diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable.java
index 6dfd76b..92bbce1 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         try {
 			bulkLoadCtx = btreeOpHelper.getBTree().beginBulkLoad(fillFactor, btreeOpHelper.getLeafFrame(), btreeOpHelper.getInteriorFrame(), metaFrame);
 		} catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new HyracksDataException(e.getMessage());
+			throw new HyracksDataException(e);
 		}
     }
     
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeOpHelper.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeOpHelper.java
index 0cd86c1..681eb9d 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeOpHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeOpHelper.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 		try {
 			raf = new RandomAccessFile(f, "rw");
 		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-			throw new HyracksDataException(e.getMessage());
+			throw new HyracksDataException(e);
 		}
         
         String fileName = f.getAbsolutePath();
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
                         try {
 							btree.create(btreeFileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
 						} catch (Exception e) {
-							throw new HyracksDataException(e.getMessage());
+							throw new HyracksDataException(e);
 						}
                     }
                     btree.open(btreeFileId);
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeSearchOperatorNodePushable.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeSearchOperatorNodePushable.java
index 86e5310..f3cb8a9 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeSearchOperatorNodePushable.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeSearchOperatorNodePushable.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         try {
 			btreeOpHelper.init();
 		} catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new HyracksDataException(e.getMessage());
+			throw new HyracksDataException(e);
 		}
         btree = btreeOpHelper.getBTree();
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     		}
         	
         } catch (Exception e) {
-        	throw new HyracksDataException(e.getMessage());
+        	throw new HyracksDataException(e);
         }
 	}	
 	
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 		try {
 			cursor.close();
 		} catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new HyracksDataException(e.getMessage());
+			throw new HyracksDataException(e);
 		}    	
 	}
 
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMFrame.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMFrame.java
index 5030c45..dc856ce 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMFrame.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMFrame.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.IntegerSerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeFrame;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeTupleReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeTupleWriter;
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMInteriorFrame.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMInteriorFrame.java
index 8731e10..fc4659a 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMInteriorFrame.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMInteriorFrame.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.IntegerSerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeFrame;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeInteriorFrame;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeTupleReference;
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMLeafFrame.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMLeafFrame.java
index 07e49c3..0f5c1fa 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMLeafFrame.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMLeafFrame.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeFrame;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeLeafFrame;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeTupleReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeTupleWriter;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTreeException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.MultiComparator;
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTree.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTree.java
index ab7ef70..e48123c 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTree.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTree.java
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@
             releaseLatch(node, ctx.op, isLeaf);
             bufferCache.unpin(node);
             unpins++;
-            BTreeException propException = new BTreeException(e.getMessage());
+            BTreeException propException = new BTreeException(e);
             propException.setHandled(true); // propagate a BTreeException,
             // indicating that the parent node
             // must not be unlatched and
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTreeException.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTreeException.java
index c91af47..e5a5393 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTreeException.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTreeException.java
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 	private boolean handled = false;
 		
+	public BTreeException(Exception e) {
+        super(e);
+    }
+	
 	public BTreeException(String message) {
         super(message);
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/Test.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/Test.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d905ac8..0000000
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/Test.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.VarLenIntEncoderDecoder;
-
-public class Test {
-	
-	/**
-	 * @param args
-	 */
-	public static void main(String[] args) {
-		
-		byte[] bytes = new byte[100];
-			
-		VarLenIntEncoderDecoder encDec = new VarLenIntEncoderDecoder();
-		
-		for(int i = 0; i < 1024; i++) {
-			encDec.reset(bytes, 0);
-			int bytesWritten = encDec.encode(i);
-			encDec.reset(bytes, 0);
-			int decoded = encDec.decode();		
-			int byteCount = encDec.getBytesRequired(i);			
-			System.out.println("ENCODED: " + i + " DECODED: " + decoded + " BYTES: " + bytesWritten + " " + byteCount);
-		}		
-	}		
-}