Index: src/java/org/apache/hcatalog/common/HCatUtil.java =================================================================== --- src/java/org/apache/hcatalog/common/HCatUtil.java (revision 1306616) +++ src/java/org/apache/hcatalog/common/HCatUtil.java (working copy) @@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ public static HiveConf getHiveConf(Configuration conf) throws IOException { - HiveConf hiveConf = new HiveConf(); + HiveConf hiveConf = new HiveConf(conf, HCatUtil.class); //copy the hive conf into the job conf and restore it //in the backend context