NPE in o.j.aop.Dispatcher.invoke:117 - ARQ Alpha2 + remote-50 + as-client 5.0.1

STR:

1) Download the project attached,
2) Run EAP 5.0.1 default, but I think the request doesn't even get sent.
3) mvn clean install (profile is self-enabled),
4) You'll get a NPE:

org.jboss.arquillian.impl.event.FiredEventException: org.jboss.arquillian.spi.LifecycleException: Could not connect to container
at org.jboss.arquillian.impl.event.MapEventManager.fire(MapEventManager.java:68)
at org.jboss.arquillian.impl.context.AbstractEventContext.fire(AbstractEventContext.java:115)
at org.jboss.arquillian.impl.EventTestRunnerAdaptor.beforeSuite(EventTestRunnerAdaptor.java:62)
at org.jboss.arquillian.junit.Arquillian.<init>(Arquillian.java:71)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
at org.junit.internal.builders.AnnotatedBuilder.buildRunner(AnnotatedBuilder.java:31)
at org.junit.internal.builders.AnnotatedBuilder.runnerForClass(AnnotatedBuilder.java:24)
at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.safeRunnerForClass(RunnerBuilder.java:57)
at org.junit.internal.builders.AllDefaultPossibilitiesBuilder.runnerForClass(AllDefaultPossibilitiesBuilder.java:29)
at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.safeRunnerForClass(RunnerBuilder.java:57)
at org.junit.internal.requests.ClassRequest.getRunner(ClassRequest.java:24)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4TestSet.<init>(JUnit4TestSet.java:45)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4DirectoryTestSuite.createTestSet(JUnit4DirectoryTestSuite.java:56)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.suite.AbstractDirectoryTestSuite.locateTestSets(AbstractDirectoryTestSuite.java:96)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.Surefire.createSuiteFromDefinition(Surefire.java:209)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.Surefire.run(Surefire.java:156)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireBooter.runSuitesInProcess(SurefireBooter.java:345)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireBooter.main(SurefireBooter.java:1009)
Caused by: org.jboss.arquillian.spi.LifecycleException: Could not connect to container
at org.jboss.arquillian.jbossas.remote50.JBossASRemoteContainer.start(JBossASRemoteContainer.java:89)
at org.jboss.arquillian.impl.handler.ContainerStarter.callback(ContainerStarter.java:52)
at org.jboss.arquillian.impl.handler.ContainerStarter.callback(ContainerStarter.java:41)
at org.jboss.arquillian.impl.event.MapEventManager.fire(MapEventManager.java:63)
... 24 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.jboss.aop.Dispatcher.invoke(Dispatcher.java:117)
at org.jboss.aspects.remoting.AOPRemotingInvocationHandler.invoke(AOPRemotingInvocationHandler.java:82)
at org.jboss.profileservice.management.upload.remoting.AbstractDeployHandler.invoke(AbstractDeployHandler.java:210)
at org.jboss.remoting.ServerInvoker.invoke(ServerInvoker.java:897)
at org.jboss.remoting.transport.socket.ServerThread.completeInvocation(ServerThread.java:768)
at org.jboss.remoting.transport.socket.ServerThread.processInvocation(ServerThread.java:721)
at org.jboss.remoting.transport.socket.ServerThread.dorun(ServerThread.java:548)
at org.jboss.remoting.transport.socket.ServerThread.run(ServerThread.java:234)
at org.jboss.remoting.MicroRemoteClientInvoker.invoke(MicroRemoteClientInvoker.java:206)
at org.jboss.remoting.Client.invoke(Client.java:1708)
at org.jboss.remoting.Client.invoke(Client.java:612)
at org.jboss.aspects.remoting.InvokeRemoteInterceptor.invoke(InvokeRemoteInterceptor.java:60)
at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:102)
at org.jboss.aspects.remoting.MergeMetaDataInterceptor.invoke(MergeMetaDataInterceptor.java:74)
at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:102)
at org.jboss.aspects.security.SecurityClientInterceptor.invoke(SecurityClientInterceptor.java:65)
at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:102)
at AOPProxy$1.loadProfile(AOPProxy$1.java)
at org.jboss.arquillian.jbossas.remote50.JBossASRemoteContainer.initDeploymentManager(JBossASRemoteContainer.java:222)
at org.jboss.arquillian.jbossas.remote50.JBossASRemoteContainer.start(JBossASRemoteContainer.java:85)
at org.jboss.arquillian.impl.handler.ContainerStarter.callback(ContainerStarter.java:52)
at org.jboss.arquillian.impl.handler.ContainerStarter.callback(ContainerStarter.java:41)
at org.jboss.arquillian.impl.event.MapEventManager.fire(MapEventManager.java:63)
at org.jboss.arquillian.impl.context.AbstractEventContext.fire(AbstractEventContext.java:115)
at org.jboss.arquillian.impl.EventTestRunnerAdaptor.beforeSuite(EventTestRunnerAdaptor.java:62)
at org.jboss.arquillian.junit.Arquillian.<init>(Arquillian.java:71)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
at org.junit.internal.builders.AnnotatedBuilder.buildRunner(AnnotatedBuilder.java:31)
at org.junit.internal.builders.AnnotatedBuilder.runnerForClass(AnnotatedBuilder.java:24)
at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.safeRunnerForClass(RunnerBuilder.java:57)
at org.junit.internal.builders.AllDefaultPossibilitiesBuilder.runnerForClass(AllDefaultPossibilitiesBuilder.java:29)
at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.safeRunnerForClass(RunnerBuilder.java:57)
at org.junit.internal.requests.ClassRequest.getRunner(ClassRequest.java:24)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4TestSet.<init>(JUnit4TestSet.java:45)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4DirectoryTestSuite.createTestSet(JUnit4DirectoryTestSuite.java:56)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.suite.AbstractDirectoryTestSuite.locateTestSets(AbstractDirectoryTestSuite.java:96)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.Surefire.createSuiteFromDefinition(Surefire.java:209)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.Surefire.run(Surefire.java:156)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireBooter.runSuitesInProcess(SurefireBooter.java:345)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireBooter.main(SurefireBooter.java:1009)
at org.jboss.aspects.remoting.InvokeRemoteInterceptor.invoke(InvokeRemoteInterceptor.java:72)
at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:102)
at org.jboss.aspects.remoting.MergeMetaDataInterceptor.invoke(MergeMetaDataInterceptor.java:74)
at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:102)
at org.jboss.aspects.security.SecurityClientInterceptor.invoke(SecurityClientInterceptor.java:65)
at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:102)
at AOPProxy$1.loadProfile(AOPProxy$1.java)
at org.jboss.arquillian.jbossas.remote50.JBossASRemoteContainer.initDeploymentManager(JBossASRemoteContainer.java:222)
at org.jboss.arquillian.jbossas.remote50.JBossASRemoteContainer.start(JBossASRemoteContainer.java:85)
... 27 more