diff --git a/framework/src/play/classloading/ApplicationClassloader.java b/framework/src/play/classloading/ApplicationClassloader.java
index baf572ab46..c02c2faae3 100644
--- a/framework/src/play/classloading/ApplicationClassloader.java
+++ b/framework/src/play/classloading/ApplicationClassloader.java
@@ -255,27 +255,15 @@ public InputStream getResourceAsStream(String name) {
 
     @Override
     public URL getResource(String name) {
-        try {
             for (VirtualFile vf : Play.javaPath) {
                 VirtualFile res = vf.child(name);
                 if (res != null && res.exists()) {
+                try {
                     return res.getRealFile().toURI().toURL();
-                }
-            }
-            if (Play.usePrecompiled) {
-                File file = Play.getFile("precompiled/java/" + name);
-                if (file.exists()) {
-                    return file.toURI().toURL();
-                }
-            }
-            else if ("true".equals(Play.configuration.getProperty("play.bytecodeCache", "true"))) {
-                File f = new File(Play.tmpDir, "classes/" + name);
-                if (f.exists()) {
-                    return f.toURI().toURL();
-                }
-            }
         } catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
             throw new UnexpectedException(ex);
+        }
+            }
         }
         return super.getResource(name);
     }
diff --git a/framework/src/play/db/jpa/JPAPlugin.java b/framework/src/play/db/jpa/JPAPlugin.java
index 0f9a343916..ae6e270e18 100644
--- a/framework/src/play/db/jpa/JPAPlugin.java
+++ b/framework/src/play/db/jpa/JPAPlugin.java
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ public void onApplicationStart() {
         JPQL.instance = new JPQL();
     }
     
-    private List<String> entityClasses(String dbName) {
-        List<String> entityClasses = new ArrayList<>();
+    private List<Class> entityClasses(String dbName) {
+        List<Class> entityClasses = new ArrayList<>();
         
         List<Class> classes = Play.classloader.getAnnotatedClasses(Entity.class);
         for (Class<?> clazz : classes) {
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ private List<String> entityClasses(String dbName) {
                 // Do we have a transactional annotation matching our dbname?
                 PersistenceUnit pu = clazz.getAnnotation(PersistenceUnit.class);
                 if (pu != null && pu.name().equals(dbName)) {
-                    entityClasses.add(clazz.getName());
+                    entityClasses.add(clazz);
                 } else if (pu == null && JPA.DEFAULT.equals(dbName)) {
-                    entityClasses.add(clazz.getName());
+                    entityClasses.add(clazz);
                 }                    
             }
         }
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ private List<String> entityClasses(String dbName) {
                 // Do we have a transactional annotation matching our dbname?
                 PersistenceUnit pu = clazz.getAnnotation(PersistenceUnit.class);
                 if (pu != null && pu.name().equals(dbName)) {
-                    entityClasses.add(clazz.getName());
+                    entityClasses.add(clazz);
                 } else if (pu == null && JPA.DEFAULT.equals(dbName)) {
-                    entityClasses.add(clazz.getName());
+                    entityClasses.add(clazz);
                 }         
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 Logger.warn(e, "JPA -> Entity not found: %s", entity);
@@ -184,8 +184,11 @@ protected EntityManagerFactory newEntityManagerFactory(String dbName, Configurat
     }
 
     protected PersistenceUnitInfoImpl persistenceUnitInfo(String dbName, Configuration dbConfig) {
-        return new PersistenceUnitInfoImpl(dbName, 
-                entityClasses(dbName), mappingFiles(dbConfig), properties(dbName, dbConfig));
+        final List<Class> managedClasses = entityClasses(dbName);
+        final Properties properties = properties(dbName, dbConfig);
+        properties.put(org.hibernate.jpa.AvailableSettings.LOADED_CLASSES,managedClasses);
+        return new PersistenceUnitInfoImpl(dbName,
+                managedClasses, mappingFiles(dbConfig), properties);
     }
 
     private List<String> mappingFiles(Configuration dbConfig) {
diff --git a/framework/src/play/db/jpa/PersistenceUnitInfoImpl.java b/framework/src/play/db/jpa/PersistenceUnitInfoImpl.java
index 1394fe1b0d..0f4a2bf063 100644
--- a/framework/src/play/db/jpa/PersistenceUnitInfoImpl.java
+++ b/framework/src/play/db/jpa/PersistenceUnitInfoImpl.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 /**
  * @author Vlad Mihalcea
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ public class PersistenceUnitInfoImpl implements PersistenceUnitInfo {
 
     private PersistenceUnitTransactionType transactionType = PersistenceUnitTransactionType.RESOURCE_LOCAL;
 
-    private final List<String> managedClassNames;
+    private final List<Class> managedClasses;
     private final List<String> mappingFileNames;
 
     private final Properties properties;
@@ -33,9 +34,9 @@ public class PersistenceUnitInfoImpl implements PersistenceUnitInfo {
 
     private DataSource nonJtaDataSource;
 
-    public PersistenceUnitInfoImpl(String persistenceUnitName, List<String> managedClassNames, List<String> mappingFileNames, Properties properties) {
+    public PersistenceUnitInfoImpl(String persistenceUnitName, List<Class> managedClasses, List<String> mappingFileNames, Properties properties) {
         this.persistenceUnitName = persistenceUnitName;
-        this.managedClassNames = managedClassNames;
+        this.managedClasses = managedClasses;
         this.mappingFileNames = mappingFileNames;
         this.properties = properties;
     }
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ public URL getPersistenceUnitRootUrl() {
 
     @Override
     public List<String> getManagedClassNames() {
-        return managedClassNames;
+        return managedClasses.stream().map(Class::getName).collect(Collectors.toList());
     }
 
     @Override