diff --git a/spring-jms/src/test/com/baeldung/spring/jms/MapMessageConvertAndSendTest.java b/spring-jms/src/test/com/baeldung/spring/jms/MapMessageConvertAndSendTest.java
index 4bd9827c60..19b9097601 100644
--- a/spring-jms/src/test/com/baeldung/spring/jms/MapMessageConvertAndSendTest.java
+++ b/spring-jms/src/test/com/baeldung/spring/jms/MapMessageConvertAndSendTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.baeldung.spring.jms;
 
-import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ import com.baeldung.spring.jms.SampleJmsMessageSender;
 
 public class MapMessageConvertAndSendTest {
 
-    private SampleJmsMessageSender messageProducer;
+    private static SampleJmsMessageSender messageProducer;
 
     @SuppressWarnings("resource")
-    @Before
-    public void setUp() {
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setUp() {
         ApplicationContext applicationContext = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(new String[] { "classpath:EmbeddedActiveMQ.xml", "classpath:applicationContext.xml" });
         messageProducer = (SampleJmsMessageSender) applicationContext.getBean("SampleJmsMessageSender");
     }