1. Add missing start for delete queue workers.
2. Add dropping of application local keyspace for testing.
3. Testing changes.
diff --git a/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/corepersistence/CpEntityManager.java b/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/corepersistence/CpEntityManager.java
index cdb4fc7..68c4ef0 100644
--- a/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/corepersistence/CpEntityManager.java
+++ b/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/corepersistence/CpEntityManager.java
@@ -2471,10 +2471,9 @@
 
         final Entity entity;
 
-        //this is the fall back, why isn't this writt
         if ( entityType == null ) {
              return null;
-//            throw new EntityNotFoundException( String.format( "Counld not find type for uuid {}", uuid ) );
+//            throw new EntityNotFoundException( String.format( "Could not find type for uuid {}", uuid ) );
         }
 
         entity = get( new SimpleEntityRef( entityType, uuid ) );
diff --git a/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/corepersistence/asyncevents/AsyncEventServiceImpl.java b/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/corepersistence/asyncevents/AsyncEventServiceImpl.java
index 79a80c0..428772f 100644
--- a/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/corepersistence/asyncevents/AsyncEventServiceImpl.java
+++ b/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/corepersistence/asyncevents/AsyncEventServiceImpl.java
@@ -875,6 +875,10 @@
             startWorker(AsyncEventQueueType.UTILITY);
         }
 
+        for (int i = 0; i < deleteCount; i++) {
+            startWorker(AsyncEventQueueType.DELETE);
+        }
+
         if( indexQueue instanceof SNSQueueManagerImpl) {
             logger.info("Queue manager implementation supports dead letters, start dead letter queue workers.");
             for (int i = 0; i < indexDeadCount; i++) {
diff --git a/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/corepersistence/index/CollectionSettingsImpl.java b/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/corepersistence/index/CollectionSettingsImpl.java
index 921777a..76f0b4b 100644
--- a/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/corepersistence/index/CollectionSettingsImpl.java
+++ b/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/corepersistence/index/CollectionSettingsImpl.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
-import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 import org.apache.usergrid.persistence.map.MapManager;
 import org.apache.usergrid.utils.JsonUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
diff --git a/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/EntityManager.java b/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/EntityManager.java
index ae4623d..c9752c3 100644
--- a/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/EntityManager.java
+++ b/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/EntityManager.java
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@
 
     /**
      * Add a new index to the application for scale
-     * @param suffix unique indentifier for additional index
+     * @param newIndexName unique identifier for additional index
      * @param shards number of shards
      * @param replicas number of replicas
      * @param writeConsistency only "one, quorum, or all"
diff --git a/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/entities/Application.java b/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/entities/Application.java
index 790b4d9..0a4360f 100644
--- a/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/entities/Application.java
+++ b/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/entities/Application.java
@@ -48,6 +48,32 @@
 
     public static final String COLLECTION_ACTIVITIES = "activities";
 
+    public static final String COLLECTION_EVENTS = "events";
+
+    public static final String COLLECTION_FOLDERS = "folders";
+
+    public static final String COLLECTION_DEVICES = "devices";
+
+    public static final String COLLECTION_NOTIFICATIONS = "notifications";
+
+    public static final String COLLECTION_ROLES = "roles";
+
+    public static boolean isCustomCollectionName(String collectionName) {
+        switch (collectionName.toLowerCase()) {
+            case COLLECTION_USERS:
+            case COLLECTION_GROUPS:
+            case COLLECTION_ASSETS:
+            case COLLECTION_ACTIVITIES:
+            case COLLECTION_EVENTS:
+            case COLLECTION_FOLDERS:
+            case COLLECTION_DEVICES:
+            case COLLECTION_NOTIFICATIONS:
+            case COLLECTION_ROLES:
+                return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
     @EntityProperty(indexed = true, fulltextIndexed = false, required = true, mutable = false, aliasProperty = true,
             basic = true)
     protected String name;
diff --git a/stack/core/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/CoreSchemaManager.java b/stack/core/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/CoreSchemaManager.java
index c064751..1d51c25 100644
--- a/stack/core/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/CoreSchemaManager.java
+++ b/stack/core/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/CoreSchemaManager.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 
 import org.apache.usergrid.locking.LockManager;
+import org.apache.usergrid.persistence.core.CassandraConfig;
 import org.apache.usergrid.persistence.core.CassandraFig;
 import org.apache.usergrid.persistence.core.datastax.CQLUtils;
 import org.apache.usergrid.persistence.core.datastax.DataStaxCluster;
@@ -37,14 +38,14 @@
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger( CoreSchemaManager.class );
 
