diff --git a/modello-core/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/Modello.java b/modello-core/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/Modello.java
index 00fb71147..0572fce66 100644
--- a/modello-core/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/Modello.java
+++ b/modello-core/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/Modello.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-import javax.inject.Inject;
-
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -31,17 +29,33 @@
 import org.codehaus.modello.core.ModelloCore;
 import org.codehaus.modello.model.Model;
 import org.codehaus.modello.model.ModelValidationException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.ContainerConfiguration;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultContainerConfiguration;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusConstants;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusContainer;
 
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:jason@maven.org">Jason van Zyl</a>
  * @author <a href="mailto:trygvis@inamo.no">Trygve Laugst&oslash;l</a>
  */
 public class Modello {
-    private final ModelloCore core;
+    private PlexusContainer container;
+
+    private ModelloCore core;
+
+    public Modello() throws ModelloException {
+        try {
+            ContainerConfiguration configuration = new DefaultContainerConfiguration();
+            configuration.setAutoWiring(true);
+            configuration.setClassPathScanning(PlexusConstants.SCANNING_INDEX);
+
+            container = new DefaultPlexusContainer(configuration);
 
-    @Inject
-    public Modello(ModelloCore core) {
-        this.core = core;
+            core = (ModelloCore) container.lookup(ModelloCore.ROLE);
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            throw new ModelloException("Error while starting plexus.", ex);
+        }
     }
 
     public void generate(Reader modelReader, String outputType, Map<String, Object> parameters)
diff --git a/modello-core/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/ModelloCli.java b/modello-core/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/ModelloCli.java
index 1b4cd9743..a1452c1a4 100644
--- a/modello-core/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/ModelloCli.java
+++ b/modello-core/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/ModelloCli.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.XmlStreamReader;
 
@@ -40,12 +39,17 @@ public class ModelloCli {
 
     private static Map<String, Object> parameters;
 
-    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-        Modello modello = new DefaultPlexusContainer().lookup(Modello.class);
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        try {
+            Modello modello = new Modello();
 
-        parseArgumentsFromCommandLine(args);
+            parseArgumentsFromCommandLine(args);
 
-        modello.generate(new XmlStreamReader(modelFile), outputType, parameters);
+            modello.generate(new XmlStreamReader(modelFile), outputType, parameters);
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
     }
 
     public static void parseArgumentsFromCommandLine(String[] args) throws Exception {