diff --git a/karaf/gshell/gshell-core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/gshell/core/config/NamespaceHandler.java b/karaf/gshell/gshell-core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/gshell/core/config/NamespaceHandler.java
index 4b29cd7..6a514bc 100644
--- a/karaf/gshell/gshell-core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/gshell/core/config/NamespaceHandler.java
+++ b/karaf/gshell/gshell-core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/gshell/core/config/NamespaceHandler.java
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@
 
     private MutableBeanMetadata parseAction(ParserContext context, ComponentMetadata enclosingComponent, Element element) {
         MutableBeanMetadata action = context.createMetadata(MutableBeanMetadata.class);
+        action.setInitialization(MutableBeanMetadata.INITIALIZATION_LAZY);
+        action.setScope(MutableBeanMetadata.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE);
         action.setClassName(element.getAttribute("class"));
         NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
         for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {