diff --git a/asterix-events/pom.xml b/asterix-events/pom.xml
index 7b187bb..8440b6d 100644
--- a/asterix-events/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-events/pom.xml
@@ -166,5 +166,12 @@
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
       <version>1.4</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
+     <artifactId>asterix-common</artifactId>
+     <version>0.0.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+     <type>jar</type>
+     <scope>compile</scope>
+   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/asterix-events/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/event/management/EventExecutor.java b/asterix-events/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/event/management/EventExecutor.java
index 352d787..fa3923b 100644
--- a/asterix-events/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/event/management/EventExecutor.java
+++ b/asterix-events/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/event/management/EventExecutor.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.AsterixProperties;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.event.driver.EventDriver;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.event.schema.cluster.Cluster;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.event.schema.cluster.Node;
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@
                 if (p.getKey().equals("JAVA_HOME")) {
                     String val = node.getJavaHome() == null ? p.getValue() : node.getJavaHome();
                     envBuffer.append(p.getKey() + "=" + val + " ");
-                } else if (p.getKey().equals("NC_JAVA_OPTS")) {
+                } else if (p.getKey().equals(AsterixProperties.AsterixConfigurationKeys.NC_JAVA_OPTS)) {
                     if (!isMasterNode) {
                         StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
                         builder.append("\"");
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@
                         builder.append("\"");
                         envBuffer.append("JAVA_OPTS" + "=" + builder + " ");
                     }
-                } else if (p.getKey().equals("CC_JAVA_OPTS")) {
+                } else if (p.getKey().equals(AsterixProperties.AsterixConfigurationKeys.CC_JAVA_OPTS)) {
                     if (isMasterNode) {
                         StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
                         builder.append("\"");