diff --git a/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml b/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
index e75f98b..5d1c251 100644
--- a/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>2.0.2</version>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.7</source>
-					<target>1.7</target>
+					<source>1.6</source>
+					<target>1.6</target>
 					<fork>true</fork>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.5</version>
+				<version>2.4.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<filesets>
 						<fileset>
diff --git a/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/bootstrap/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java b/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/bootstrap/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbebc66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/bootstrap/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.runtime.bootstrap;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationEntryPoint;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.dataflow.context.RuntimeContext;
+
+public class NCApplicationEntryPoint implements INCApplicationEntryPoint {
+    @Override
+    public void start(INCApplicationContext ncAppCtx, String[] args) throws Exception {
+        RuntimeContext rCtx = new RuntimeContext(ncAppCtx);
+        ncAppCtx.setApplicationObject(rCtx);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void notifyStartupComplete() throws Exception {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void stop() throws Exception {
+
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/bootstrap/NCBootstrapImpl.java b/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/bootstrap/NCBootstrapImpl.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 76c725e..0000000
--- a/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/bootstrap/NCBootstrapImpl.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * you may obtain a copy of the License from
- * 
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.runtime.bootstrap;
-
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCBootstrap;
-import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.dataflow.context.RuntimeContext;
-
-public class NCBootstrapImpl implements INCBootstrap {
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(NCBootstrapImpl.class.getName());
-    private INCApplicationContext appCtx;
-
-    @Override
-    public void start() throws Exception {
-        LOGGER.info("Starting NC Bootstrap");
-        RuntimeContext rCtx = new RuntimeContext(appCtx);
-        appCtx.setApplicationObject(rCtx);
-        LOGGER.info("Initialized RuntimeContext: " + rCtx);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void stop() throws Exception {
-        LOGGER.info("Stopping NC Bootstrap");
-        RuntimeContext rCtx = (RuntimeContext) appCtx.getApplicationObject();
-        rCtx.close();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void setApplicationContext(INCApplicationContext appCtx) {
-        this.appCtx = appCtx;
-    }
-}
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