diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-metadata.properties b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-metadata.properties
index e9ccc63..309f9f4 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-metadata.properties
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-metadata.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 MetadataNode=nc1
 NewUniverse=true
-nc1.stores=/tmp/nc1data/
-nc2.stores=/tmp/nc2data/, /tmp/nc2data1/
\ No newline at end of file
+nc1.stores=nc1data
+nc2.stores=nc2data
+nc1.iodevices=/tmp/
+nc2.iodevices=/tmp/
+OutputDir=/tmp/asterix_output/
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/test.properties b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/test.properties
index 4947dbf..309f9f4 100755
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/test.properties
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/test.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 NewUniverse=true
 nc1.stores=nc1data
 nc2.stores=nc2data
+nc1.iodevices=/tmp/
+nc2.iodevices=/tmp/
 OutputDir=/tmp/asterix_output/