diff --git a/apps/webchat/source/config/WEB-INF/web.xml b/apps/webchat/source/config/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 0dcc00300..08f5bf833 100644
--- a/apps/webchat/source/config/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/apps/webchat/source/config/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -1 +1,32 @@
-<!-- blank for now -->
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+
+<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
+    "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">
+    
+<web-app>
+    <display-name>WebChat</display-name>
+    <description>Smack-powered WebChat Application</description>
+      
+    <!-- Servlets -->
+    <servlet>
+        <servlet-name>ChatServlet</servlet-name>
+        <servlet-class>org.jivesoftware.webchat.ChatServlet</servlet-class>
+        <init-param>
+            <param-name>host</param-name>
+            <param-value></param-value>
+        </init-param>
+        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>        
+    </servlet>
+
+    <!-- Servlet mappings -->
+    <servlet-mapping>
+        <servlet-name>ChatServlet</servlet-name>
+        <url-pattern>/servlet/ChatServlet/*</url-pattern>
+    </servlet-mapping>
+    
+    <!-- Welcome file list -->
+    <welcome-file-list>
+        <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
+        <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
+    </welcome-file-list>
+</web-app>
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