diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d22b0d977266a..e4854a0882d5f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
 refs/heads/gh-pages: 09c786f70121f131b3715aaf3464996502bbeb7e
-"refs/heads/CMSSW_7_1_X": 39f8d52fc0fe3295b71ad29baeb08c0858575ef2
+"refs/heads/CMSSW_7_1_X": c4f239a0804aba53810fbd20a2c7bae7dc144393
diff --git a/trunk/CondCore/Utilities/src/Utilities.cc b/trunk/CondCore/Utilities/src/Utilities.cc
index 1b9973657732b..553740c568799 100644
--- a/trunk/CondCore/Utilities/src/Utilities.cc
+++ b/trunk/CondCore/Utilities/src/Utilities.cc
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ void cond::Utilities::initializePluginManager(){
     edm::ParameterSet pSet;
     pSet.addParameter("@service_type",std::string("SiteLocalConfigService"));
     psets.push_back(pSet);
-    edm::ServiceToken services(edm::ServiceRegistry::createSet(psets));
-    edm::ServiceRegistry::Operate operate(services);
+    static edm::ServiceToken services(edm::ServiceRegistry::createSet(psets));
+    static edm::ServiceRegistry::Operate operate(services);
 
     m_pluginMgrInitialized = true;
   }