diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-metadata.properties b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-metadata.properties
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+MetadataNode=nc1
+NewUniverse=true
+nc1.stores=/tmp/nc1data/
+nc2.stores=/tmp/nc2data/, /tmp/nc2data1/
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