1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/node-api/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/node/NodeFactory.java b/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/node-api/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/node/NodeFactory.java
index 082b6e612f..d7370ba513 100644
--- a/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/node-api/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/node/NodeFactory.java
+++ b/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/node-api/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/node/NodeFactory.java
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ public abstract class NodeFactory extends DefaultNodeConfigurationFactory {
     public static NodeFactory newInstance(String configURI) {
         Properties properties;
         if (configURI == null || configURI.length() < 1) {
-            properties = new Properties();
+            return newInstance();
         } else if (configURI.startsWith("properties:")) {
             try {
                 properties = loadProperties(configURI.substring("properties:".length()));