diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/trade/CompositeCustomerUpdateLineTokenizer.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/trade/CompositeCustomerUpdateLineTokenizer.java
index 7f82c26c1..d29f93d6a 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/trade/CompositeCustomerUpdateLineTokenizer.java
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/trade/CompositeCustomerUpdateLineTokenizer.java
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ public class CompositeCustomerUpdateLineTokenizer extends StepExecutionListenerS
 			//line starts with A,U, or D, so it must be a customer operation.
 			return customerTokenizer.process(line);
 		}
-		else if(line.charAt(0) == 'S'){
-			//header record, ignore
-			return null;
-		}
 		else{
 			//If the line doesn't start with any of the characters above, it must obviously be invalid.
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid line encountered for tokenizing: " + line);
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/trade/CustomerUpdateProcessor.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/trade/CustomerUpdateProcessor.java
index 23e052d21..b42f4eb1c 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/trade/CustomerUpdateProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/trade/CustomerUpdateProcessor.java
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
  */
 public class CustomerUpdateProcessor implements ItemProcessor<CustomerUpdate, CustomerUpdate>{
 
-	CustomerDao customerDao;
-	InvalidCustomerLogger invalidCustomerLogger;
+	private CustomerDao customerDao;
+	private InvalidCustomerLogger invalidCustomerLogger;
 	
 	public CustomerUpdate process(CustomerUpdate item) throws Exception {
 		
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/customerFilterJob.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/customerFilterJob.xml
index 08a85d052..15ec09222 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/customerFilterJob.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/customerFilterJob.xml
@@ -10,17 +10,7 @@
 			<list>
 				<bean name="uploadCustomer" parent="skipLimitStep">
 					<property name="itemReader" ref="customerFileUploadReader" />
-					<property name="itemProcessor">
-						<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.support.CompositeItemProcessor" >
-							<property name="itemProcessors">
-								<list>
-									<ref bean="customerTokenizer"/>
-									<ref bean="customerMapper" />
-									<ref bean="customerUpdateProcessor" />
-								</list>
-							</property>
-						</bean>
-					</property>
+					<property name="itemProcessor" ref="customerUpdateProcessor" />
 					<property name="itemWriter" >
 						<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.CustomerUpdateWriter" >
 							<property name="customerDao" ref="customerDao" />
@@ -35,8 +25,13 @@
 	<bean name="customerFileUploadReader" class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemReader" >
 		<property name="resource" ref="customerFileResource" />
 		<property name="lineMapper">
-		 	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.mapping.PassThroughLineMapper" />
+		 	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.mapping.DefaultLineMapper" >
+		 		<property name="lineTokenizer" ref="customerTokenizer" />
+		 		<property name="fieldSetMapper" ref="customerMapper" />
+		 	</bean>
 		</property>
+		<!-- skip the header -->
+		<property name="linesToSkip" value="1" />
 	</bean>
 	
 	<bean name="customerMapper" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.CustomerUpdateFieldSetMapper" />