diff --git a/hivesterix/resource/hivesterix/startcluster.sh b/hivesterix/resource/hivesterix/startcluster.sh
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+../asterix/stopall.sh
+$HADOOP_HOME/bin/stop-all.sh
+sleep 10
+../asterix/startall.sh
+$HADOOP_HOME/bin/start-dfs.sh
+sleep 10
+$HADOOP_HOME/bin/hadoop dfsadmin -safemode leave
+rm -rf metastore*
+