diff --git a/ws/eclipse/HibIntro/src/main/java/hibintro/util/HibernateUtil.java b/ws/eclipse/HibIntro/src/main/java/hibintro/util/HibernateUtil.java
index d0f26b2ef42533ab8f782392e543c48cbe3c69fe..48e85c1d9683938ea7f961e8eb495482356cd34f 100644
--- a/ws/eclipse/HibIntro/src/main/java/hibintro/util/HibernateUtil.java
+++ b/ws/eclipse/HibIntro/src/main/java/hibintro/util/HibernateUtil.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.hibernate.service.ServiceRegistryBuilder;
  */
 public class HibernateUtil {
 
+  public static final Configuration configuration = new Configuration();
 
   /**
    * 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ public class HibernateUtil {
    * @return Session factory instance to be used for actual session creation by caller.
    */
   public static SessionFactory createSessionFactory(final String hibernateConfigFileName) {
-    Configuration configuration = new Configuration();
+    
     configuration.configure(hibernateConfigFileName);
     ServiceRegistryBuilder serviceRegistryBuilder = new ServiceRegistryBuilder().applySettings(configuration
         .getProperties());