diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
index 9454ece..31b6adc 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
@@ -144,5 +144,12 @@
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/VertexFileScanOperatorDescriptor.java b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/VertexFileScanOperatorDescriptor.java
index 0736e1d..cb0e339 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/VertexFileScanOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/VertexFileScanOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.util.FrameUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractUnaryOutputSourceOperatorNodePushable;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.hdfs2.dataflow.FileSplitsFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.graph.Vertex;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.io.VertexInputFormat;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.io.VertexReader;
@@ -51,9 +52,8 @@
 
 @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
 public class VertexFileScanOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor {
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(VertexFileScanOperatorDescriptor.class.getName());
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-    private final List<InputSplit> splits;
+    private final FileSplitsFactory splitsFactory;
     private final IConfigurationFactory confFactory;
     private final int fieldSize = 2;
     private final String[] scheduledLocations;
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@
     public VertexFileScanOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec, RecordDescriptor rd, List<InputSplit> splits,
             String[] scheduledLocations, IConfigurationFactory confFactory) throws HyracksException {
         super(spec, 0, 1);
-        this.splits = splits;
+        List<FileSplit> fileSplits = new ArrayList<FileSplit>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < splits.size(); i++) {
+            fileSplits.add((FileSplit) splits.get(i));
+        }
+        this.splitsFactory = new FileSplitsFactory(fileSplits);
         this.confFactory = confFactory;
         this.scheduledLocations = scheduledLocations;
         this.executed = new boolean[scheduledLocations.length];
@@ -76,6 +80,8 @@
     public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
             IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, final int partition, final int nPartitions)
             throws HyracksDataException {
+        final List<FileSplit> splits = splitsFactory.getSplits();
+
         return new AbstractUnaryOutputSourceOperatorNodePushable() {
             private Configuration conf = confFactory.createConfiguration();
 
@@ -116,7 +122,7 @@
              * @throws InterruptedException
              */
             @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-            private void loadVertices(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx, int partitionId) throws IOException,
+            private void loadVertices(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx, int splitId) throws IOException,
                     ClassNotFoundException, InterruptedException, InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException {
                 ByteBuffer frame = ctx.allocateFrame();
                 FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
@@ -124,14 +130,8 @@
 
                 VertexInputFormat vertexInputFormat = BspUtils.createVertexInputFormat(conf);
                 TaskAttemptContext context = new TaskAttemptContext(conf, new TaskAttemptID());
-                InputSplit split = splits.get(partitionId);
+                InputSplit split = splits.get(splitId);
 
-                if (split instanceof FileSplit) {
-                    FileSplit fileSplit = (FileSplit) split;
-                    LOGGER.info("read file split: " + fileSplit.getPath() + " location:" + fileSplit.getLocations()[0]
-                            + " start:" + fileSplit.getStart() + " length:" + split.getLength() + " partition:"
-                            + partitionId);
-                }
                 VertexReader vertexReader = vertexInputFormat.createVertexReader(split, context);
                 vertexReader.initialize(split, context);
                 Vertex readerVertex = (Vertex) BspUtils.createVertex(conf);
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
                  * set context
                  */
                 Context mapperContext = new Mapper().new Context(conf, new TaskAttemptID(), null, null, null, null,
-                        splits.get(partitionId));
+                        splits.get(splitId));
                 Vertex.setContext(mapperContext);
 
                 /**