diff --git a/kie-remote/kie-services-client/src/main/java/org/kie/services/client/api/RemoteJmsRuntimeEngineFactory.java b/kie-remote/kie-services-client/src/main/java/org/kie/services/client/api/RemoteJmsRuntimeEngineFactory.java
index 5da7338e68..9feba64ffd 100644
--- a/kie-remote/kie-services-client/src/main/java/org/kie/services/client/api/RemoteJmsRuntimeEngineFactory.java
+++ b/kie-remote/kie-services-client/src/main/java/org/kie/services/client/api/RemoteJmsRuntimeEngineFactory.java
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package org.kie.services.client.api;
 
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
 import javax.jms.Queue;
 import javax.naming.InitialContext;
+import javax.naming.NamingException;
 
 import org.kie.services.client.api.command.RemoteConfiguration;
 import org.kie.services.client.api.command.RemoteRuntimeEngine;
@@ -13,11 +16,16 @@
 public class RemoteJmsRuntimeEngineFactory implements RemoteRuntimeEngineFactory {
 
     private RemoteConfiguration config;
-    
+  
     public RemoteJmsRuntimeEngineFactory(String deploymentId, ConnectionFactory connectionFactory, Queue ksessionQueue, Queue taskQueue, Queue responseQueue) {
         this.config = new RemoteConfiguration(deploymentId, connectionFactory, ksessionQueue, taskQueue, responseQueue);
     }
     
+    public RemoteJmsRuntimeEngineFactory(String deploymentId, URL hostUrl, String userName, String password) { 
+        InitialContext context = getRemoteJbossInitialContext(hostUrl, userName, password);
+        this.config = new RemoteConfiguration(deploymentId, context);
+    }
+    
     public RemoteJmsRuntimeEngineFactory(String deploymentId, InitialContext context) { 
         this.config = new RemoteConfiguration(deploymentId, context);
     }
@@ -40,22 +48,29 @@ public RemoteJmsRuntimeEngineFactory(String deploymentId, InitialContext context
         this.config.setQualityOfServiceThresholdMilliSeconds(qualityofServiceThresholdMillisecs);
     }
     
-    public RemoteJmsRuntimeEngineFactory(String deploymentId, ConnectionFactory connectionFactory, Queue ksessionQueue, Queue taskQueue, Queue responseQueue, String username, String password, int qualityOfServiceThresholdMillisecs, int serializationType) {
-        this.config = new RemoteConfiguration(deploymentId, connectionFactory, ksessionQueue, taskQueue, responseQueue, username, password);
-        this.config.setQualityOfServiceThresholdMilliSeconds(qualityOfServiceThresholdMillisecs);
-        this.config.setSerializationType(serializationType);
-    }
-    
-    public RemoteJmsRuntimeEngineFactory(String deploymentId, InitialContext context, String username, String password, int qualityofServiceThresholdMillisecs, int serialization) { 
-        this.config = new RemoteConfiguration(deploymentId, context, username, password);
-        this.config.setQualityOfServiceThresholdMilliSeconds(qualityofServiceThresholdMillisecs);
-        this.config.setSerializationType(serialization);
+    public static InitialContext getRemoteJbossInitialContext(URL url, String user, String password) { 
+        Properties initialProps = new Properties();
+        initialProps.setProperty(InitialContext.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "org.jboss.naming.remote.client.InitialContextFactory");
+        String jbossServerHostName = url.getHost();
+        initialProps.setProperty(InitialContext.PROVIDER_URL, "remote://"+ jbossServerHostName + ":4447");
+        initialProps.setProperty(InitialContext.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, user);
+        initialProps.setProperty(InitialContext.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, password);
+
+        for (Object keyObj : initialProps.keySet()) {
+            String key = (String) keyObj;
+            System.setProperty(key, (String) initialProps.get(key));
+        }
+        try {
+            return new InitialContext(initialProps);
+        } catch (NamingException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Unable to create " + InitialContext.class.getSimpleName(), e);
+        }
     }
     
     public RemoteRuntimeEngine newRuntimeEngine() {
     	return new RemoteRuntimeEngine(config);
     }
-    
+
     public void addExtraJaxbClasses(Collection<Class<?>> extraJaxbClasses ) { 
         this.config.addJaxbClasses(new HashSet<Class<?>>(extraJaxbClasses));
     }
diff --git a/kie-remote/kie-services-remote/src/main/java/org/kie/services/remote/rest/TaskResource.java b/kie-remote/kie-services-remote/src/main/java/org/kie/services/remote/rest/TaskResource.java
index aa191d95d9..624f7f8cff 100644
--- a/kie-remote/kie-services-remote/src/main/java/org/kie/services/remote/rest/TaskResource.java
+++ b/kie-remote/kie-services-remote/src/main/java/org/kie/services/remote/rest/TaskResource.java
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ public Response taskId_content(@PathParam("taskId") long taskId) {
             result = processRequestBean.doTaskOperationAndSerializeResult(
                     cmd, 
                     "Unable get content " + contentId + " (from task " + taskId + ")");
-            content = (JaxbContent) content;
+            content = (JaxbContent) result;
         } 
         return createCorrectVariant(content, headers);
     }