diff --git a/configuration/beans.xml b/configuration/beans.xml
index 9aabfe2ba5a54705aaf2f5b85d55ab2443ea137e..f17025ad6d563931d3028f0e05225d60f7946c52 100644
--- a/configuration/beans.xml
+++ b/configuration/beans.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 			<property name="sessionFactory" ref="sessionFactory"/>
 		</bean>
 	
+		<tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager"/>
+	
 		<!-- DEFINES AN "ADVICE" IE. A WAY TO USE THE TRANSACTION MANAGER AROUND METHODS -->
 		<tx:advice id="txAdvice" transaction-manager="transactionManager"><!-- the transactional advice (i.e. what 'happens'; see the <aop:advisor/> bean below) -->	  
 			<tx:attributes><!-- the transactional semantics... -->