diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/file/JobSpecificationUtils.java b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/file/JobSpecificationUtils.java
index 280fb5a..7097e5b 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/file/JobSpecificationUtils.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/file/JobSpecificationUtils.java
@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@
 
 public class JobSpecificationUtils {
     public static JobSpecification createJobSpecification() {
-        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
         AsterixCompilerProperties compilerProperties = AsterixAppContextInfo.getInstance().getCompilerProperties();
         int frameSize = compilerProperties.getFrameSize();
-        spec.setFrameSize(frameSize);
-
+        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification(frameSize);
         return spec;
     }
 }
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diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/result/ResultReader.java b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/result/ResultReader.java
index 388ae97..ad21dd1 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/result/ResultReader.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/result/ResultReader.java
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.AsterixCompilerProperties;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.GlobalConfig;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.util.AsterixAppContextInfo;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameTupleAccessor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.DatasetJobRecord.Status;
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@
     // Number of parallel result reader buffers
     public static final int NUM_READERS = 1;
 
-    public static final int FRAME_SIZE = GlobalConfig.getFrameSize();
+    public static final int FRAME_SIZE = AsterixAppContextInfo.getInstance().getCompilerProperties().getFrameSize();
 
     public ResultReader(IHyracksClientConnection hcc, IHyracksDataset hdc) throws Exception {
         hyracksDataset = hdc;
@@ -45,7 +47,6 @@
 
     public void open(JobId jobId, ResultSetId resultSetId) throws HyracksDataException {
         reader = hyracksDataset.createReader(jobId, resultSetId);
-
         frameTupleAccessor = new ResultFrameTupleAccessor(FRAME_SIZE);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/feeds/FeedUtil.java b/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/feeds/FeedUtil.java
index b90038d..4d5041a 100644
--- a/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/feeds/FeedUtil.java
+++ b/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/feeds/FeedUtil.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
             return spec;
         }
 
-        JobSpecification altered = new JobSpecification();
+        JobSpecification altered = new JobSpecification(spec.getFrameSize());
         Map<OperatorDescriptorId, IOperatorDescriptor> operatorMap = spec.getOperatorMap();
 
         // copy operators