diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/optimizer/OptimizerTest.java b/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/optimizer/OptimizerTest.java
index 5d0071e..4c6e301 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/optimizer/OptimizerTest.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/optimizer/OptimizerTest.java
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@
 
             Reader query = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(queryFile));
             PrintWriter plan = new PrintWriter(actualFile);
-            AsterixJavaClient asterix = new AsterixJavaClient(null, query, plan);
+            AsterixJavaClient asterix = new AsterixJavaClient(
+                    AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.getHyracksClientConnection(), query, plan);
             try {
                 asterix.compile(true, false, false, false, true, true, false);
             } catch (AsterixException e) {