diff --git a/pregelix/pom.xml b/pregelix/pom.xml
index f28f12e..350c40c 100644
--- a/pregelix/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     <module>pregelix-dataflow</module>
     <module>pregelix-runtime</module>
     <module>pregelix-core</module>
-    <module>pregelix-dist</module>
     <module>pregelix-example</module>
+    <module>pregelix-dist</module>
   </modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
index 7672410..339e3d6 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 	<name>pregelix-core</name>
 
 	<parent>
-    		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-    		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-    		<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  	</parent>
+		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
+		<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
 
 
 	<properties>
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
 							<classifier>balancer</classifier>
 							<archive>
 								<manifest>
-									<MainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.giraph.util.DataBalancer</MainClass>
+									<MainClass>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.util.DataBalancer</MainClass>
 								</manifest>
 							</archive>
 							<includes>
-								<include>**/uci/ics/hyracks/giraph/util/DataBalancer*</include>
+								<include>**/uci/ics/pregelix/util/DataBalancer*</include>
 							</includes>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@
 							<classifier>generator</classifier>
 							<archive>
 								<manifest>
-									<MainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.giraph.util.DataGenerator</MainClass>
+									<MainClass>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.util.DataGenerator</MainClass>
 								</manifest>
 							</archive>
 							<includes>
-								<include>**/uci/ics/hyracks/giraph/util/DataGenerator*</include>
+								<include>**/uci/ics/pregelix/util/DataGenerator*</include>
 							</includes>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
@@ -167,6 +167,25 @@
 							</resources>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-hadoop-patch</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/lib</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>
+								<resource>
+									<directory>target</directory>
+									<includes>
+										<include>a-hadoop-patch.jar</include>
+									</includes>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/pregelix b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/pregelix
index 275175d..65bd0b9 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/pregelix
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/pregelix
@@ -91,9 +91,7 @@
   REPO="$BASEDIR"/lib
 fi
 
-cp $BASEDIR"/../a-hadoop-patch.jar "$REPO"/
-
-CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH_PREFIX:"$BASEDIR"/etc:"$REPO"/a-hadoop-patch.jar:"$REPO"/pregelix-api-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/hyracks-dataflow-common-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/hyracks-api-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/json-20090211.jar:"$REPO"/httpclient-4.1-alpha2.jar:"$REPO"/httpcore-4.1-beta1.jar:"$REPO"/commons-logging-1.1.1.jar:"$REPO"/commons-codec-1.3.jar:"$REPO"/args4j-2.0.12.jar:"$REPO"/hyracks-ipc-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/commons-lang3-3.1.jar:"$REPO"/hyracks-data-std-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/hadoop-core-0.20.2.jar:"$REPO"/commons-cli-1.2.jar:"$REPO"/xmlenc-0.52.jar:"$REPO"/commons-httpclient-3.0.1.jar:"$REPO"/commons-net-1.4.1.jar:"$REPO"/oro-2.0.8.jar:"$REPO"/jetty-6.1.14.jar:"$REPO"/jetty-util-6.1.14.jar:"$REPO"/servlet-api-2.5-6.1.14.jar:"$REPO"/jasper-runtime-5.5.12.jar:"$REPO"/jasper-compiler-5.5.12.jar:"$REPO"/jsp-api-2.1-6.1.14.jar:"$REPO"/jsp-2.1-6.1.14.jar:"$REPO"/core-3.1.1.jar:"$REPO"/ant-1.6.5.jar:"$REPO"/commons-el-1.0.jar:"$REPO"/jets3t-0.7.1.jar:"$REPO"/kfs-0.3.jar:"$REPO"/hsqldb-1.8.0.10.jar:"$REPO"/pregelix-dataflow-std-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/pregelix-dataflow-std-base-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/hyracks-dataflow-std-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/dcache-client-0.0.1.jar:"$REPO"/jetty-client-8.0.0.M0.jar:"$REPO"/jetty-http-8.0.0.RC0.jar:"$REPO"/jetty-io-8.0.0.RC0.jar:"$REPO"/jetty-util-8.0.0.RC0.jar:"$REPO"/hyracks-storage-am-common-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/hyracks-storage-common-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/hyracks-storage-am-btree-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/btreehelper-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/hyracks-control-cc-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/hyracks-control-common-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/commons-io-1.3.1.jar:"$REPO"/jetty-server-8.0.0.RC0.jar:"$REPO"/servlet-api-3.0.20100224.jar:"$REPO"/jetty-continuation-8.0.0.RC0.jar:"$REPO"/jetty-webapp-8.0.0.RC0.jar:"$REPO"/jetty-xml-8.0.0.RC0.jar:"$REPO"/jetty-servlet-8.0.0.RC0.jar:"$REPO"/jetty-security-8.0.0.RC0.jar:"$REPO"/wicket-core-1.5.2.jar:"$REPO"/wicket-util-1.5.2.jar:"$REPO"/slf4j-api-1.6.1.jar:"$REPO"/wicket-request-1.5.2.jar:"$REPO"/slf4j-jcl-1.6.3.jar:"$REPO"/hyracks-control-nc-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/hyracks-net-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/hyracks-hadoop-compat-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/pregelix-dataflow-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/pregelix-runtime-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar:"$REPO"/hadoop-test-0.20.2.jar:"$REPO"/ftplet-api-1.0.0.jar:"$REPO"/mina-core-2.0.0-M5.jar:"$REPO"/ftpserver-core-1.0.0.jar:"$REPO"/ftpserver-deprecated-1.0.0-M2.jar:"$REPO"/javax.servlet-api-3.0.1.jar:"$REPO"/pregelix-core-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
+CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH_PREFIX:"$BASEDIR"/etc:$(echo ${REPO}/*.jar | tr ' ' ':')
 
 # For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if $cygwin; then
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml
index e73f574..6bd71dd 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,24 @@
 							</resources>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-examples</id>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/examples</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>
+								<resource>
+									<directory>../pregelix-example/target</directory>
+									<includes>
+										<include>*.jar</include>
+									</includes>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
@@ -56,5 +74,10 @@
 			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>comile</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>pregelix-example</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
index d5d69a8..17caca2 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.pregelix</groupId>
 	<artifactId>pregelix-example</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>pregelix-example</name>