diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/cluster.properties b/pregelix/pregelix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/cluster.properties
index cac0aa5..79f42ed 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/cluster.properties
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/cluster.properties
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 #The CC port for Hyracks cluster management
 CC_CLUSTERPORT=1099
 
+#The CC port for REST communication
+CC_HTTPPORT=16001
+
 #The tmp directory for cc to install jars
 CCTMP_DIR=/tmp/t1
 
@@ -39,6 +42,9 @@
 #The frame size of the internal dataflow engine
 FRAME_SIZE=65536
 
+#The number of jobs whose logs are kept in-memory on the CC
+JOB_HISTORY_SIZE=0
+
 #CC JAVA_OPTS
 CCJAVA_OPTS="-Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties"
 # debug option: CCJAVA_OPTS="-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=7001,server=y,suspend=n -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties"
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startcc.sh b/pregelix/pregelix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startcc.sh
index 576fc1f..74b3e29 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startcc.sh
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startcc.sh
@@ -72,10 +72,27 @@
 #Enter the temp dir
 cd $CCTMP_DIR
 
-if [ -f "conf/topology.xml"  ]; then
-#Launch hyracks cc script with topology
-${PREGELIX_HOME}/bin/pregelixcc -client-net-ip-address $CCHOST -cluster-net-ip-address $CCHOST -client-net-port $CC_CLIENTPORT -cluster-net-port $CC_CLUSTERPORT -heartbeat-period 5000 -max-heartbeat-lapse-periods 4 -default-max-job-attempts 0 -job-history-size 0 -cluster-topology "conf/topology.xml" &> $CCLOGS_DIR/cc.log &
-else
-#Launch hyracks cc script without toplogy
-${PREGELIX_HOME}/bin/pregelixcc -client-net-ip-address $CCHOST -cluster-net-ip-address $CCHOST -client-net-port $CC_CLIENTPORT -cluster-net-port $CC_CLUSTERPORT -heartbeat-period 5000 -max-heartbeat-lapse-periods 4 -default-max-job-attempts 0 -job-history-size 0 &> $CCLOGS_DIR/cc.log &
+cmd=( "${PREGELIX_HOME}/bin/pregelixcc" )
+cmd+=( -client-net-ip-address $CCHOST -cluster-net-ip-address $CCHOST
+       -heartbeat-period 5000 -max-heartbeat-lapse-periods 4 
+       -default-max-job-attempts 0 )
+
+if [ -n "$CC_CLIENTPORT" ]; then
+    cmd+=( -client-net-port $CC_CLIENTPORT )
 fi
+if [ -n "$CC_CLUSTERPORT" ]; then
+    cmd+=( -cluster-net-port $CC_CLUSTERPORT )
+fi
+if [ -n "$CC_HTTPPORT" ]; then
+    cmd+=( -http-port $CC_HTTPPORT )
+fi
+if [ -n "$JOB_HISTORY_SIZE" ]; then
+    cmd+=( -job-history-size $JOB_HISTORY_SIZE )
+fi
+if [ -f "${PREGELIX_HOME}/conf/topology.xml"  ]; then
+    cmd+=( -cluster-topology "${PREGELIX_HOME}/conf/topology.xml" )
+fi
+
+printf "\n\n\n********************************************\nStarting CC with command %s\n\n" "${cmd[*]}" >> "$CCLOGS_DIR/cc.log"
+#Start the pregelix CC
+${cmd[@]} &>> "$CCLOGS_DIR/cc.log" &
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startnc.sh b/pregelix/pregelix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startnc.sh
index 0092d80..da087ed 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startnc.sh
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startnc.sh
@@ -91,4 +91,10 @@
 export JAVA_OPTS=$NCJAVA_OPTS" -Xmx"$MEM_SIZE
 
 #Launch hyracks nc
-${PREGELIX_HOME}/bin/pregelixnc -cc-host $CCHOST -cc-port $CC_CLUSTERPORT -cluster-net-ip-address $IPADDR  -data-ip-address $IPADDR -result-ip-address $IPADDR  -node-id $NODEID -iodevices "${IO_DIRS}" &> $NCLOGS_DIR/$NODEID.log &
+cmd=( "${PREGELIX_HOME}/bin/pregelixnc" )
+cmd+=( -cc-host $CCHOST -cc-port $CC_CLUSTERPORT 
+	   -cluster-net-ip-address $IPADDR -data-ip-address $IPADDR -result-ip-address $IPADDR
+	   -node-id $NODEID -iodevices "${IO_DIRS}" );
+
+printf "\n\n\n********************************************\nStarting NC with command %s\n\n" "${cmd[*]}" >> "$NCLOGS_DIR/$NODEID.log"
+${cmd[@]} &>> "$NCLOGS_DIR/$NODEID.log" &