diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/CCApplicationEntryPoint.java b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/CCApplicationEntryPoint.java
index 1b8990b..07c9abd 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/CCApplicationEntryPoint.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/CCApplicationEntryPoint.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.api.http.servlet.QueryStatusAPIServlet;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.api.http.servlet.UpdateAPIServlet;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.api.AsterixAppContextInfoImpl;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.api.AsterixThreadFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.AsterixProperties;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.GlobalConfig;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.metadata.MetadataManager;
@@ -41,10 +42,11 @@
     @Override
     public void start(ICCApplicationContext ccAppCtx, String[] args) throws Exception {
         this.appCtx = ccAppCtx;
+
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info("Starting Asterix cluster controller");
         }
-
+        appCtx.setThreadFactory(AsterixThreadFactory.INSTANCE);
         proxy = AsterixStateProxy.registerRemoteObject();
         proxy.setAsterixProperties(AsterixProperties.INSTANCE);
         appCtx.setDistributedState(proxy);
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java
index daa39a5..f295b29 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.api.AsterixThreadFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.AsterixProperties;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.context.AsterixAppRuntimeContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.metadata.MetadataManager;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public void start(INCApplicationContext ncAppCtx, String[] args) throws Exception {
+        ncAppCtx.setThreadFactory(AsterixThreadFactory.INSTANCE);
         ncApplicationContext = ncAppCtx;
         nodeId = ncApplicationContext.getNodeId();
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@
         Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(sHook);
 
         Map<String, String> lifecycleMgmtConfiguration = new HashMap<String, String>();
-        lifecycleMgmtConfiguration.put(LifeCycleComponentManager.Config.KEY_DUMP_PATH,
+        lifecycleMgmtConfiguration.put(LifeCycleComponentManager.Config.DUMP_PATH_KEY,
                 AsterixProperties.INSTANCE.getCoredumpPath(nodeId));
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info("Coredump directory for NC is: " + AsterixProperties.INSTANCE.getCoredumpPath(nodeId));
@@ -132,14 +134,14 @@
             MetadataBootstrap.startDDLRecovery();
         }
 
-        IRecoveryManager recoveryMgr = runtimeContext.getTransactionSubsystem().getRecoveryManager();
-        recoveryMgr.checkpoint(true);
-
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info("Starting lifecycle components");
         }
         LifeCycleComponentManager.INSTANCE.startAll();
 
+        IRecoveryManager recoveryMgr = runtimeContext.getTransactionSubsystem().getRecoveryManager();
+        recoveryMgr.checkpoint(true);
+
         // TODO
         // reclaim storage for orphaned index artifacts in NCs.
     }
diff --git a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/api/AsterixThreadExecutor.java b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/api/AsterixThreadExecutor.java
index 519e222..ce2284c 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/api/AsterixThreadExecutor.java
+++ b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/api/AsterixThreadExecutor.java
@@ -15,15 +15,11 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.api;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.lifecycle.ApplicationThreadExecutor;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 
 public class AsterixThreadExecutor implements Executor {
-
-    private static ApplicationThreadExecutor threadExecutor = new ApplicationThreadExecutor(
-            AsterixThreadFactory.INSTANCE);
-
     public static AsterixThreadExecutor INSTANCE = new AsterixThreadExecutor();
+    private final Executor executor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool(AsterixThreadFactory.INSTANCE);
 
     private AsterixThreadExecutor() {
 
@@ -31,6 +27,6 @@
 
     @Override
     public void execute(Runnable command) {
-        threadExecutor.execute(command);
+        executor.execute(command);
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/api/AsterixThreadFactory.java b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/api/AsterixThreadFactory.java
index 8a668cd..5d11d6d 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/api/AsterixThreadFactory.java
+++ b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/api/AsterixThreadFactory.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
 
