diff --git a/src/java/com/mchange/v2/c3p0/cfg/C3P0Config.java b/src/java/com/mchange/v2/c3p0/cfg/C3P0Config.java
index 80ffe8f0..b25d9944 100644
--- a/src/java/com/mchange/v2/c3p0/cfg/C3P0Config.java
+++ b/src/java/com/mchange/v2/c3p0/cfg/C3P0Config.java
@@ -189,9 +189,19 @@ private static C3P0Config findLibraryC3P0Config( boolean warn_on_conflicting_ove
 	    }
 	catch (Exception e)
 	    { 
-		
-		if ( logger.isLoggable(MLevel.WARNING) )
-		    logger.log( MLevel.WARNING, "XML configuration disabled! Verify that standard XML libs are available.", e);
+		if ( e instanceof ClassNotFoundException )
+		{
+		    if ( logger.isLoggable(MLevel.WARNING) )
+			logger.log( MLevel.WARNING, "XML configuration disabled! Verify that standard XML libs are available.", e);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+		    if ( logger.isLoggable(MLevel.SEVERE) )
+		    {
+			logger.log( MLevel.SEVERE, "An error occurred while trying to parse the XML configuration!" );
+			logger.log( MLevel.SEVERE, "XML CONFIGURATION IGNORED!", e);
+		    }
+		}
 
 		HashMap flatDefaults = C3P0ConfigUtils.extractHardcodedC3P0Defaults();
 		flatDefaults.putAll( C3P0ConfigUtils.extractC3P0PropertiesResources() );
diff --git a/src/test-properties/c3p0.properties b/src/test-properties/c3p0.properties
index 8834759d..a1a5298c 100644
--- a/src/test-properties/c3p0.properties
+++ b/src/test-properties/c3p0.properties
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ com.mchange.v2.log.MLog=slf4j
 #com.mchange.v2.log.FallbackMLog.DEFAULT_CUTOFF_LEVEL=ALL
 #com.mchange.v2.log.jdk14logging.suppressStackWalk=true
 
+#com.mchange.v2.c3p0.cfg.xml.usePermissiveParser=true
+#com.mchange.v2.c3p0.cfg.xml.expandEntityReferences=true
+
 #com.mchange.v2.c3p0.VMID=poop
 
 #com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.experimental.useScatteredAcquireTask=false