diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
index 0d75de4..6a56532 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.10-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.10-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/INCApplicationContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/INCApplicationContext.java
index 3d70a40..c80f6d1 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/INCApplicationContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/INCApplicationContext.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksRootContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.lifecycle.ILifeCycleComponentManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.resources.memory.IMemoryManager;
 
 /**
@@ -24,7 +25,14 @@
  */
 public interface INCApplicationContext extends IApplicationContext {
     /**
-     * Gets the node Id of the Node Congtroller.
+     * Gets the life cycle component manager of the Node Controller.
+     * 
+     * @return
+     */
+    public ILifeCycleComponentManager getLifeCycleComponentManager();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the node Id of the Node Controller.
      * 
      * @return the Node Id.
      */
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/lifecycle/LifeCycleComponentManager.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/lifecycle/LifeCycleComponentManager.java
index ec27653..b2a0aec 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/lifecycle/LifeCycleComponentManager.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/lifecycle/LifeCycleComponentManager.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 
 public class LifeCycleComponentManager implements ILifeCycleComponentManager {
 
-    public final static LifeCycleComponentManager INSTANCE = new LifeCycleComponentManager();
-
     public static final class Config {
         public static final String DUMP_PATH_KEY = "DUMP_PATH";
     }
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@
     private String dumpPath;
     private boolean configured;
 
-    private LifeCycleComponentManager() {
+    public LifeCycleComponentManager() {
         components = new ArrayList<ILifeCycleComponent>();
         stopInitiated = false;
         configured = false;