diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/resources/hyracks-deployment.properties b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/resources/hyracks-deployment.properties
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+nc.bootstrap.class=edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.NCBootstrap
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