Is there a way to specify in the configuration file to instantiate an instance of a SLSB upon the startup of Jboss server?

I need at least one SLSB to register its listener with my MBean so that the MBean can start broadcasting events to the SLSB(s). Without this auto-instantiation, events could pile up at the MBean while its waiting for an SLSB to be instantiated by some client.

One solution I tried was to have the MBean lookup the SLSB via JNDI and call it directly to send the event. This requires that I package the SLSB's interfaces in the MBean jar. However, upon redeploying SLSB the server would fail to deploy it properly. I'd have to restart the server to have the same jarfile deployed correctly. (Not sure if this has to do with conflicting classloading issues...)

Please advise. Thanks!
Kai