diff --git a/spring-integration-samples/ws-inbound-gateway/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/ws/SimpleEchoResponder.java b/spring-integration-samples/ws-inbound-gateway/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/ws/SimpleEchoResponder.java
index e5f383283a..13c5bfb933 100644
--- a/spring-integration-samples/ws-inbound-gateway/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/ws/SimpleEchoResponder.java
+++ b/spring-integration-samples/ws-inbound-gateway/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/ws/SimpleEchoResponder.java
@@ -16,13 +16,16 @@
 
 package org.springframework.integration.samples.ws;
 
+import javax.xml.transform.Source;
 import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
 
 import org.springframework.integration.xml.source.DomSourceFactory;
 
 public class SimpleEchoResponder {
-	public DOMSource issueResponseFor(Object request) {
-		return (DOMSource) new DomSourceFactory().createSource(
-				"<echoResponse xmlns=\"http://www.springframework.org/spring-ws/samples/echo\">hello</echoResponse>");
+
+	public Source issueResponseFor(DOMSource request) {
+		return new DomSourceFactory().createSource(
+				"<echoResponse xmlns=\"http://www.springframework.org/spring-ws/samples/echo\">" +
+				request.getNode().getTextContent() + "</echoResponse>");
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-integration-samples/ws-inbound-gateway/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/spring-integration-samples/ws-inbound-gateway/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index fdb72cf724..e732138554 100644
--- a/spring-integration-samples/ws-inbound-gateway/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-samples/ws-inbound-gateway/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 			<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
 			<param-value>WEB-INF/spring-ws-config.xml</param-value>
 		</init-param>
+		<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
 	</servlet>
 
 	<servlet-mapping>