diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
index e85e56874..64e83d6 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
      <ncId>nc2</ncId>
      <storeDirs>nc2data</storeDirs> 
   </store>
+  <transactionLogDir>
+  	 <ncId>nc1</ncId>
+  	 <txnLogDirPath>/tmp/txnLogDir/nc1</txnLogDirPath> 
+  </transactionLogDir>
+  <transactionLogDir>
+  	 <ncId>nc2</ncId>
+  	 <txnLogDirPath>/tmp/txnLogDir/nc2</txnLogDirPath> 
+  </transactionLogDir>
   <property>
      <name>log.level</name>
      <value>WARNING</value>
diff --git a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixExternalProperties.java b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixExternalProperties.java
index 6dd2ced..ff17ddf 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixExternalProperties.java
+++ b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixExternalProperties.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     private static Level EXTERNAL_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT = Level.WARNING;
 
     private static final String EXTERNAL_APISERVER_KEY = "api.port";
-    private static int EXTERNAL_APISERVER_DEFAULT = 19101;
+    private static int EXTERNAL_APISERVER_DEFAULT = 19002;
 
     public AsterixExternalProperties(AsterixPropertiesAccessor accessor) {
         super(accessor);
diff --git a/asterix-common/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/aql/TestsUtils.java b/asterix-common/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/aql/TestsUtils.java
index d13dd2e..442ae55 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/aql/TestsUtils.java
+++ b/asterix-common/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/aql/TestsUtils.java
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
     public static InputStream executeQuery(String str) throws Exception {
         InputStream resultStream = null;
 
-        final String url = "http://localhost:19101/query";
+        final String url = "http://localhost:19002/query";
 
         // Create an instance of HttpClient.
         HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
     // To execute Update statements
     // Insert and Delete statements are executed here
     public static void executeUpdate(String str) throws Exception {
-        final String url = "http://localhost:19101/update";
+        final String url = "http://localhost:19002/update";
 
         // Create an instance of HttpClient.
         HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
     // create dataverse statement
     // create function statement
     public static void executeDDL(String str) throws Exception {
-        final String url = "http://localhost:19101/ddl";
+        final String url = "http://localhost:19002/ddl";
 
         // Create an instance of HttpClient.
         HttpClient client = new HttpClient();