diff --git a/spring-jms/src/test/com/baeldung/spring/jms/DefaultTextMessageSenderTest.java b/spring-jms/src/test/com/baeldung/spring/jms/DefaultTextMessageSenderTest.java
index 5176d79386..2016122105 100644
--- a/spring-jms/src/test/com/baeldung/spring/jms/DefaultTextMessageSenderTest.java
+++ b/spring-jms/src/test/com/baeldung/spring/jms/DefaultTextMessageSenderTest.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;
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ import com.baeldung.spring.jms.SampleJmsMessageSender;
 
 public class DefaultTextMessageSenderTest {
 
-    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");
     }
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ public class DefaultTextMessageSenderTest {
         messageProducer.simpleSend();
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}