     private final Setup setup;
-    private final CassandraFig cassandraFig;
+    private final CassandraConfig cassandraConfig;
     private final LockManager lockManager;
     private final DataStaxCluster dataStaxCluster;
 
 
     public CoreSchemaManager( final Setup setup, Injector injector ) {
         this.setup = setup;
-        this.cassandraFig = injector.getInstance( CassandraFig.class );
+        this.cassandraConfig = injector.getInstance( CassandraConfig.class );
         this.lockManager = injector.getInstance( LockManager.class );
         this.dataStaxCluster = injector.getInstance( DataStaxCluster.class );
     }
@@ -80,16 +81,21 @@
 
     @Override
     public void destroy() {
-        logger.info( "dropping keyspaces" );
         try {
+            logger.info( "dropping application keyspace" );
             dataStaxCluster.getClusterSession()
-                .execute("DROP KEYSPACE "+ CQLUtils.quote(cassandraFig.getApplicationKeyspace()));
+                .execute("DROP KEYSPACE "+ CQLUtils.quote(cassandraConfig.getApplicationKeyspace()));
+            dataStaxCluster.waitForSchemaAgreement();
+
+            logger.info( "dropping application local keyspace" );
+            dataStaxCluster.getClusterSession()
+                .execute("DROP KEYSPACE "+ CQLUtils.quote(cassandraConfig.getApplicationLocalKeyspace()));
             dataStaxCluster.waitForSchemaAgreement();
 
             dataStaxCluster.getClusterSession().close(); // close session so it's meta will get refreshed
         }
         catch ( Exception e ) {
-            logger.error("Error dropping application keyspace: {} error: {}", cassandraFig.getApplicationKeyspace(), e);
+            logger.error("Error dropping application keyspaces: {} error: {}", cassandraConfig.getApplicationKeyspace(), e);
         }
         logger.info( "keyspaces dropped" );
         logger.info( "dropping indices" );
diff --git a/stack/core/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/RebuildIndexTest.java b/stack/core/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/RebuildIndexTest.java
index d2bff37..a1ff84b 100644
--- a/stack/core/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/RebuildIndexTest.java
+++ b/stack/core/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/RebuildIndexTest.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     }
 
 
-    @Test( timeout = 120000 )
+    @Test( timeout = 240000 )
     public void rebuildOneCollectionIndex() throws Exception {
 
         logger.info( "Started rebuildOneCollectionIndex()" );
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 
         waitForRebuild( status, reIndexService );
 
-        app.waitForQueueDrainAndRefreshIndex(5000);
+        app.waitForQueueDrainAndRefreshIndex(15000);
 
         // ----------------- test that we can read the catherder collection and not the catshepard
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
 
             assertNotNull( status.getJobId(), "JobId is present" );
 
-            logger.info( "Rebuilt index" );
+            logger.info( "Rebuilt index, jobID={}", status.getJobId());
 
 
             waitForRebuild( status, reIndexService );
@@ -511,14 +511,26 @@
      * Wait for the rebuild to occur
      */
     private void waitForRebuild( final ReIndexService.ReIndexStatus status, final ReIndexService reIndexService )
-        throws InterruptedException {
+        throws InterruptedException, IllegalArgumentException {
+        if (status != null) {
+            logger.info("waitForRebuild: jobID={}", status.getJobId());
+        } else {
+            logger.info("waitForRebuild: error, status = null");
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("reindexStatus = null");
+        }
         while ( true ) {
 
             try {
                 final ReIndexService.ReIndexStatus updatedStatus = reIndexService.getStatus( status.getJobId() );
 
