diff --git a/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startCluster.sh b/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startCluster.sh
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+bin/startcc.sh
+sleep 5
+bin/startAllNCs.sh
+
+. conf/cluster.properties
+# do we need to specify the version somewhere?
+hyrackcmd=`ls ${HYRACKS_HOME}/hyracks-cli/target/hyracks-cli-*-binary-assembly/bin/hyrackscli`
+# find zip file
+appzip=`ls $PWD/../hivesterix-dist-*-binary-assembly.zip`
+
+[ -f $hyrackcmd ] || { echo "Hyracks commandline is missing"; exit -1;}
+[ -f $appzip ] || { echo "Genomix binary-assembly.zip is missing"; exit -1;}
+
+CCHOST_NAME=`cat conf/master`
+
+IPADDR=`bin/getip.sh`
+echo "connect to \"${IPADDR}:${CC_CLIENTPORT}\"; create application hivesterix \"$appzip\";" | $hyrackcmd 
+echo ""
+