diff --git a/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/SecSecurityConfig.java b/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/SecSecurityConfig.java
index 4da114c78b..acf5ff6be5 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/SecSecurityConfig.java
+++ b/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/SecSecurityConfig.java
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package org.baeldung.spring;
 
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource;
 
 @Configuration
+@EnableAutoConfiguration
 @ImportResource({ "classpath:webSecurityConfig.xml" })
 public class SecSecurityConfig {
 
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/metric/MetricFilter.java b/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/metric/MetricFilter.java
index f892aa4ffe..06665f820b 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/metric/MetricFilter.java
+++ b/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/metric/MetricFilter.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+import org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils;
 
 @Component
 public class MetricFilter implements Filter {
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ public class MetricFilter implements Filter {
 
     @Override
     public void init(final FilterConfig config) throws ServletException {
+        if (metricService == null || actMetricService == null) {
+            metricService = (IMetricService) WebApplicationContextUtils.getRequiredWebApplicationContext(config.getServletContext()).getBean("metricService");
+            actMetricService = (IActuatorMetricService) WebApplicationContextUtils.getRequiredWebApplicationContext(config.getServletContext()).getBean("actuatorMetricService");
+        }
     }
 
     @Override