diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.Mvc3QuickStart/src/Spring.Mvc3QuickStart/Web.config b/examples/Spring/Spring.Mvc3QuickStart/src/Spring.Mvc3QuickStart/Web.config
index e88a3b6a..661646ca 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.Mvc3QuickStart/src/Spring.Mvc3QuickStart/Web.config
+++ b/examples/Spring/Spring.Mvc3QuickStart/src/Spring.Mvc3QuickStart/Web.config
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
   <spring>
     <context>
-      <resource uri="~/Config/controllers.xml"/>
+      <resource uri="file://~/Config/controllers.xml"/>
     </context>
   </spring>
 
diff --git a/src/Spring/Spring.Web.Mvc3/Context/Support/MvcContextHandler.cs b/src/Spring/Spring.Web.Mvc3/Context/Support/MvcContextHandler.cs
index cfadc4bb..b235ac56 100644
--- a/src/Spring/Spring.Web.Mvc3/Context/Support/MvcContextHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Spring/Spring.Web.Mvc3/Context/Support/MvcContextHandler.cs
@@ -29,35 +29,8 @@ namespace Spring.Context.Support
     /// <summary>
     /// Context Handler for ASP.NET MVC Applications
     /// </summary>
-    public class MvcContextHandler : ContextHandler
+    public class MvcContextHandler : WebContextHandler
     {
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The <see cref="System.Type"/> of <see cref="Spring.Context.IApplicationContext"/>
-        /// created if no <c>type</c> attribute is specified on a <c>context</c> element.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value></value>        
-        protected override Type DefaultApplicationContextType
-        {
-            get { return typeof(MvcApplicationContext); }
-        }
-
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Get the context's case-sensitivity to use if none is specified
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value></value>
-        /// <remarks>
-        /// 	<p>
-        /// Derived handlers may override this property to change their default case-sensitivity.
-        /// </p>
-        /// 	<p>
-        /// Defaults to 'true'.
-        /// </p>
-        /// </remarks>
-        protected override bool DefaultCaseSensitivity
-        {
-            get { return false; }
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Spring/Spring.Web.Mvc3/Spring.Web.Mvc3.2010.csproj b/src/Spring/Spring.Web.Mvc3/Spring.Web.Mvc3.2010.csproj
index 3f687926..d3e926b4 100644
--- a/src/Spring/Spring.Web.Mvc3/Spring.Web.Mvc3.2010.csproj
+++ b/src/Spring/Spring.Web.Mvc3/Spring.Web.Mvc3.2010.csproj
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@
       <Name>Spring.Core.2010</Name>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Spring.Web\Spring.Web.2010.csproj">
+      <Project>{BA4789EB-281A-48EA-8763-28B9F0596A18}</Project>
+      <Name>Spring.Web.2010</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Folder Include="Properties\" />
diff --git a/src/Spring/Spring.Web.Mvc3/SpringMvcApplication.cs b/src/Spring/Spring.Web.Mvc3/SpringMvcApplication.cs
index be1d7851..44b35f16 100644
--- a/src/Spring/Spring.Web.Mvc3/SpringMvcApplication.cs
+++ b/src/Spring/Spring.Web.Mvc3/SpringMvcApplication.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,29 @@ namespace Spring.Web.Mvc
 
             //the Spring HTTP Module won't have built the context for us until now so we have to delay until the init
             ConfigureApplicationContext();
-            RegisterResolver();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Handles the BeginRequest event of the Application control.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sender">The source of the event.</param>
+        /// <param name="e">The <see cref="System.EventArgs"/> instance containing the event data.</param>
+        protected virtual void Application_BeginRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            var resolver = BuildDependencyResolver();
+            RegisterDependencyResolver(resolver);
+        }
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Builds the dependency resolver.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The <see cref="IDependencyResolver"/> instance.</returns>
+        /// You must override this method in a derived class to control the manner in which the
+        /// <see cref="IDependencyResolver"/> is created.
+        protected virtual IDependencyResolver BuildDependencyResolver()
+        {
+            return new SpringMvcDependencyResolver(ContextRegistry.GetContext());
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -62,7 +84,6 @@ namespace Spring.Web.Mvc
 
         }
 
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Registers the DependencyResolver implementation with the MVC runtime.
         /// <remarks>
@@ -70,9 +91,42 @@ namespace Spring.Web.Mvc
         /// <see cref="SpringMvcDependencyResolver"/> is registered.
         /// </remarks>
         /// </summary>
-        public virtual void RegisterResolver()
+        public virtual void RegisterDependencyResolver(IDependencyResolver resolver)
         {
-            DependencyResolver.SetResolver(new SpringMvcDependencyResolver(ContextRegistry.GetContext()));
+            ThreadSafeDependencyResolverRegistrar.Register(resolver);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Thread-safe class that ensures that the <see cref="IDependencyResolver"/> is registered only once.
+        /// </summary>
+        protected static class ThreadSafeDependencyResolverRegistrar
+        {
+            private static bool _isInitialized = false;
+            private static readonly Object @lock = new Object();
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Registers the specified resolver.
+            /// </summary>
+            /// <param name="resolver">The resolver.</param>
+            public static void Register(IDependencyResolver resolver)
+            {
+                if (_isInitialized)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                lock (@lock)
+                {
+                    if (_isInitialized)
+                    {
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    DependencyResolver.SetResolver(resolver);
+
+                    _isInitialized = true;
+                }
+            }
         }
 
     }