diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/RegionLookupFactoryBean.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/RegionLookupFactoryBean.java
index 0bede175..1fc9ec2f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/RegionLookupFactoryBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/RegionLookupFactoryBean.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class RegionLookupFactoryBean<K, V> implements FactoryBean<Region<K, V>>,
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
 	protected Region<K, V> lookupFallback(Cache cache, String regionName) throws Exception {
-		throw new BeanInitializationException("Cannot find region named " + regionName + " in cache " + cache);
+		throw new BeanInitializationException("Cannot find region [" + regionName + "] in cache " + cache);
 	}
 
 	public Region<K, V> getObject() throws Exception {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/ReplicatedRegionNamespaceTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/ReplicatedRegionNamespaceTest.java
index e7d14fd6..464c48b9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/ReplicatedRegionNamespaceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/ReplicatedRegionNamespaceTest.java
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 
+import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.Cache;
 import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.CacheListener;
 import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.DataPolicy;
+import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.Region;
 import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.RegionAttributes;
 import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.Scope;
 
@@ -78,9 +80,11 @@ public class ReplicatedRegionNamespaceTest {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testRegionLookup() throws Exception {
+		Cache cache = context.getBean(Cache.class);
+		Region existing = cache.createRegionFactory().create("existing");
 		assertTrue(context.containsBean("lookup"));
 		RegionLookupFactoryBean lfb = context.getBean("&lookup", RegionLookupFactoryBean.class);
-		assertEquals("simple", TestUtils.readField("name", lfb));
-		assertEquals(context.getBean("simple"), context.getBean("lookup"));
+		assertEquals("existing", TestUtils.readField("name", lfb));
+		assertEquals(context.getBean("existing"), context.getBean("lookup"));
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/replicated-ns.xml b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/replicated-ns.xml
index ac8bc79f..3ef2fcff 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/replicated-ns.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/replicated-ns.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire http://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire/spring-gemfire.xsd
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd">
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd" default-lazy-init="true">
 
 	<gfe:cache />
 	
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
 	<bean id="c-loader" class="org.springframework.data.gemfire.SimpleCacheLoader"/>
 	<bean id="c-writer" class="org.springframework.data.gemfire.SimpleCacheWriter"/>
 	
-	<gfe:lookup-region id="lookup" name="simple"/>
+	<gfe:lookup-region id="lookup" name="existing"/>
 </beans>
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