diff --git a/genomix/genomix-hyracks/src/main/resources/scripts/startAllNCs.sh b/genomix/genomix-hyracks/src/main/resources/scripts/startAllNCs.sh
index 5e38c40..28fcb84 100644
--- a/genomix/genomix-hyracks/src/main/resources/scripts/startAllNCs.sh
+++ b/genomix/genomix-hyracks/src/main/resources/scripts/startAllNCs.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 for i in `cat conf/slaves`
 do
-   ssh $i "cd ${GENOMIX_PATH}; bin/startnc.sh"
+   ssh $i "cd ${GENOMIX_PATH}; export JAVA_HOME=${JAVA_HOME}; bin/startnc.sh"
 done