diff --git a/scm-plugin-backend/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/sun-web.xml b/scm-plugin-backend/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/sun-web.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sun-web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Application Server 9.0 Servlet 2.5//EN" "http://www.sun.com/software/appserver/dtds/sun-web-app_2_5-0.dtd">
+<sun-web-app error-url="">
+  <context-root>/scm-plugin-backend</context-root>
+  <class-loader delegate="true"/>
+  <jsp-config>
+    <property name="keepgenerated" value="true">
+      <description>Keep a copy of the generated servlet class' java code.</description>
+    </property>
+  </jsp-config>
+</sun-web-app>