diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml
index a037db5..ae2ec51 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml
@@ -111,5 +111,10 @@
       <artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
       <version>0.2.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
+          <artifactId>hyracks-util</artifactId>
+          <version>0.2.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/compiler/PigletPrinterFactoryProvider.java b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/compiler/PigletPrinterFactoryProvider.java
index 6d64741..8049594 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/compiler/PigletPrinterFactoryProvider.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/compiler/PigletPrinterFactoryProvider.java
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.utils.WriteValueTools;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.examples.piglet.types.Type;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.FloatPointable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.FloatSerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringUtil;
 
 public class PigletPrinterFactoryProvider implements IPrinterFactoryProvider {
 
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@
                 @Override
                 public void print(byte[] b, int s, int l, PrintStream ps) throws AlgebricksException {
                     try {
-                        WriteValueTools.writeUTF8String(b, s, l, ps);
+                        UTF8StringUtil.printUTF8StringWithQuotes(b, s, l, ps);
                     } catch (IOException e) {
                         throw new AlgebricksException(e);
                     }
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/metadata/PigletMetadataProvider.java b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/metadata/PigletMetadataProvider.java
index 7d9b3db..8f9ab9f 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/metadata/PigletMetadataProvider.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/metadata/PigletMetadataProvider.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 
                 case CHAR_ARRAY:
                     vpf = UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE;
-                    serDeser = UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE;
+                    serDeser = new UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer();
                     break;
 
                 case FLOAT:
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/runtime/PigletExpressionJobGen.java b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/runtime/PigletExpressionJobGen.java
index 6c173b2..1c3f9b8 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/runtime/PigletExpressionJobGen.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/runtime/PigletExpressionJobGen.java
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer;
 
 public class PigletExpressionJobGen implements ILogicalExpressionJobGen {
+    private final UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer utf8SerDer = new UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer();
+
     @Override
     public ICopyEvaluatorFactory createEvaluatorFactory(ILogicalExpression expr, IVariableTypeEnvironment env,
             IOperatorSchema[] inputSchemas, JobGenContext context) throws AlgebricksException {
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@
 
                     case CHAR_ARRAY:
                         try {
-                            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(image, dos);
+                            utf8SerDer.serialize(image, dos);
                         } catch (Exception e) {
                             throw new AlgebricksException(e);
                         }
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/pom.xml
index 7ba1b5b..968db33 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/pom.xml
@@ -22,8 +22,15 @@
   <artifactId>algebricks-examples</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>algebricks-examples</name>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
+            <artifactId>algebricks-core</artifactId>
+            <version>0.2.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
 
-  <parent>
+    <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
     <version>0.2.17-SNAPSHOT</version>