diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
index af95437..d798cd5 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 
 	<property>
 		<name>log.level</name>
-		<!-- ><value>INFO</value> -->
 		<value>WARNING</value>
 		<description>Log level for running tests/build</description>
 	</property>
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/pom.xml b/asterix-transactions/pom.xml
index 5e6b741..27a1de4 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-transactions/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
                 <artifactId>record-manager-generator-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>0.8.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <debug>true</debug>
+                    <debug>false</debug>
                     <inputFiles>
                         <param>src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/Job.json</param>
                         <param>src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/Resource.json</param>
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java
index 6d310f3..d955ab2 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private long removeLastHolder(long resource, long jobSlot, byte lockMode) throws ACIDException {
+    private long removeLastHolder(long resource, long jobSlot, byte lockMode) {
         long holder = resArenaMgr.getLastHolder(resource);
         if (holder < 0) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("no holder for resource " + resource);
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManagerDeterministicUnitTest.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManagerDeterministicUnitTest.java
index 8f3e6df..bd05983 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManagerDeterministicUnitTest.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManagerDeterministicUnitTest.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 
-import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.api.AsterixThreadExecutor;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.AsterixPropertiesAccessor;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.AsterixTransactionProperties;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.exceptions.ACIDException;
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@
     long defaultWaitTime;
 
     public LockRequestController(String requestFileName) throws ACIDException, AsterixException {
-        this.txnProvider = new TransactionSubsystem("nc1", null, new AsterixTransactionProperties(
+        this.txnProvider = new TransactionSubsystem("nc1", new TestRuntimeContextProvider(), new AsterixTransactionProperties(
                 new AsterixPropertiesAccessor()));
         this.workerReadyQueue = new WorkerReadyQueue();
         this.requestList = new ArrayList<LockRequest>();
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/TestRuntimeContextProvider.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/TestRuntimeContextProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf519ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/TestRuntimeContextProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.locking;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.api.AsterixThreadExecutor;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.api.IAsterixAppRuntimeContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.transactions.IAsterixAppRuntimeContextProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.transactions.ITransactionSubsystem;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IIndexLifecycleManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.ILocalResourceRepository;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.ResourceIdFactory;
+
+class TestRuntimeContextProvider implements IAsterixAppRuntimeContextProvider {
+
+    AsterixThreadExecutor ate = new AsterixThreadExecutor(Executors.defaultThreadFactory());    
+    IIndexLifecycleManager ilm = new IndexLifecycleManager();
+    
+    @Override
+    public AsterixThreadExecutor getThreadExecutor() {
+        return ate;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IBufferCache getBufferCache() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IFileMapProvider getFileMapManager() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ITransactionSubsystem getTransactionSubsystem() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IIndexLifecycleManager getIndexLifecycleManager() {
+        return ilm;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public double getBloomFilterFalsePositiveRate() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ILSMOperationTracker getLSMBTreeOperationTracker(int datasetID) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ILSMIOOperationScheduler getLSMIOScheduler() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ILocalResourceRepository getLocalResourceRepository() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ResourceIdFactory getResourceIdFactory() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IIOManager getIOManager() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<IVirtualBufferCache> getVirtualBufferCaches(int datasetID) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IAsterixAppRuntimeContext getAppContext() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    static class IndexLifecycleManager implements IIndexLifecycleManager {
+
+        @Override
+        public IIndex getIndex(long resourceID) throws HyracksDataException {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void register(long resourceID, IIndex index) throws HyracksDataException {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void unregister(long resourceID) throws HyracksDataException {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void open(long resourceID) throws HyracksDataException {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void close(long resourceID) throws HyracksDataException {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public List<IIndex> getOpenIndexes() {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
+        
+    }
+}
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