FAQ > Errors > The vm transport starts a broker before my configured broker starts
You are using the vm: transport and a broker is auto-started for you so that your configured embedded broker doesn't start.
Its most likely a dependency issue; your JMS connection is starting before your embedded broker. So just make sure your embedded broker is started first.
Another cause could be that your use of the VM Transport defines a broker name of localhost whereas your embedded broker uses a different name; so just be consistent in the naming.
ActiveMQ 5.2 adds the waitForStart=‘timeout in milliseconds’ option to the VM transport which forces the VM transport to wait till the broker is started. Coupled with the “create=false” option, it is possible to ensure that a single embedded broker is auto-started.