diff --git container/catalina/src/main/java/org/jboss/modcluster/container/catalina/CatalinaContext.java container/catalina/src/main/java/org/jboss/modcluster/container/catalina/CatalinaContext.java
index 412d8cc..36f8f28 100644
--- container/catalina/src/main/java/org/jboss/modcluster/container/catalina/CatalinaContext.java
+++ container/catalina/src/main/java/org/jboss/modcluster/container/catalina/CatalinaContext.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpSessionListener;
 
 import org.apache.catalina.Pipeline;
 import org.apache.catalina.Valve;
+import org.apache.catalina.LifecycleState;
 import org.jboss.modcluster.container.Context;
 import org.jboss.modcluster.container.Host;
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ public class CatalinaContext implements Context {
 
     @Override
     public boolean isStarted() {
-        return this.context.getAvailable();
+        return LifecycleState.STARTED.equals(this.context.getState());
     }
 
     @Override