diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-plexus-bridge/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/plexusbridge/DigesterUtils.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-plexus-bridge/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/plexusbridge/DigesterUtils.java
index a8a72d417..dcb22ef71 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-plexus-bridge/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/plexusbridge/DigesterUtils.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-plexus-bridge/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/plexusbridge/DigesterUtils.java
@@ -52,12 +52,17 @@ public class DigesterUtils
         {
             // olamy when the TCL is not a URLClassLoader lookupList fail !
             // when using tomcat maven plugin so adding a simple hack
-            log.warn( "using lookList from sisu plexus failed so build plexus Digesters manually" );
+            log.warn( "using lookupList from sisu plexus failed so build plexus Digesters manually" );
 
             allDigesters = Arrays.asList( new Sha1Digester(), new Md5Digester() );
 
         }
 
+        if ( allDigesters == null || allDigesters.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            throw  new PlexusSisuBridgeException( "no way to initiliaze IndexCreator" );
+        }
+
         log.debug( "allIndexCreators {}", allDigesters );
 
     }
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-plexus-bridge/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/plexusbridge/MavenIndexerUtils.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-plexus-bridge/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/plexusbridge/MavenIndexerUtils.java
index 4992dcf02..2deae9d1f 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-plexus-bridge/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/plexusbridge/MavenIndexerUtils.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-plexus-bridge/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/plexusbridge/MavenIndexerUtils.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import java.util.List;
  * @author Olivier Lamy
  * @since 1.4
  */
-@Service("mavenIndexerUtils")
+@Service( "mavenIndexerUtils" )
 public class MavenIndexerUtils
 {
 
@@ -56,15 +56,22 @@ public class MavenIndexerUtils
         {
             // olamy when the TCL is not a URLClassLoader lookupList fail !
             // when using tomcat maven plugin so adding a simple hack
-            log.warn( "using lookList from sisu plexus failed so build indexCreator manually" );
+            log.warn( "using lookupList from sisu plexus failed so build indexCreator manually" );
 
             allIndexCreators =
-                Arrays.asList( new OSGIArtifactIndexCreator(), new MavenArchetypeArtifactInfoIndexCreator(),
-                               new MinimalArtifactInfoIndexCreator(), new JarFileContentsIndexCreator(),
-                               new MavenPluginArtifactInfoIndexCreator() );
+                Arrays.asList( plexusSisuBridge.lookup( IndexCreator.class, OSGIArtifactIndexCreator.ID ),
+                               plexusSisuBridge.lookup( IndexCreator.class, MavenArchetypeArtifactInfoIndexCreator.ID ),
+                               plexusSisuBridge.lookup( IndexCreator.class, MinimalArtifactInfoIndexCreator.ID ),
+                               plexusSisuBridge.lookup( IndexCreator.class, JarFileContentsIndexCreator.ID ),
+                               plexusSisuBridge.lookup( IndexCreator.class, MavenPluginArtifactInfoIndexCreator.ID ) );
 
         }
 
+        if ( allIndexCreators == null || allIndexCreators.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            throw new PlexusSisuBridgeException( "no way to initiliaze IndexCreator" );
+        }
+
         log.debug( "allIndexCreators {}", allIndexCreators );
     }
 
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
index 664d39de0..cbba76e6c 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@
   <logger name="org.apache.archiva.indexer.search.NexusRepositorySearch">
     <level value="debug"/>
   </logger>
+  <logger name="org.apache.archiva.common.plexusbridge.MavenIndexerUtils">
+    <level value="debug"/>
+  </logger>
+  <logger name="JPOX">
+    <level value="error"/>
+  </logger>
+
   <logger name="org.apache.commons.configuration.DefaultConfigurationBuilder">
     <level value="error"/>
   </logger>