misc updates
diff --git a/stresso/bin/build.sh b/stresso/bin/build.sh
index 16a57e2..d4dd1fc 100755
--- a/stresso/bin/build.sh
+++ b/stresso/bin/build.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 # build Stresso using the versions of Fluo and Accumulo running on the system
 mvn clean package -Dfluo.version=$FLUO_VERSION -Daccumulo.version=$ACCUMULO_VERSION -DskipTests
 
+mkdir -p lib
+
 # populate lib dir used by fluo init
-rm lib/*
+rm -f lib/*
 cp target/stresso-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar ./lib/
 mvn dependency:copy-dependencies  -DincludeArtifactIds=fluo-recipes-core -DoutputDirectory=./lib
diff --git a/stresso/bin/bulk_load.sh b/stresso/bin/bulk_load.sh
index b5c8beb..3bddbb1 100755
--- a/stresso/bin/bulk_load.sh
+++ b/stresso/bin/bulk_load.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,4 @@
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Set this to avoid Hadoop's old version of guava.
-export HADOOP_USE_CLIENT_CLASSLOADER=true
 yarn jar $STRESSO_SHADED_JAR stresso.trie.Init -Dmapreduce.job.reduces=$3 $FLUO_CONN $FLUO_APP_NAME $1 $2
diff --git a/stresso/conf/env.sh.example b/stresso/conf/env.sh.example
index 7a66281..3e6adbe 100644
--- a/stresso/conf/env.sh.example
+++ b/stresso/conf/env.sh.example
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 FLUO_CONN=$FLUO_HOME/conf/fluo-conn.properties
 # Fluo application name
 FLUO_APP_NAME=stresso
+# Set this to avoid Hadoop's old version of guava.  This will make Hadoop's
+# yarn command use a classloader when running code.  This classloader isolates
+# stresso runtime code from Hadoop's depedencies.
+export HADOOP_USE_CLIENT_CLASSLOADER=true
 
 ###############################
 # configuration for run-test.sh