diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/optimizer/OptimizerTestSuite.java b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/optimizer/OptimizerTestSuite.java
index 8ac4e86..13574ea 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/optimizer/OptimizerTestSuite.java
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/optimizer/OptimizerTestSuite.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
             if (isIgnored(qFile.getName(), ignores))
                 continue;
 
-            if (qFile.isFile() && qFile.getName().startsWith("h11_")) {
+            if (qFile.isFile()) {
                 String resultFileName = hiveExtToResExt(qFile.getName());
                 File rFile = new File(PATH_TO_RESULTS + resultFileName);
                 testSuite.addTest(new OptimizerTestCase(qFile, rFile));
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/resources/runtimefunctionts/hive/conf/hive-default.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/resources/runtimefunctionts/hive/conf/hive-default.xml
index eef4071..e24aaa7 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/resources/runtimefunctionts/hive/conf/hive-default.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/resources/runtimefunctionts/hive/conf/hive-default.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
 	<property>
 		<name>hive.algebricks.groupby.external</name>
-		<value>false</value>
+		<value>true</value>
 	</property>
 
 	<property>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/resources/runtimefunctionts/ignore.txt b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/resources/runtimefunctionts/ignore.txt
index e70ea78..e69de29 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/resources/runtimefunctionts/ignore.txt
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/resources/runtimefunctionts/ignore.txt
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-q16
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/jobgen/JobGen.java b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/jobgen/JobGen.java
index ce1a34d..8f0019e 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/jobgen/JobGen.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/jobgen/JobGen.java
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@
                 new BTreeDataflowHelperFactory(), new TransientLocalResourceFactoryProvider(),
                 NoOpOperationCallbackFactory.INSTANCE);
         ClusterConfig.setLocationConstraint(spec, btreeCreate);
+        spec.setFrameSize(frameSize);
         return spec;
     }
 
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@
                 new WritableSerializerDeserializerFactory(vertexIdClass));
         spec.connect(new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec, hashPartitionComputerFactory), scanner, 0, sorter, 0);
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), sorter, 0, btreeBulkLoad, 0);
+        spec.setFrameSize(frameSize);
         return spec;
     }
 
@@ -319,6 +321,7 @@
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), scanner, 0, sorter, 0);
         spec.connect(new MToNPartitioningMergingConnectorDescriptor(spec, hashPartitionComputerFactory, sortFields,
                 comparatorFactories), sorter, 0, writer, 0);
+        spec.setFrameSize(frameSize);
         return spec;
     }
 
@@ -444,6 +447,7 @@
          */
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), emptyTupleSource, 0, scanner, 0);
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), scanner, 0, writer, 0);
+        spec.setFrameSize(frameSize);
         return spec;
     }
 
@@ -462,6 +466,7 @@
 
         ClusterConfig.setLocationConstraint(spec, drop);
         spec.addRoot(drop);
+        spec.setFrameSize(frameSize);
         return spec;
     }