diff --git a/asterix-dist/src/main/scripts/startasterix.sh b/asterix-dist/src/main/scripts/startasterix.sh
index b84834f..f9d6e6c 100644
--- a/asterix-dist/src/main/scripts/startasterix.sh
+++ b/asterix-dist/src/main/scripts/startasterix.sh
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
 # start the node controllers
 for ((i=1;i<=$numnc;i++)); do
 	echo "node controller (nc$i) starting..."
-	sh $HYRACKS_SERVER_BIN/hyracksnc -cc-host localhost -cluster-net-ip-address 127.0.0.1 -data-ip-address 127.0.0.1 -node-id "nc$i" \
-		&> $LOG_DIR/nc$i.log &
+	sh $HYRACKS_SERVER_BIN/hyracksnc -cc-host localhost -cluster-net-ip-address 127.0.0.1 -data-ip-address 127.0.0.1 \
+                -result-ip-address 127.0.0.1 -node-id "nc$i" &> $LOG_DIR/nc$i.log &
 
     # avoid socket error
 	sleep .5