diff --git a/spring-integration-samples/filecopy/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/BinaryFileCopyDemo.java b/spring-integration-samples/filecopy/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/BinaryFileCopyDemo.java
index 45348a224d..1756ace5b3 100644
--- a/spring-integration-samples/filecopy/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/BinaryFileCopyDemo.java
+++ b/spring-integration-samples/filecopy/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/BinaryFileCopyDemo.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.integration.samples.filecopy;
 
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 
 /**
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 public class BinaryFileCopyDemo {
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
-		FileCopyDemoCommon.displayDirectories();
-		new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("fileCopyDemo-binary.xml", BinaryFileCopyDemo.class);
+		ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("fileCopyDemo-binary.xml", BinaryFileCopyDemo.class);
+		FileCopyDemoCommon.displayDirectories(context);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-integration-samples/filecopy/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/FileBasedFileCopyDemo.java b/spring-integration-samples/filecopy/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/FileBasedFileCopyDemo.java
index 463919e6ec..9bc801010f 100644
--- a/spring-integration-samples/filecopy/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/FileBasedFileCopyDemo.java
+++ b/spring-integration-samples/filecopy/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/FileBasedFileCopyDemo.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.integration.samples.filecopy;
 
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 
 /**
@@ -27,8 +28,8 @@ import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 public class FileBasedFileCopyDemo {
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
-		FileCopyDemoCommon.displayDirectories();
-		new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("fileCopyDemo-file.xml", FileBasedFileCopyDemo.class);
+		ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("fileCopyDemo-file.xml", FileBasedFileCopyDemo.class);
+		FileCopyDemoCommon.displayDirectories(context);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-integration-samples/filecopy/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/FileCopyDemoCommon.java b/spring-integration-samples/filecopy/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/FileCopyDemoCommon.java
index 963bc89aeb..eab96f7f47 100644
--- a/spring-integration-samples/filecopy/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/FileCopyDemoCommon.java
+++ b/spring-integration-samples/filecopy/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/FileCopyDemoCommon.java
@@ -18,19 +18,26 @@ package org.springframework.integration.samples.filecopy;
 
 import java.io.File;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.integration.file.FileReadingMessageSource;
+import org.springframework.integration.file.FileWritingMessageHandler;
+
 /**
  * Displays the names of the input and output directories.
  * 
  * @author Marius Bogoevici
+ * @author Mark Fisher
  */
 public class FileCopyDemoCommon {
 
-	public static void displayDirectories() {
-		File baseDir = new File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + File.separator + "spring-integration-samples");
-		File inDir = new File(baseDir, "input");
-		File outDir = new File(baseDir, "output");
-		System.out.println("Default input directory is: " + inDir.getAbsolutePath());
-		System.out.println("Default output directory is: " + outDir.getAbsolutePath());
+	public static void displayDirectories(ApplicationContext context) {
+		Object source = context.getBeansOfType(FileReadingMessageSource.class).values().iterator().next();
+		Object handler = context.getBeansOfType(FileWritingMessageHandler.class).values().iterator().next();
+		File inDir = (File) new DirectFieldAccessor(source).getPropertyValue("inputDirectory");
+		File outDir = (File) new DirectFieldAccessor(handler).getPropertyValue("destinationDirectory");
+		System.out.println("Input directory is: " + inDir.getAbsolutePath());
+		System.out.println("Output directory is: " + outDir.getAbsolutePath());
 		System.out.println("===================================================");
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-integration-samples/filecopy/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/TextFileCopyDemo.java b/spring-integration-samples/filecopy/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/TextFileCopyDemo.java
index 60f5285f1f..d5ae560ed4 100644
--- a/spring-integration-samples/filecopy/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/TextFileCopyDemo.java
+++ b/spring-integration-samples/filecopy/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/TextFileCopyDemo.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.integration.samples.filecopy;
 
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 
 /**
@@ -28,8 +29,8 @@ import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 public class TextFileCopyDemo {
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
-		FileCopyDemoCommon.displayDirectories();
-		new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("fileCopyDemo-text.xml", TextFileCopyDemo.class);
+		ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("fileCopyDemo-text.xml", TextFileCopyDemo.class);
+		FileCopyDemoCommon.displayDirectories(context);
 	}
 	
 }