
     }
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
index 985e8bf835..03ee68e616 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ object NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec {
           /service-hello.remote = %s
         }
       }
-    }""" format specString(1))
+    }""" format akkaURIs(1))
 }
 
 class NewRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(0)) {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class NewRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(NewRemoteActorMultiJvmS
       barrier("start")
 
       val actor = system.actorOf(Props[SomeActor], "service-hello")
-      Await.result(actor ? "identify", timeout.duration) must equal("AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9991")
+      Await.result(actor ? "identify", timeout.duration) must equal(akkaSpec(0))
 
       barrier("done")
     }
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
index 2c2f0c154f..2fc6b413e8 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ object RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSp
           /service-hello.target.nodes = [%s]
         }
       }
-    }""" format (3, specString(3)))
+    }""" format (3, akkaURIs(3)))
 }
 
 class RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(0)) {
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ class RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode4 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(RandomRoutedRe
       val iterationCount = 10
 
       var replies = Map(
-        "AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9991" -> 0,
-        "AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9992" -> 0,
-        "AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9993" -> 0)
+        akkaSpec(0) -> 0,
+        akkaSpec(1) -> 0,
+        akkaSpec(2) -> 0)
 
       for (i ← 0 until iterationCount) {
         for (k ← 0 until connectionCount) {
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
index f8ae8f635c..4f4dae7f70 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ object RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends AbstractRemoteActorMultiJ
           /service-hello.target.nodes = [%s]
         }
       }
-    }""" format (3, specString(3)))
+    }""" format (3, akkaURIs(3)))
 }
 
 class RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(0)) {
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ class RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode4 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(RoundRobin
       val iterationCount = 10
 
       var replies = Map(
-        "AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9991" -> 0,
-        "AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9992" -> 0,
-        "AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9993" -> 0)
+        akkaSpec(0) -> 0,
+        akkaSpec(1) -> 0,
+        akkaSpec(2) -> 0)
 
       for (i ← 0 until iterationCount) {
         for (k ← 0 until connectionCount) {
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
index 48ef5adcc9..678357a57c 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ object ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends AbstractRemoteActorMul
           /service-hello.target.nodes = [%s]
         }
       }
-    }""" format (3, specString(3)))
+    }""" format (3, akkaURIs(3)))
 }
 
 class ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(0)) {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode4 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(Scatter
 
       val replies = (receiveWhile(5 seconds, messages = connectionCount * iterationCount) {
         case name: String ⇒ (name, 1)
-      }).foldLeft(Map("AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9991" -> 0, "AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9992" -> 0, "AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9993" -> 0)) {
+      }).foldLeft(Map(akkaSpec(0) -> 0, akkaSpec(1) -> 0, akkaSpec(2) -> 0)) {
         case (m, (n, c)) ⇒ m + (n -> (m(n) + c))
       }
 
diff --git a/project/AkkaBuild.scala b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
index d104a9db5d..9dada98416 100644
--- a/project/AkkaBuild.scala
+++ b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sbt._
 import sbt.Keys._
 import com.typesafe.sbtmultijvm.MultiJvmPlugin
 import com.typesafe.sbtmultijvm.MultiJvmPlugin.{ MultiJvm, extraOptions, jvmOptions, scalatestOptions }
-//import com.typesafe.schoir.SchoirPlugin.schoirSettings
+import com.typesafe.schoir.SchoirPlugin.schoirSettings
 import com.typesafe.sbtscalariform.ScalariformPlugin
 import com.typesafe.sbtscalariform.ScalariformPlugin.ScalariformKeys
 import java.lang.Boolean.getBoolean
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ object AkkaBuild extends Build {
     id = "akka-remote",
     base = file("akka-remote"),
     dependencies = Seq(actor, actorTests % "test->test", testkit % "test->test"),
-    settings = defaultSettings ++ multiJvmSettings ++ /*schoirSettings ++*/ Seq(
+    settings = defaultSettings ++ multiJvmSettings ++ schoirSettings ++ Seq(
       libraryDependencies ++= Dependencies.remote,
       // disable parallel tests
       parallelExecution in Test := false,
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 899db6307f..52704b5935 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ resolvers += Classpaths.typesafeResolver
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbtmultijvm" % "sbt-multi-jvm" % "0.1.9")
 
-//addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.schoir" % "schoir" % "0.1.1")
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.schoir" % "schoir" % "0.1.2")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbteclipse" % "sbteclipse" % "1.5.0")