diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-metadata.properties b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-metadata.properties
index 309f9f4..e9ccc63 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-metadata.properties
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-metadata.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 MetadataNode=nc1
 NewUniverse=true
-nc1.stores=nc1data
-nc2.stores=nc2data
-nc1.iodevices=/tmp/
-nc2.iodevices=/tmp/
-OutputDir=/tmp/asterix_output/
+nc1.stores=/tmp/nc1data/
+nc2.stores=/tmp/nc2data/, /tmp/nc2data1/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/test.properties b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/test.properties
index 309f9f4..4947dbf 100755
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/test.properties
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/test.properties
@@ -2,6 +2,4 @@
 NewUniverse=true
 nc1.stores=nc1data
 nc2.stores=nc2data
-nc1.iodevices=/tmp/
-nc2.iodevices=/tmp/
 OutputDir=/tmp/asterix_output/