diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/aqlj/server/APIClientThread.java b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/aqlj/server/APIClientThread.java
index 7f75e65..908e99c 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/aqlj/server/APIClientThread.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/aqlj/server/APIClientThread.java
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.aql.expression.Query;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.aql.parser.AQLParser;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.aql.parser.ParseException;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.AsterixProperties;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.exceptions.AsterixException;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.hyracks.bootstrap.CCBootstrapImpl;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.metadata.MetadataManager;
-import edu.uci.ics.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.AsterixProperties;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.metadata.declared.AqlCompiledMetadataDeclarations;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/CCBootstrapImpl.java b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/CCBootstrapImpl.java
index fcd50b5..001b179 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/CCBootstrapImpl.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/CCBootstrapImpl.java
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.api.aqlj.server.APIClientThreadFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.api.aqlj.server.ThreadedServer;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.api.http.servlet.APIServlet;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.AsterixProperties;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.GlobalConfig;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.metadata.MetadataManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.metadata.api.IAsterixStateProxy;
-import edu.uci.ics.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.AsterixProperties;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.AsterixStateProxy;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.ICCApplicationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.ICCBootstrap;
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCBootstrapImpl.java b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCBootstrapImpl.java
index 24cf3a8..725f68f 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCBootstrapImpl.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCBootstrapImpl.java
@@ -48,10 +48,8 @@
 
         runtimeContext = new AsterixAppRuntimeContext(ncApplicationContext);
         runtimeContext.initialize();
-
         ncApplicationContext.setApplicationObject(runtimeContext);
 
-        // Initialize metadata if this node is the metadata node
         IAsterixStateProxy proxy = (IAsterixStateProxy) ncApplicationContext.getDistributedState();
         isMetadataNode = nodeId.equals(proxy.getAsterixProperties().getMetadataNodeName());
         if (isMetadataNode) {
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/