-                if ( updatedStatus.getStatus() == ReIndexService.Status.COMPLETE ) {
-                    break;
+                if (updatedStatus == null) {
+                    logger.info("waitForRebuild: updated status is null");
+                } else {
+                    logger.info("waitForRebuild: status={} numberProcessed={}", updatedStatus.getStatus().toString(), updatedStatus.getNumberProcessed());
+
+                    if ( updatedStatus.getStatus() == ReIndexService.Status.COMPLETE ) {
+                        break;
+                    }
                 }
             }
             catch ( IllegalArgumentException iae ) {
diff --git a/stack/core/src/test/resources/usergrid-custom-test.properties b/stack/core/src/test/resources/usergrid-custom-test.properties
index df253f0..24f3046 100644
--- a/stack/core/src/test/resources/usergrid-custom-test.properties
+++ b/stack/core/src/test/resources/usergrid-custom-test.properties
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 elasticsearch.managment_index=usergrid_core_management
 #cassandra.keyspace.application=core_tests_schema
 elasticsearch.queue_impl.resolution=true
-elasticsearch.queue_impl=DISTRIBUTED
+elasticsearch.queue_impl=LOCAL
 
 elasticsearch.buffer_timeout=1
 
diff --git a/stack/rest/src/test/resources/usergrid-custom-test.properties b/stack/rest/src/test/resources/usergrid-custom-test.properties
index 4b76ca4..ee7b039 100644
--- a/stack/rest/src/test/resources/usergrid-custom-test.properties
+++ b/stack/rest/src/test/resources/usergrid-custom-test.properties
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 collection.uniquevalues.actors=300
 collection.uniquevalues.authoritative.region=us-east
 
-elasticsearch.queue_impl=DISTRIBUTED
+elasticsearch.queue_impl=LOCAL
 
 # Queueing Test Settings
 # Reduce the long polling time for the tests
diff --git a/stack/services/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/services/notifications/AbstractServiceNotificationIT.java b/stack/services/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/services/notifications/AbstractServiceNotificationIT.java
index c035192..9b3dfcd 100644
--- a/stack/services/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/services/notifications/AbstractServiceNotificationIT.java
+++ b/stack/services/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/services/notifications/AbstractServiceNotificationIT.java
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
 
     protected Notification notificationWaitForComplete(Notification notification)
             throws Exception {
-        long timeout = System.currentTimeMillis() + 60000;
+        long timeout = System.currentTimeMillis() + 120000;
         while (System.currentTimeMillis() < timeout) {
-            app.waitForQueueDrainAndRefreshIndex(200);
+            app.waitForQueueDrainAndRefreshIndex(1000);
             notification = app.getEntityManager().get(notification.getUuid(), Notification.class);
             if (notification.getFinished() != null) {
                 return notification;
diff --git a/stack/services/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/services/notifications/gcm/NotificationsServiceIT.java b/stack/services/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/services/notifications/gcm/NotificationsServiceIT.java
index 8360009..ecc5443 100644
--- a/stack/services/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/services/notifications/gcm/NotificationsServiceIT.java
+++ b/stack/services/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/services/notifications/gcm/NotificationsServiceIT.java
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@
 
 
         // receipts are created and queried, wait a bit longer for this to happen as indexing
-        app.waitForQueueDrainAndRefreshIndex(500);
+        app.waitForQueueDrainAndRefreshIndex(5000);
 
         // get the receipts entity IDs
         List<EntityRef> receipts = getNotificationReceipts(notification);
diff --git a/stack/services/src/test/resources/usergrid-custom-test.properties b/stack/services/src/test/resources/usergrid-custom-test.properties
index bcc8b8e..4178a07 100644
--- a/stack/services/src/test/resources/usergrid-custom-test.properties
+++ b/stack/services/src/test/resources/usergrid-custom-test.properties
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 elasticsearch.buffer_timeout=1
 elasticsearch.queue_impl.resolution=true
-elasticsearch.queue_impl=DISTRIBUTED
+elasticsearch.queue_impl=LOCAL
 
 # Queueing Test Settings
 queue.long.polling.time.millis=50