diff --git a/activemq-ra/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/ActiveMQResourceAdapter.java b/activemq-ra/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/ActiveMQResourceAdapter.java
index d8c7e5a967..a08daef69b 100755
--- a/activemq-ra/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/ActiveMQResourceAdapter.java
+++ b/activemq-ra/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/ActiveMQResourceAdapter.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class ActiveMQResourceAdapter implements ResourceAdapter, Serializable {
                 broker = BrokerFactory.createBroker(new URI(brokerXmlConfig));
                 broker.start();
             } catch (Throwable e) {
-                throw new ResourceAdapterInternalException("Failed to startup an embedded broker: "+e, e);
+                throw new ResourceAdapterInternalException("Failed to startup an embedded broker: "+brokerXmlConfig+", due to: "+e, e);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/activemq-ra/src/main/rar/META-INF/ra.xml b/activemq-ra/src/main/rar/META-INF/ra.xml
index 75b5039f7c..ca1e273698 100755
--- a/activemq-ra/src/main/rar/META-INF/ra.xml
+++ b/activemq-ra/src/main/rar/META-INF/ra.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@
             </description>
             <config-property-name>BrokerXmlConfig</config-property-name>
             <config-property-type>java.lang.String</config-property-type>
+            <config-property-value></config-property-value>
+            <!--
             <config-property-value>xbean:broker-config.xml</config-property-value>
+            -->
         </config-property>
 
         <outbound-resourceadapter>