diff --git a/asterix-installer/pom.xml b/asterix-installer/pom.xml
index 1c11763..28b2b13 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-installer/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>2.2-beta-2</version>
+         <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
          <executions>
            <execution>
              <configuration>
@@ -94,21 +94,16 @@
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>2.12</version>
-         <dependencies>  
-           <dependency>  
-              <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
-              <artifactId>surefire-junit47</artifactId>
-              <version>2.12</version>
-           </dependency>  
-         </dependencies>  
-         <configuration>
-           <includes>
-              <include>**/*.class</include>
-           </includes>
-           <excludeGroups>edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.test.IntegerationTest</excludeGroups>
-         </configuration>
+         <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+         <version>2.6</version>
+         <executions>
+           <execution>
+             <goals>
+               <goal>integration-test</goal>
+               <goal>verify</goal>
+             </goals>
+           </execution>
+         </executions>
        </plugin>
     </plugins> 
   </build>
@@ -117,7 +112,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <version>4.8.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml b/asterix-installer/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
index 6a0c130..739b444 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <assembly>
   <id>binary-assembly</id>
   <formats>
+    <format>dir</format>
     <format>zip</format>
   </formats>
   <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/AsterixInstallerIntegrationUtil.java b/asterix-installer/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/AsterixInstallerIntegrationUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..906c839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/AsterixInstallerIntegrationUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FilenameFilter;
+
+public class AsterixInstallerIntegrationUtil {
+
+    private static String managixHome;
+
+    public static void deinit() {
+
+    }
+
+    public static void init() {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        File asterixProjectDir = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir"));
+        File installerTargetDir = new File(asterixProjectDir, "target");
+        System.out.println("asterix project dir" + asterixProjectDir.getAbsolutePath());
+        System.out.println("installer target dir" + installerTargetDir.getAbsolutePath());
+        String managixHomeDirName = installerTargetDir.list(new FilenameFilter() {
+            @Override
+            public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
+                return new File(dir, name).isDirectory() && name.startsWith("asterix-installer")
+                        && name.endsWith("binary-assembly");
+            }
+
+        })[0];
+        managixHome = new File(installerTargetDir, managixHomeDirName).getAbsolutePath();
+        System.out.println("Setting managix home to :" + managixHome);
+    }
+
+    public static String getManagixHome() {
+        return managixHome;
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String [] args){
+        init();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/test/resources/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/InstallerIntegrationTest.java b/asterix-installer/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/InstallerIT.java
similarity index 96%
rename from asterix-installer/src/test/resources/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/InstallerIntegrationTest.java
rename to asterix-installer/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/InstallerIT.java
index 852499a..e53f8d4 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/test/resources/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/InstallerIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/InstallerIT.java
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.command.CommandHandler;
@@ -32,9 +29,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.service.ILookupService;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.service.ServiceProvider;
 
-@Category(IntegrationTest.class)
-@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
-public class InstallerIntegrationTest {
+public class InstallerIT {
 
     public static final String ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME = "asterix";
 
@@ -103,7 +98,7 @@
         return testArgs;
     }
 
-    public InstallerIntegrationTest() {
+    public InstallerIT() {
 
     }
 
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/test/resources/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/IntegrationTest.java b/asterix-installer/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/IntegrationTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from asterix-installer/src/test/resources/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/IntegrationTest.java
rename to asterix-installer/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/IntegrationTest.java
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/test/resources/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/AsterixInstallerIntegrationUtil.java b/asterix-installer/src/test/resources/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/AsterixInstallerIntegrationUtil.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e18839..0000000
--- a/asterix-installer/src/test/resources/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/AsterixInstallerIntegrationUtil.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.test;
-
-public class AsterixInstallerIntegrationUtil {
-
-    public static void deinit() {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        
-    }
-
-    public static void init() {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        
-    }
-
-    public static String getManagixHome() {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        return null;
-    }
-
-}