diff --git a/asterix-app/data/csv/sample_01.csv b/asterix-app/data/csv/sample_01.csv
index 4dd437a..fbba382 100644
--- a/asterix-app/data/csv/sample_01.csv
+++ b/asterix-app/data/csv/sample_01.csv
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-1,0.899682764,5.6256,2013-08-07,07:22:35,1979-02-25T23:48:27.034
-2,0.669052398,,-1923-03-29,19:33:34,-1979-02-25T23:48:27.002
-3,0.572733058,192674,-1923-03-28,19:33:34,-1979-02-25T23:48:27.001
-4,,192674,-1923-03-27,19:33:34,-1979-02-25T23:48:27.001
-5,0.572733058,192674,,19:33:34,-1979-02-25T23:48:27.001
-6,0.572733058,192674,-1923-03-25,,-1979-02-25T23:48:27.001
-7,0.572733058,192674,-1923-03-24,19:33:34,
+1,0.899682764,5.6256,2013-08-07,07:22:35,1979-02-25T23:48:27.034
+2,0.669052398,,-1923-03-29,19:33:34,-1979-02-25T23:48:27.002
+3,0.572733058,192674,-1923-03-28,19:33:34,-1979-02-25T23:48:27.001
+4,,192674,-1923-03-27,19:33:34,-1979-02-25T23:48:27.001
+5,0.572733058,192674,,19:33:34,-1979-02-25T23:48:27.001
+6,0.572733058,192674,-1923-03-25,,-1979-02-25T23:48:27.001
+7,0.572733058,192674,-1923-03-24,19:33:34,
 8,,,,,
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/pom.xml b/asterix-app/pom.xml
index c9a1b8e..85c9336 100644
--- a/asterix-app/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-app/pom.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,18 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>jar</goal>
+                            <goal>test-jar</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/runtime/HDFSCluster.java b/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/runtime/HDFSCluster.java
index 6d2de65..66680c4 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/runtime/HDFSCluster.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/runtime/HDFSCluster.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
  *
  * @author ramangrover29
  */
-@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public class HDFSCluster {
 
     private static final String PATH_TO_HADOOP_CONF = "src/test/resources/hadoop/conf";
@@ -64,25 +63,27 @@
      * Called prior to running the Runtime test suite.
      */
     public void setup() throws Exception {
-        conf.addResource(new Path(PATH_TO_HADOOP_CONF + "/core-site.xml"));
-        conf.addResource(new Path(PATH_TO_HADOOP_CONF + "/mapred-site.xml"));
-        conf.addResource(new Path(PATH_TO_HADOOP_CONF + "/hdfs-site.xml"));
+        setup("");
+    }
+
+    public void setup(String basePath) throws Exception {
+        conf.addResource(new Path(basePath + PATH_TO_HADOOP_CONF + "/core-site.xml"));
+        conf.addResource(new Path(basePath + PATH_TO_HADOOP_CONF + "/mapred-site.xml"));
+        conf.addResource(new Path(basePath + PATH_TO_HADOOP_CONF + "/hdfs-site.xml"));
         cleanupLocal();
-        //this constructor is deprecated in hadoop 2x 
-        //dfsCluster = new MiniDFSCluster(nameNodePort, conf, numDataNodes, true, true, StartupOption.REGULAR, null);
         MiniDFSCluster.Builder build = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf);
         build.nameNodePort(nameNodePort);
         build.numDataNodes(numDataNodes);
         build.startupOption(StartupOption.REGULAR);
         dfsCluster = build.build();
         dfs = FileSystem.get(conf);
-        loadData();
+        loadData(basePath);
     }
 
-    private void loadData() throws IOException {
+    private void loadData(String localDataRoot) throws IOException {
         Path destDir = new Path(HDFS_PATH);
         dfs.mkdirs(destDir);
-        File srcDir = new File(DATA_PATH);
+        File srcDir = new File(localDataRoot + DATA_PATH);
         File[] listOfFiles = srcDir.listFiles();
         for (File srcFile : listOfFiles) {
             Path path = new Path(srcFile.getAbsolutePath());
@@ -108,12 +109,10 @@
         HDFSCluster cluster = new HDFSCluster();
         cluster.setup();
         JobConf conf = configureJobConf();
-        FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(conf);
         InputSplit[] inputSplits = conf.getInputFormat().getSplits(conf, 0);
         for (InputSplit split : inputSplits) {
             System.out.println("split :" + split);
         }
-        //   cluster.cleanup();
     }
 
     private static JobConf configureJobConf() throws Exception {