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.lifecycle.LifeCycleComponentManager;
+
 public class AsterixThreadFactory implements ThreadFactory {
 
     public static AsterixThreadFactory INSTANCE = new AsterixThreadFactory();
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@
         } else {
             t = new Thread(r);
         }
+        t.setUncaughtExceptionHandler(LifeCycleComponentManager.INSTANCE);
         return t;
     }
 
diff --git a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/AsterixAppRuntimeContext.java b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/AsterixAppRuntimeContext.java
index 6f7c29c..c8b03b6 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/AsterixAppRuntimeContext.java
+++ b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/AsterixAppRuntimeContext.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.lifecycle.ILifeCycleComponent;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.lifecycle.LifeCycleComponentManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IIndexLifecycleManager;
@@ -79,8 +80,7 @@
         txnSubsystem = new TransactionSubsystem(ncApplicationContext.getNodeId(), asterixAppRuntimeContextProvider);
         IPageCleanerPolicy pcp = new DelayPageCleanerPolicy(600000);
         bufferCache = new BufferCache(ioManager, allocator, prs, pcp, fileMapManager, pageSize, numPages,
-                DEFAULT_MAX_OPEN_FILES);
-        LifeCycleComponentManager.INSTANCE.register(bufferCache);
+                DEFAULT_MAX_OPEN_FILES, ncApplicationContext.getThreadFactory());
         lsmIOScheduler = SynchronousScheduler.INSTANCE;
         mergePolicy = new ConstantMergePolicy(3, this);
         lsmBTreeOpTrackerFactory = new IndexOperationTrackerFactory(LSMBTreeIOOperationCallbackFactory.INSTANCE);
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@
                 .createRepository();
         resourceIdFactory = (new ResourceIdFactoryProvider(localResourceRepository)).createResourceIdFactory();
         isShuttingdown = false;
+
+        // The order of registration is important. The buffer cache must registered before recovery and transaction managers.
+        LifeCycleComponentManager.INSTANCE.register((ILifeCycleComponent) bufferCache);
+        LifeCycleComponentManager.INSTANCE.register((ILifeCycleComponent) indexLifecycleManager);
+        LifeCycleComponentManager.INSTANCE.register((ILifeCycleComponent) txnSubsystem.getTransactionManager());
+        LifeCycleComponentManager.INSTANCE.register((ILifeCycleComponent) txnSubsystem.getLogManager());
+        LifeCycleComponentManager.INSTANCE.register((ILifeCycleComponent) txnSubsystem.getLockManager());
+        LifeCycleComponentManager.INSTANCE.register((ILifeCycleComponent) txnSubsystem.getRecoveryManager());
     }
 
     public boolean isShuttingdown() {
diff --git a/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/MetadataManager.java b/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/MetadataManager.java
index 64c10f5..a1efa61 100644
--- a/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/MetadataManager.java
+++ b/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/MetadataManager.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.metadata.api.IAsterixStateProxy;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.metadata.api.IMetadataManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.metadata.api.IMetadataNode;
-import edu.uci.ics.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.MetadataConstants;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.metadata.entities.Dataset;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.metadata.entities.DatasourceAdapter;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.metadata.entities.Datatype;
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ILockManager.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ILockManager.java
index c9a6e1c..d6ac622 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ILockManager.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ILockManager.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.exception.ACIDException;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.transaction.DatasetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.transaction.TransactionContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.lifecycle.ILifeCycleComponent;
 
 /**
  * Interface for the lockManager
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@
  * @author pouria
  * @author kisskys
  */
-public interface ILockManager extends ILifeCycleComponent {
+public interface ILockManager {
 
     /**
      * The method to request a specific lock mode on a specific resource by a
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManager.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManager.java
index aae532a..65d70de 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManager.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManager.java
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReadWriteLock;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.transaction.TransactionContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.transaction.TransactionManagementConstants.LockManagerConstants.LockMode;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.transaction.TransactionSubsystem;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.lifecycle.LifeCycleComponentManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.lifecycle.ILifeCycleComponent;
 
 /**
  * An implementation of the ILockManager interface for the
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
  * @author pouria, kisskys
  */
 
-public class LockManager implements ILockManager {
+public class LockManager implements ILockManager, ILifeCycleComponent {
 
     public static final boolean IS_DEBUG_MODE = false;//true
     //This variable indicates that the dataset granule X lock request is allowed when 
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@
         if (IS_DEBUG_MODE) {
             this.lockRequestTracker = new LockRequestTracker();
         }
-        LifeCycleComponentManager.INSTANCE.register(this);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -2076,7 +2075,7 @@
             dumpEntityInfo(os);
 
