Index: src/java/org/apache/hcatalog/mapreduce/FileOutputFormatContainer.java =================================================================== --- src/java/org/apache/hcatalog/mapreduce/FileOutputFormatContainer.java (revision 1181273) +++ src/java/org/apache/hcatalog/mapreduce/FileOutputFormatContainer.java (working copy) @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ try { handleDuplicatePublish(context, jobInfo, - HCatOutputFormat.createHiveClient(null,context.getConfiguration()), + HCatOutputFormat.createHiveClient(jobInfo.getServerUri(),context.getConfiguration()), jobInfo.getTableInfo().getTable()); } catch (MetaException e) { throw new IOException(e);