diff --git a/demo/hello/src/main/java/org/jacorb/demo/hello/Client.java b/demo/hello/src/main/java/org/jacorb/demo/hello/Client.java
index be3e354..ba10b13 100644
--- a/demo/hello/src/main/java/org/jacorb/demo/hello/Client.java
+++ b/demo/hello/src/main/java/org/jacorb/demo/hello/Client.java
@@ -36,32 +36,37 @@ public class Client
                 System.exit( -1 );
             }
 
-
+            Properties p = new Properties();
+            p.setProperty ("jacorb.log.default.verbosity","4");
+            // contra example
+            // p.setProperty ("jacorb.connection.client.disconnect_after_systemexception", "false");
             // initialize the ORB.
-            ORB orb = ORB.init( args, null );
+            ORB orb = ORB.init( args, p );
 
             BufferedReader br =
                 new BufferedReader( new FileReader( f ));
 
-            // get object reference from command-line argument file
-            org.omg.CORBA.Object obj =
-                orb.string_to_object( br.readLine() );
+            String ior = br.readLine ();
 
             br.close();
 
-            // and narrow it to HelloWorld.GoodDay
-            // if this fails, a BAD_PARAM will be thrown
-            GoodDay goodDay = GoodDayHelper.narrow( obj );
-
-
-            // invoke the operation and print the result
-            System.out.println( goodDay.hello_simple() );
-
-            // invoke the operation again and print the wide string result
-            System.out.println( "wide string: " +
-                    goodDay.hello_wide( "Hello World, from 1 2 3 0 *&^%$#@!@"));
-
-            goodDay.shutdown ();
+            for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
+              {
+                org.omg.CORBA.Object obj = orb.string_to_object( ior );
+                try
+                  {
+                    GoodDay goodDay = GoodDayHelper.narrow( obj );
+                    System.out.println( goodDay.hello_simple() );
+                    Thread.sleep (10000);
+                  }
+                catch( OBJECT_NOT_EXIST one)
+                  {
+                    Thread.sleep (5000);
+                    br = new BufferedReader( new FileReader( f ));
+                    ior = br.readLine ();
+                    br.close();
+                  }
+              }
         }
         catch( Exception ex )
         {
diff --git a/demo/hello/src/main/java/org/jacorb/demo/hello/Server.java b/demo/hello/src/main/java/org/jacorb/demo/hello/Server.java
index e0e2abf..e55e95e 100644
--- a/demo/hello/src/main/java/org/jacorb/demo/hello/Server.java
+++ b/demo/hello/src/main/java/org/jacorb/demo/hello/Server.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package org.jacorb.demo.hello;
 
 import java.io.*;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.omg.CORBA.*;
 import org.omg.PortableServer.*;
@@ -10,8 +11,11 @@ public class Server
 {
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
     {
+        Properties p = new Properties();
+        p.setProperty ("OAPort","9999");
+
         //init ORB
-        ORB orb = ORB.init( args, null );
+        ORB orb = ORB.init( args, p );
 
         //init POA
         POA poa =