diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/common/AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/common/AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
index 272050f..fb87a8e1 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/common/AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/common/AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.asterix.api.common;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.GlobalConfig;
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@
         ncConfig1.datasetIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig1.resultHistorySize = 1000;
         ncConfig1.nodeId = NC1_ID;
+        ncConfig1.ioDevices = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + File.separator + "nc1/iodevice0" + ","
+                + System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + File.separator + "nc1/iodevice1";
         ncConfig1.appNCMainClass = NCApplicationEntryPoint.class.getName();
         nc1 = new NodeControllerService(ncConfig1);
         nc1.start();
@@ -62,6 +65,8 @@
         ncConfig2.datasetIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig2.resultHistorySize = 1000;
         ncConfig2.nodeId = NC2_ID;
+        ncConfig2.ioDevices = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + File.separator + "nc2/iodevice0" + ","
+                + System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + File.separator + "nc2/iodevice1";
         ncConfig2.appNCMainClass = NCApplicationEntryPoint.class.getName();
         nc2 = new NodeControllerService(ncConfig2);
         nc2.start();
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/logging.properties b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/logging.properties
index f04eb3de..e13e8e1 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/logging.properties
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/logging.properties
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@
 edu.uci.ics.asterix.test.level = INFO
 #edu.uci.ics.asterix.level = FINE
 #edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.level = FINE
-#edu.uci.ics.hyracks.level = INFO
+#edu.uci.ics.hyracks.level = INFO
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