Hi All, I hope that this is a fairly intelligent question. I have been using axis now for about a year with relatively little problem, but right now I am having an issue with a web service that I wrote to deliver images to a client app. The issue is this. Over time multiple instances of java start up on the server, but they never end. each of these instances is consuming upwards of 100 MB so eventually the server runs out of resources and crashes. I am really looking for any advice that I can get on this. I have checked most of the client code (written in C# and C++ .NET) and it appears that all the instances of the webservice are being destroyed client side. Few Details on the System: I'm running Tomcat 5.0.19 and Axis 1.1 on a Redhat Linux SE Machine. Thanks all in advance for the advice. -- Nate Jones VRGIS Corp.