diff --git a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/ws/ResourceMethod.java b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/ws/ResourceMethod.java
index 6e0d01ef95e..a505c827ad5 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/ws/ResourceMethod.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/ws/ResourceMethod.java
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ public class ResourceMethod {
         this.resourceType = resourceType;
     }
 
-    public IResource getResourceType() throws IllegalAccessException, InstantiationException {
-        return (IResource)resourceType.newInstance();
+    public Class getResourceType() throws IllegalAccessException, InstantiationException {
+        return resourceType.getClass();
     }
 
     public RequestType getRequestType() {
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/ws/Service.java b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/ws/Service.java
index 9f358bfb297..2fba28550c5 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/ws/Service.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/ws/Service.java
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class Service extends HttpServlet {
             ResourceMethod resourceMethod = resource.getMethod(params.keySet());
             if (null == resourceMethod) throw new MethodNotFoundException("No resource method available for the supplied parameters " + params);
 
-            FhirContext ctx = new FhirContext(resourceMethod.getResourceType().getClass());
+            FhirContext ctx = new FhirContext(resourceMethod.getResourceType());
             XmlParser p = new XmlParser(ctx);
             response.getWriter().write(p.encodeResourceToString(resourceMethod.invoke(params)));
         } catch (Throwable t) {