diff --git a/asterix-app/scripts/idefix/startnc2.sh b/asterix-app/scripts/idefix/startnc2.sh
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+#/bin/bash
+
+export JAVA_OPTS="-DAsterixConfigFileName=test.properties -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/home/nicnic/Work/Asterix/hyracks/logging.properties"
+export HYRACKS_HOME="/home/nicnic/workspace/hyracks/tags/hyracks-0.1.5"
+
+bash ${HYRACKS_HOME}/hyracks-server/target/appassembler/bin/hyracksnc -cc-host 127.0.0.1 -data-ip-address 127.0.0.1 -node-id "nc2" $*
+