diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/aql/translator/AqlTranslator.java b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/aql/translator/AqlTranslator.java
index c61c0b0..4100d44 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/aql/translator/AqlTranslator.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/aql/translator/AqlTranslator.java
@@ -2365,7 +2365,6 @@
 
     private JobId runJob(IHyracksClientConnection hcc, JobSpecification spec, boolean waitForCompletion)
             throws Exception {
-        spec.setFrameSize(OptimizationConfUtil.getPhysicalOptimizationConfig().getFrameSize());
         JobId[] jobIds = executeJobArray(hcc, new Job[] { new Job(spec) }, out, pdf, waitForCompletion);
         return jobIds[0];
     }
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AbstractTupleParser.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AbstractTupleParser.java
index 9e5a591..13305b1 100644
--- a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AbstractTupleParser.java
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AbstractTupleParser.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.exceptions.AsterixException;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.util.AsterixAppContextInfo;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameWriter;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
@@ -89,7 +90,8 @@
             FrameUtils.flushFrame(frame, writer);
             appender.reset(frame, true);
             if (!appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize())) {
-                throw new IllegalStateException();
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Tuple size(" + tb.getSize() + ") is greater than frame size("
+                        + AsterixAppContextInfo.getInstance().getCompilerProperties().getFrameSize() + ")");
             }
         }