diff --git a/src/main/config/secor.dev.partition.properties b/src/main/config/secor.dev.partition.properties
index d198ee199..b924abd8a 100644
--- a/src/main/config/secor.dev.partition.properties
+++ b/src/main/config/secor.dev.partition.properties
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ include=secor.dev.properties
 secor.kafka.group=secor_partition
 
 # Parser class that extracts s3 partitions from consumed messages.
-secor.message.parser.class=com.pinterest.secor.parser.ThriftMessageParser
+secor.message.parser.class=com.pinterest.secor.parser.PatternDateMessageParser
 
 # S3 path where sequence files are stored.
-secor.s3.path=secor_dev/partition
+secor.s3.path=secor_dev
 
 # Local path where sequence files are stored before they are uploaded to s3.
 secor.local.path=/tmp/secor_dev/message_logs/partition
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ secor.local.path=/tmp/secor_dev/message_logs/partition
 ostrich.port=9998
 
 # Partition Date Output format. This is used along with PatternDateMessageParser. Defaults to 'yyyy-MM-dd' *New*
-secor.partition.output_dt_format=
\ No newline at end of file
+secor.partition.output_dt_format=dd_MM_yyyy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/config/secor.dev.properties b/src/main/config/secor.dev.properties
index 8c7509d94..928dc1c12 100644
--- a/src/main/config/secor.dev.properties
+++ b/src/main/config/secor.dev.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ include=secor.common.properties
 ############
 
 # Name of the s3 bucket where log files are stored.
-secor.s3.bucket=
+secor.s3.bucket=lpdev-ekstep
 
 ################
 # END MUST SET #
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ zookeeper.quorum=localhost:2181
 
 # Upload policies.
 # 10K
-secor.max.file.size.bytes=10000
+secor.max.file.size.bytes=1000000000
 # 10 seconds
-secor.max.file.age.seconds=10
+secor.max.file.age.seconds=3600
 # Compute the max file age for a topic partition using either the oldest or newest file. Defaults to newest
-secor.max.file.age.policy=
+secor.max.file.age.policy=oldest
 
 # Output file pattern excluding prefix. Defaults to topic/partition/generation_kafkaPartition_fmOffset.gz.
 # Available placeholders are