diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java
index 9a31933..32bfeb5 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java
@@ -46,18 +46,7 @@
         JVMShutdownHook sHook = new JVMShutdownHook(this);
         Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(sHook);
 
-        Map<String, String> lifecycleMgmtConfiguration = new HashMap<String, String>();
-        // TODO:  change the core dump path to use the txn log directory.
-        String key = LifeCycleComponentManager.Config.DUMP_PATH_KEY;
-        String value = System.getProperty("user.dir") + File.separator + nodeId + File.separator + "coredump";
-        lifecycleMgmtConfiguration.put(key, value);
-        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
-            LOGGER.info("Coredump directory for NC is: " + value);
-        }
-        LifeCycleComponentManager.INSTANCE.configure(lifecycleMgmtConfiguration);
-        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
-            LOGGER.info("Configured:" + LifeCycleComponentManager.INSTANCE);
-        }
+     
         runtimeContext = new AsterixAppRuntimeContext(ncApplicationContext);
         runtimeContext.initialize();
         ncApplicationContext.setApplicationObject(runtimeContext);
@@ -142,6 +131,19 @@
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info("Starting lifecycle components");
         }
+        
+        Map<String, String> lifecycleMgmtConfiguration = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        String key = LifeCycleComponentManager.Config.DUMP_PATH_KEY;
+        String value = metadataProperties.getCoredumpPath(nodeId);
+        lifecycleMgmtConfiguration.put(key, value);
+        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+            LOGGER.info("Coredump directory for NC is: " + value);
+        }
+        LifeCycleComponentManager.INSTANCE.configure(lifecycleMgmtConfiguration);
+        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+            LOGGER.info("Configured:" + LifeCycleComponentManager.INSTANCE);
+        }
+        
         LifeCycleComponentManager.INSTANCE.startAll();
 
         IRecoveryManager recoveryMgr = runtimeContext.getTransactionSubsystem().getRecoveryManager();
diff --git a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixMetadataProperties.java b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixMetadataProperties.java
index 6d47e78..6b6cded 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixMetadataProperties.java
+++ b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixMetadataProperties.java
@@ -24,5 +24,9 @@
     public Set<String> getNodeNames() {
         return accessor.getNodeNames();
     }
+    
+    public String getCoredumpPath(String nodeId){
+        return accessor.getCoredumpPath(nodeId);
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixPropertiesAccessor.java b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixPropertiesAccessor.java
index 7b2f2a6..d623ae5 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixPropertiesAccessor.java
+++ b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixPropertiesAccessor.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.configuration.AsterixConfiguration;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.configuration.Coredump;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.configuration.Property;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.configuration.Store;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.exceptions.AsterixException;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
     private final String metadataNodeName;
     private final Set<String> nodeNames;
     private final Map<String, String[]> stores;
+    private final Map<String, String> coredumpConfig;
     private final Map<String, Property> asterixConfigurationParams;
 
     public AsterixPropertiesAccessor() throws AsterixException {
@@ -64,6 +66,11 @@
         for (Property p : asterixConfiguration.getProperty()) {
             asterixConfigurationParams.put(p.getName(), p);
         }
+        coredumpConfig = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        for (Coredump cd : asterixConfiguration.getCoredump()) {
+            coredumpConfig.put(cd.getNcId(), cd.getCoredumpPath());
+        }
+
     }
 
     public String getMetadataNodeName() {
@@ -82,6 +89,10 @@
         return nodeNames;
     }
 
+    public String getCoredumpPath(String nodeId) {
+        return coredumpConfig.get(nodeId);
+    }
+
     public <T> T getProperty(String property, T defaultValue, IPropertyInterpreter<T> interpreter) {
         Property p = asterixConfigurationParams.get(property);
         if (p == null) {
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerUtil.java b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerUtil.java
index c283526..abf0420 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerUtil.java
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerUtil.java
@@ -230,9 +230,8 @@
             coredumpDir = node.getLogDir() == null ? cluster.getLogDir() : node.getLogDir();
             coredump.add(new Coredump(asterixInstanceName + "_" + node.getId(), coredumpDir));
         }
-       
         configuration.setCoredump(coredump);
-        
+
         File asterixConfDir = new File(InstallerDriver.getAsterixDir() + File.separator + asterixInstanceName);
         asterixConfDir.mkdirs();
 
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/TimeOutDetector.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/TimeOutDetector.java
index a53c890..05052f0 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/TimeOutDetector.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/TimeOutDetector.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.api.AsterixThreadExecutor;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.exceptions.ACIDException;
 
 /**
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
         this.lockMgr = lockMgr;
         this.trigger = new Thread(new TimeoutTrigger(this));
         trigger.setDaemon(true);
-        trigger.start();
+        AsterixThreadExecutor.INSTANCE.execute(trigger);
     }
 
     public void sweep() throws ACIDException {
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogManager.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogManager.java
index 36dbf49..205c5f2 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogManager.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogManager.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.api.AsterixThreadExecutor;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.exceptions.ACIDException;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.transactions.FileBasedBuffer;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.transactions.FileUtil;
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@
          */
         logPageFlusher = new LogPageFlushThread(this);
         logPageFlusher.setDaemon(true);
-        logPageFlusher.start();
+        AsterixThreadExecutor.INSTANCE.execute(logPageFlusher);
     }
 
     public int getLogPageIndex(long lsnValue) {