diff --git a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.grib/res/spring/grib-distribution.xml b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.grib/res/spring/grib-distribution.xml
index cdd021b194..59b26f0f93 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.grib/res/spring/grib-distribution.xml
+++ b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.grib/res/spring/grib-distribution.xml
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
 		factory-method="register">
 		<constructor-arg value="grib" />
 		<constructor-arg value="jms-durable:queue:Ingest.GribSplit" />
+        <constructor-arg value="true" /> <!-- require valid distribution file for startup -->
   	</bean>
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.obs/res/spring/obs-ingest.xml b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.obs/res/spring/obs-ingest.xml
index ef1a7969e7..5547059240 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.obs/res/spring/obs-ingest.xml
+++ b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.obs/res/spring/obs-ingest.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     <bean id="obsDistRegistry" factory-bean="distributionSrv" factory-method="register">
         <constructor-arg value="obs" />
         <constructor-arg value="jms-durable:queue:Ingest.obs" />
+        <constructor-arg value="true" /> <!-- require valid distribution file for startup -->
     </bean>
   
     <bean id="mtrListener" class="com.raytheon.edex.plugin.obs.ingest.MTRSubscriber" />
diff --git a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.radar/res/spring/radar-ingest.xml b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.radar/res/spring/radar-ingest.xml
index d5c429776b..0c2a9bed1a 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.radar/res/spring/radar-ingest.xml
+++ b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.radar/res/spring/radar-ingest.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 		factory-method="register">
 		<constructor-arg value="radar" />
 		<constructor-arg value="jms-durable:queue:Ingest.Radar" />
+        <constructor-arg value="true" /> <!-- require valid distribution file for startup -->
 	</bean>
 	
 	<bean id="radarRadarServerDistRegistry" factory-bean="radarserverDistributionSrv"
diff --git a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.satellite/res/spring/satellite-ingest.xml b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.satellite/res/spring/satellite-ingest.xml
index e4661cf6e4..f79ab24bff 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.satellite/res/spring/satellite-ingest.xml
+++ b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.satellite/res/spring/satellite-ingest.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 		factory-method="register">
 		<constructor-arg value="satellite" />
 		<constructor-arg value="jms-durable:queue:Ingest.Satellite" />
+        <constructor-arg value="true" /> <!-- require valid distribution file for startup -->
 	</bean>
 
 	<camelContext id="sat-camel"
diff --git a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.warning/res/spring/warning-ingest.xml b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.warning/res/spring/warning-ingest.xml
index 306f173f74..30c3990723 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.warning/res/spring/warning-ingest.xml
+++ b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.warning/res/spring/warning-ingest.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 		factory-method="register">
 		<constructor-arg value="warning" />
 		<constructor-arg value="jms-durable:queue:Ingest.Warning"/>
+        <constructor-arg value="true" /><!-- require valid distribution file for startup -->
 	</bean>
 
 	<camelContext id="warning-camel"
diff --git a/ncep/gov.noaa.nws.ncep.edex.plugin.geomag/res/spring/geomag-ingest.xml b/ncep/gov.noaa.nws.ncep.edex.plugin.geomag/res/spring/geomag-ingest.xml
index e1c61ec17e..ae419da81f 100644
--- a/ncep/gov.noaa.nws.ncep.edex.plugin.geomag/res/spring/geomag-ingest.xml
+++ b/ncep/gov.noaa.nws.ncep.edex.plugin.geomag/res/spring/geomag-ingest.xml
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@
 		<property name="dao" ref="geomagDao" />
 	</bean>
 	
-	<bean id="geomagDistRegistry" factory-bean="distributionSrv"
-		factory-method="register">
-		<constructor-arg ref="geomagPluginName" />
-		<constructor-arg value="jms-durable:queue:Ingest.GeoMag"/>
-	</bean>
-
   	<bean id="trig1minCalc" class="gov.noaa.nws.ncep.edex.plugin.geomag.TrigKCalculation" />	
 	
     <camelContext id="geomag-camel"
diff --git a/ncep/gov.noaa.nws.ncep.edex.plugin.geomag/utility/edex_static/base/distribution/geomag.xml b/ncep/gov.noaa.nws.ncep.edex.plugin.geomag/utility/edex_static/base/distribution/geomag.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 405e30cfe4..0000000000
--- a/ncep/gov.noaa.nws.ncep.edex.plugin.geomag/utility/edex_static/base/distribution/geomag.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-<requestPatterns xmlns:ns2="group">
-</requestPatterns>