diff --git a/nirvanix/sdn/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/nirvanix/sdn/SDNContextBuilder.java b/nirvanix/sdn/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/nirvanix/sdn/SDNContextBuilder.java
index d6802c8945..66d59703be 100755
--- a/nirvanix/sdn/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/nirvanix/sdn/SDNContextBuilder.java
+++ b/nirvanix/sdn/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/nirvanix/sdn/SDNContextBuilder.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 
 import org.jclouds.cloud.CloudContextBuilder;
 import org.jclouds.nirvanix.sdn.config.RestSDNAuthenticationModule;
+import org.jclouds.nirvanix.sdn.config.RestSDNConnectionModule;
 import org.jclouds.nirvanix.sdn.config.SDNContextModule;
 import org.jclouds.nirvanix.sdn.reference.SDNConstants;
 
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ public class SDNContextBuilder extends CloudContextBuilder<SDNConnection> {
 
    public static void addAuthenticationModule(SDNContextBuilder builder) {
       builder.withModule(new RestSDNAuthenticationModule());
+      builder.withModule(new RestSDNConnectionModule());
    }
 
    public static SDNContextBuilder withEndpoint(SDNContextBuilder builder, URI endpoint) {
diff --git a/nirvanix/sdn/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/nirvanix/sdn/config/RestSDNAuthenticationModule.java b/nirvanix/sdn/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/nirvanix/sdn/config/RestSDNAuthenticationModule.java
index f6ce53a2f7..3ca18ac6eb 100755
--- a/nirvanix/sdn/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/nirvanix/sdn/config/RestSDNAuthenticationModule.java
+++ b/nirvanix/sdn/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/nirvanix/sdn/config/RestSDNAuthenticationModule.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import javax.inject.Singleton;
 import org.jclouds.http.RequiresHttp;
 import org.jclouds.nirvanix.sdn.SDN;
 import org.jclouds.nirvanix.sdn.SDNAuthentication;
-import org.jclouds.nirvanix.sdn.SDNConnection;
 import org.jclouds.nirvanix.sdn.SessionToken;
 import org.jclouds.nirvanix.sdn.reference.SDNConstants;
 import org.jclouds.rest.RestClientFactory;
@@ -49,8 +48,6 @@ public class RestSDNAuthenticationModule extends AbstractModule {
 
    @Override
    protected void configure() {
-      bindErrorHandlers();
-      bindRetryHandlers();
    }
 
    @Provides
@@ -69,17 +66,4 @@ public class RestSDNAuthenticationModule extends AbstractModule {
       return factory.create(SDNAuthentication.class).authenticate(appKey, username, password);
    }
 
-   @Provides
-   protected SDNConnection provideConnection(RestClientFactory factory) {
-      return factory.create(SDNConnection.class);
-   }
-   
-   protected void bindErrorHandlers() {
-      // TODO
-   }
-
-   protected void bindRetryHandlers() {
-      // TODO retry on 401 by AuthenticateRequest.update()
-   }
-
 }
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diff --git a/nirvanix/sdn/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/nirvanix/sdn/config/RestSDNConnectionModule.java b/nirvanix/sdn/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/nirvanix/sdn/config/RestSDNConnectionModule.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4eca9f2e1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nirvanix/sdn/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/nirvanix/sdn/config/RestSDNConnectionModule.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Global Cloud Specialists, Inc. <info@globalcloudspecialists.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+package org.jclouds.nirvanix.sdn.config;
+
+import org.jclouds.http.RequiresHttp;
+import org.jclouds.nirvanix.sdn.SDNConnection;
+import org.jclouds.rest.RestClientFactory;
+
+import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
+import com.google.inject.Provides;
+
+/**
+ * Configures the SDN authentication service connection, including logging and http transport.
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@RequiresHttp
+public class RestSDNConnectionModule extends AbstractModule {
+
+   @Override
+   protected void configure() {
+      bindErrorHandlers();
+      bindRetryHandlers();
+   }
+
+   @Provides
+   protected SDNConnection provideConnection(RestClientFactory factory) {
+      return factory.create(SDNConnection.class);
+   }
+   
+   protected void bindErrorHandlers() {
+      // TODO
+   }
+
+   protected void bindRetryHandlers() {
+      // TODO retry on 401 by AuthenticateRequest.update()
+   }
+
+}
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