diff --git a/config/alfresco/core-services-context.xml b/config/alfresco/core-services-context.xml
index f604ca354a..d6c8098ce7 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/core-services-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/core-services-context.xml
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@
         </property>
     </bean>
     
-    <bean id="lucene" class="org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory" parent="abstractPropertyBackedBean">
+    <bean id="lucene" class="org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.LuceneChildApplicationContextFactory" parent="abstractPropertyBackedBean">
         <property name="autoStart">
             <value>false</value>
         </property>
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/management/subsystems/ChildApplicationContextFactory.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/management/subsystems/ChildApplicationContextFactory.java
index fa25d1f72c..5004f6f0ea 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/management/subsystems/ChildApplicationContextFactory.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/management/subsystems/ChildApplicationContextFactory.java
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ public class ChildApplicationContextFactory extends AbstractPropertyBackedBean i
     @Override
     protected PropertyBackedBeanState createInitialState() throws IOException
     {
-        return new ApplicationContextState();
+        return new ApplicationContextState(false);
     }
 
     /*
@@ -565,7 +565,8 @@ public class ChildApplicationContextFactory extends AbstractPropertyBackedBean i
      */
     protected class ApplicationContextState implements PropertyBackedBeanState
     {
-
+        private boolean allowInitAccess = false;
+        
         /** The properties to be used in placeholder expansion. */
         private Properties properties;
 
@@ -584,8 +585,9 @@ public class ChildApplicationContextFactory extends AbstractPropertyBackedBean i
          * @throws IOException
          *             Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.
          */
-        protected ApplicationContextState() throws IOException
+        protected ApplicationContextState(boolean allowInitAccess ) throws IOException
         {
+            this.allowInitAccess = allowInitAccess;
             // Load the property defaults
             PropertiesFactoryBean factory = new PropertiesFactoryBean();
             factory.setPropertiesPersister(getPersister());
@@ -800,6 +802,10 @@ public class ChildApplicationContextFactory extends AbstractPropertyBackedBean i
                
                 try
                 {
+                    if(allowInitAccess)
+                    {
+                        this.applicationContext = applicationContext;
+                    }
                     applicationContext.refresh();
                     this.applicationContext = applicationContext;
                     ChildApplicationContextFactory.logger.info("Startup of '" + getCategory() + "' subsystem, ID: "
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/management/subsystems/LuceneChildApplicationContextFactory.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/management/subsystems/LuceneChildApplicationContextFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38eedca811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/management/subsystems/LuceneChildApplicationContextFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Alfresco Software Limited.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Alfresco
+ *
+ * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * @author Andy
+ *
+ */
+public class LuceneChildApplicationContextFactory extends ChildApplicationContextFactory
+{
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory#createInitialState()
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected PropertyBackedBeanState createInitialState() throws IOException
+    {
+        return new ApplicationContextState(true);
+    }
+
+    
+}