Index: src/java/org/apache/ivy/Main.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/ivy/Main.java	(revision 708745)
+++ src/java/org/apache/ivy/Main.java	(working copy)
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@
             Ivy ivy = Ivy.newInstance();
             initMessage(line, ivy);
             IvySettings settings = initSettings(line, ivy);
+            ivy.pushContext();
 
             File cache = new File(settings.substitute(line.getOptionValue("cache", settings
                     .getDefaultCache().getAbsolutePath())));
@@ -294,6 +295,7 @@
                 invoke(ivy, cache, md, confs, fileList, line.getOptionValue("main"), params);
             }
             ivy.getLoggerEngine().popLogger();
+            ivy.popContext();
     }
 
     /**