diff --git a/akka-spring/src/test/resources/appContext.xml b/akka-spring/src/test/resources/appContext.xml
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+++ b/akka-spring/src/test/resources/appContext.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xmlns:akka="http://www.akkasource.org/schema/akka"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+       http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
+       http://www.akkasource.org/schema/akka
+       http://scalablesolutions.se/akka/akka-0.10.xsd">
+       
+        <akka:active-object id="bean"
+                      target="org.springframework.core.io.ResourceEditor"
+                      transactional="true"
+                      timeout="1000"
+                      scope="prototype">
+             <property name="source" ref="string"/>      	         
+        </akka:active-object>
+       	
+ 		<bean id="string" class="java.lang.String">
+			<constructor-arg value="someString"/>
+	    </bean>
+ </beans>
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diff --git a/akka-spring/src/test/resources/failing-appContext.xml b/akka-spring/src/test/resources/failing-appContext.xml
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+++ b/akka-spring/src/test/resources/failing-appContext.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xmlns:akka="http://www.akkasource.org/schema/akka"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+       http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
+       http://www.akkasource.org/schema/akka
+       classpath:se/scalablesolutions/akka/spring/akka-0.10.xsd">
+       
+        <akka:active-object id="bean"
+                      target="org.springframework.core.io.ResourceEditor"
+                      transactional="true"
+                      timeout="1000"
+                      scope="prototype">
+             <property name="source" ref="nonExistentRef"/>      	         
+        </akka:active-object>
+       	
+ 		<bean id="string" class="java.lang.String">
+			<constructor-arg value="someString"/>
+	    </bean>
+ </beans>
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