checkpoint 1
diff --git a/asterix-installer/pom.xml b/asterix-installer/pom.xml
index 87a73af..fd12e46 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-installer/pom.xml
@@ -92,6 +92,24 @@
            </execution>
          </executions>
        </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>
+         </configuraiton>
+       </plugin>
     </plugins> 
   </build>