             //#. dump lockWaiterManager
-            
+
             dumpLockWaiterInfo(os);
             try {
                 os.flush();
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/ILogManager.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/ILogManager.java
index df23af7..f6ed93e 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/ILogManager.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/ILogManager.java
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.logging.IndexLogger.ReusableLogContentObject;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.transaction.TransactionContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.transaction.TransactionSubsystem;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.lifecycle.ILifeCycleComponent;
 
-public interface ILogManager extends ILifeCycleComponent{
+public interface ILogManager {
 
     /**
      * @param logType
@@ -65,7 +64,8 @@
     public ILogCursor readLog(ILogFilter logFilter) throws ACIDException;
 
     /**
-     * @param logicalLogLocator TODO
+     * @param logicalLogLocator
+     *            TODO
      * @param PhysicalLogLocator
      *            specifies the location of the log record to be read
      * @throws ACIDException
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogManager.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogManager.java
index 1721f09..f59088d 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogManager.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogManager.java
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.transaction.TransactionManagementConstants;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.transaction.TransactionSubsystem;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.lifecycle.LifeCycleComponentManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.lifecycle.ILifeCycleComponent;
 
-public class LogManager implements ILogManager {
+public class LogManager implements ILogManager, ILifeCycleComponent {
 
     public static final boolean IS_DEBUG_MODE = false;//true
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(LogManager.class.getName());
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@
         this.provider = provider;
         initLogManagerProperties(this.provider.getId());
         initLogManager();
-        LifeCycleComponentManager.INSTANCE.register(this);
     }
 
     public LogManager(TransactionSubsystem provider, String nodeId) throws ACIDException {
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/recovery/IRecoveryManager.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/recovery/IRecoveryManager.java
index 09c9782..38802a2 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/recovery/IRecoveryManager.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/recovery/IRecoveryManager.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.exception.ACIDException;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.transaction.TransactionContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.lifecycle.ILifeCycleComponent;
 
 /**
  * Provides API for failure recovery. Failure could be at application level and
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@
  * sophisticated mechanism of replaying logs and bringing the system to a
  * consistent state ensuring durability.
  */
-public interface IRecoveryManager extends ILifeCycleComponent {
+public interface IRecoveryManager {
 
     public enum SystemState {
         NEW_UNIVERSE,
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/recovery/RecoveryManager.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/recovery/RecoveryManager.java
index 83221c1..31557a3 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/recovery/RecoveryManager.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/recovery/RecoveryManager.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.transaction.TransactionManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.transaction.TransactionSubsystem;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.lifecycle.LifeCycleComponentManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.lifecycle.ILifeCycleComponent;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTree;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IIndexLifecycleManager;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
  * not in place completely. Once we have physical logging implemented, we would
  * add support for crash recovery.
  */
-public class RecoveryManager implements IRecoveryManager {
+public class RecoveryManager implements IRecoveryManager, ILifeCycleComponent {
 
     public static final boolean IS_DEBUG_MODE = false;//true
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(RecoveryManager.class.getName());
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@
 
     public RecoveryManager(TransactionSubsystem TransactionProvider) throws ACIDException {
         this.txnSubsystem = TransactionProvider;
-        LifeCycleComponentManager.INSTANCE.register(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -431,7 +430,7 @@
         if (isSharpCheckpoint && LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info("Starting sharp checkpoint ... ");
         }
-        
+
         LogManager logMgr = (LogManager) txnSubsystem.getLogManager();
         TransactionManager txnMgr = (TransactionManager) txnSubsystem.getTransactionManager();
         String logDir = logMgr.getLogManagerProperties().getLogDir();
@@ -523,7 +522,7 @@
         if (isSharpCheckpoint) {
             logMgr.renewLogFiles();
         }
-        
+
         if (isSharpCheckpoint && LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info("Completed sharp checkpoint.");
         }
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/ITransactionManager.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/ITransactionManager.java
index a78bd6b..645cb86 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/ITransactionManager.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/ITransactionManager.java
@@ -15,14 +15,13 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.transaction;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.exception.ACIDException;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.lifecycle.ILifeCycleComponent;
 
