diff --git a/asterix-bad/src/main/resources/cc.conf b/asterix-bad/src/main/resources/cc.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14005e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-bad/src/main/resources/cc.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+; Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+; or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+; distributed with this work for additional information
+; regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+; to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+; "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+; with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+;
+;   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+;
+; Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+; software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+; "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+; KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+; specific language governing permissions and limitations
+; under the License.
+
+[nc/asterix_nc1]
+txn.log.dir=target/tmp/asterix_nc1/txnlog
+core.dump.dir=target/tmp/asterix_nc1/coredump
+iodevices=target/tmp/asterix_nc1/iodevice1,../asterix-server/target/tmp/asterix_nc1/iodevice2
+#jvm.args=-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=5006
+
+[nc/asterix_nc2]
+ncservice.port=9091
+nc.api.port=19005
+txn.log.dir=target/tmp/asterix_nc2/txnlog
+core.dump.dir=target/tmp/asterix_nc2/coredump
+iodevices=target/tmp/asterix_nc2/iodevice1,../asterix-server/target/tmp/asterix_nc2/iodevice2
+
+#jvm.args=-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=5007
+
+[nc]
+address=127.0.0.1
+command=asterixnc
+app.class=org.apache.asterix.hyracks.bootstrap.NCApplication
+jvm.args=-Xmx4096m -Dnode.Resolver="org.apache.asterix.external.util.IdentitiyResolverFactory"
+storage.buffercache.pagesize=32KB
+storage.buffercache.size=48MB
+storage.memorycomponent.numpages=16
+storage.memorycomponent.globalbudget=512MB
+
+[cc]
+address = 127.0.0.1
+app.class=org.apache.asterix.hyracks.bootstrap.CCApplication
+heartbeat.period=2000
+
+[common]
+log.level = INFO
+compiler.framesize=32KB
+compiler.sortmemory=320KB
+compiler.groupmemory=160KB
+compiler.joinmemory=256KB
+messaging.frame.size=4096
+messaging.frame.count=512
+
+[extension/org.apache.asterix.bad.lang.BADQueryTranslatorExtension]
+[extension/org.apache.asterix.bad.lang.BADLangExtension]
+[extension/org.apache.asterix.bad.metadata.BADMetadataExtension]
diff --git a/asterix-bad/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/bad/test/BADAsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java b/asterix-bad/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/bad/test/BADAsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
index 65c184c..0a2beed 100644
--- a/asterix-bad/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/bad/test/BADAsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
+++ b/asterix-bad/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/bad/test/BADAsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
     protected void run(boolean cleanupOnStart, boolean cleanupOnShutdown, String loadExternalLibs) throws Exception {
         Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread() {
             @Override
@@ -48,10 +47,7 @@
                 }
             }
         });
-        System.setProperty(GlobalConfig.CONFIG_FILE_PROPERTY,
-                "asterixdb/asterix-opt/asterix-bad/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml");
-
-        init(cleanupOnStart);
+        init(cleanupOnStart, "asterixdb/asterix-opt/asterix-bad/src/main/resources/cc.conf");
         while (true) {
             Thread.sleep(10000);
         }
diff --git a/asterix-bad/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/bad/test/BADExecutionTest.java b/asterix-bad/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/bad/test/BADExecutionTest.java
index 57c9738..bc24e9f 100644
--- a/asterix-bad/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/bad/test/BADExecutionTest.java
+++ b/asterix-bad/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/bad/test/BADExecutionTest.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     protected static final String PATH_BASE = StringUtils.join(new String[] { "src", "test", "resources", "runtimets" },
             File.separator);
 
-    protected static final String TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml";
+    protected static final String TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "src/main/resources/cc.conf";
 
     protected static TransactionProperties txnProperties;
     private static final TestExecutor testExecutor = new TestExecutor();
diff --git a/asterix-bad/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/bad/test/BADOptimizerTest.java b/asterix-bad/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/bad/test/BADOptimizerTest.java
index 36ba481..090354d 100644
--- a/asterix-bad/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/bad/test/BADOptimizerTest.java
+++ b/asterix-bad/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/bad/test/BADOptimizerTest.java
@@ -38,15 +38,13 @@
 
     @BeforeClass
     public static void setUp() throws Exception {
-        TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml";
-        System.setProperty(GlobalConfig.CONFIG_FILE_PROPERTY, TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
         final File outdir = new File(PATH_ACTUAL);
         outdir.mkdirs();
 
         extensionLangCompilationProvider = new BADCompilationProvider();
         statementExecutorFactory = new BADQueryTranslatorFactory();
 
-        integrationUtil.init(true);
+        integrationUtil.init(true,TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
         // Set the node resolver to be the identity resolver that expects node names
         // to be node controller ids; a valid assumption in test environment.
         System.setProperty(ExternalDataConstants.NODE_RESOLVER_FACTORY_PROPERTY,