diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/GemfireTransactionManager.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/GemfireTransactionManager.java
index 35c1e595..f7cda9ae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/GemfireTransactionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/GemfireTransactionManager.java
@@ -147,16 +147,15 @@ public class GemfireTransactionManager extends AbstractPlatformTransactionManage
 			throw new NoTransactionException(
 					"No transaction associated with the current thread; are there multiple transaction managers ?", ex);
 		}
-		catch (TransactionException ex) {
+		
+		catch (com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.TransactionException ex) {
 			throw new GemfireTransactionCommitException("Unexpected failure on commit of Cache local transaction", ex);
 		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	protected void doRollback(DefaultTransactionStatus status) throws TransactionException {
-		// CacheTransactionObject txObject = (CacheTransactionObject)
-		// status.getTransaction();
-		if (status.isDebug()) {
+ 		if (status.isDebug()) {
 			logger.debug("Rolling back Cache local transaction for [" + cache + "]");
 		}
 		try {
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/basic-tx-config.xml b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/basic-tx-config.xml
index c7ed983f..652d3a11 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/basic-tx-config.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/basic-tx-config.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	
 	<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.data.gemfire.GemfireTransactionManager" p:cache-ref="cache"/>
 	
-	<bean id="rollback-region" class="org.springframework.data.gemfire.LocalRegionFactoryBean" p:name="r-region" p:cache-ref="cache"/>
-	<bean id="commit-region" class="org.springframework.data.gemfire.LocalRegionFactoryBean" p:name="c-region" p:cache-ref="cache"/>
+	<bean id="rollback-region" class="org.springframework.data.gemfire.LocalRegionFactoryBean" p:name="r-region" p:cache-ref="cache" p:close="false"/>
+	<bean id="commit-region" class="org.springframework.data.gemfire.LocalRegionFactoryBean" p:name="c-region" p:cache-ref="cache" p:close="false"/>
 	
 </beans>