diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
index 3170306..6b3f603 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <configuration>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java
index 01ccdef..efccba4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)", required = false)
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-infile-customer-splits", usage = "Comma separated list of file-splits for the CUSTOMER input. A file-split is <node-name>:<path>", required = true)
         public String inFileCustomerSplits;
 
@@ -127,7 +124,7 @@
                 options.graceFactor, options.memSize, options.tableSize, options.hasGroupBy);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job,
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job,
                 options.profile ? EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME) : EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();