 /**
  * Provides APIs for managing life cycle of a transaction, that is beginning a
  * transaction and aborting/committing the transaction.
  */
 
-public interface ITransactionManager extends ILifeCycleComponent {
+public interface ITransactionManager {
 
     /**
      * A transaction may be in any of the following states ACTIVE: The
@@ -65,26 +64,32 @@
      * 
      * @param txnContext
      *            the transaction context associated with the transaction
-     * @param datasetId TODO
-     * @param PKHashVal TODO
+     * @param datasetId
+     *            TODO
+     * @param PKHashVal
+     *            TODO
      * @throws ACIDException
      * @see transactionContextimport edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
      * @see ACIDException
      */
-    public void commitTransaction(TransactionContext txnContext, DatasetId datasetId, int PKHashVal) throws ACIDException;
+    public void commitTransaction(TransactionContext txnContext, DatasetId datasetId, int PKHashVal)
+            throws ACIDException;
 
     /**
      * Aborts a transaction.
      * 
      * @param txnContext
      *            the transaction context associated with the transaction
-     * @param datasetId TODO
-     * @param PKHashVal TODO
+     * @param datasetId
+     *            TODO
+     * @param PKHashVal
+     *            TODO
      * @throws ACIDException
      * @see transactionContext
      * @see ACIDException
      */
-    public void abortTransaction(TransactionContext txnContext, DatasetId datasetId, int PKHashVal) throws ACIDException;
+    public void abortTransaction(TransactionContext txnContext, DatasetId datasetId, int PKHashVal)
+            throws ACIDException;
 
     /**
      * Indicates end of all activity for a transaction. In other words, all
@@ -93,14 +98,17 @@
      * 
      * @param txnContext
      *            the transaction context associated with the transaction
-     * @param datasetId TODO
-     * @param PKHashVal TODO
+     * @param datasetId
+     *            TODO
+     * @param PKHashVal
+     *            TODO
      * @param success
      *            indicates the success or failure. The transaction is committed
      *            or aborted accordingly.
      * @throws ACIDException
      */
-    public void completedTransaction(TransactionContext txnContext, DatasetId datasetId, int PKHashVal, boolean success) throws ACIDException;
+    public void completedTransaction(TransactionContext txnContext, DatasetId datasetId, int PKHashVal, boolean success)
+            throws ACIDException;
 
     /**
      * Returns the Transaction Provider for the transaction eco-system. A
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/TransactionManager.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/TransactionManager.java
index eba5574..ffd39e2 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/TransactionManager.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/TransactionManager.java
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.exception.ACIDException;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.logging.LogType;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.lifecycle.LifeCycleComponentManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.lifecycle.ILifeCycleComponent;
 
 /**
  * An implementation of the @see ITransactionManager interface that provides
  * implementation of APIs for governing the lifecycle of a transaction.
  */
-public class TransactionManager implements ITransactionManager {
+public class TransactionManager implements ITransactionManager, ILifeCycleComponent {
 
     public static final boolean IS_DEBUG_MODE = false;//true
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(TransactionManager.class.getName());
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 
     public TransactionManager(TransactionSubsystem provider) {
         this.transactionProvider = provider;
-        LifeCycleComponentManager.INSTANCE.register(this);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/TransactionSubsystem.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/TransactionSubsystem.java
index c83b7bc..5f72470 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/TransactionSubsystem.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/TransactionSubsystem.java
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@
         this.resourceRepository = new TransactionalResourceManagerRepository();
         this.asterixAppRuntimeContextProvider = asterixAppRuntimeContextProvider;
         if (asterixAppRuntimeContextProvider != null) {
-	        this.checkpointThread = new CheckpointThread(recoveryManager,
-	                asterixAppRuntimeContextProvider.getIndexLifecycleManager(), 0);
+            this.checkpointThread = new CheckpointThread(recoveryManager,
+                    asterixAppRuntimeContextProvider.getIndexLifecycleManager(), 0);
         } else {
-        	this.checkpointThread = null;
+            this.checkpointThread = null;
         }
     }