diff --git a/src/test/java/org/olat/test/OlatTestCase.java b/src/test/java/org/olat/test/OlatTestCase.java
index 390f23d12109126694fa2a361fe850d1c2e6397f..492154f7436572f722bda47dca7d3e3a1e061a40 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/olat/test/OlatTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/olat/test/OlatTestCase.java
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ public abstract class OlatTestCase extends AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests {
 	private static boolean postgresqlConfigured = false;
 	private static boolean oracleConfigured = false;
 	private static boolean started = false;
-	
-	private SimpleSmtpServer dumbster;
+	private static SimpleSmtpServer dumbster;
 	
 	 @Rule public TestName currentTestName = new TestName();