diff --git a/src/main/config/secor.dev.partition.properties b/src/main/config/secor.dev.partition.properties
index 24af2c9f1..d198ee199 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.PatternDateMessageParser
+secor.message.parser.class=com.pinterest.secor.parser.ThriftMessageParser
 
 # S3 path where sequence files are stored.
-secor.s3.path=secor_dev
+secor.s3.path=secor_dev/partition
 
 # Local path where sequence files are stored before they are uploaded to s3.
 secor.local.path=/tmp/secor_dev/message_logs/partition
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ secor.local.path=/tmp/secor_dev/message_logs/partition
 # Port of the Ostrich server.
 ostrich.port=9998
 
-# Partition Date Output format. This is used along with PatternDateMessageParser.
-secor.partition.output_dt_format=dd_MM_yyyy
\ No newline at end of file
+# 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
diff --git a/src/main/config/secor.dev.properties b/src/main/config/secor.dev.properties
index a53fea7b9..8c7509d94 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=lpdev-ekstep
+secor.s3.bucket=
 
 ################
 # END MUST SET #
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ kafka.seed.broker.port=9092
 zookeeper.quorum=localhost:2181
 
 # Upload policies.
-# 100M
-secor.max.file.size.bytes=1000000000
-# 1 minute
-secor.max.file.age.seconds=60
+# 10K
+secor.max.file.size.bytes=10000
+# 10 seconds
+secor.max.file.age.seconds=10
+# Compute the max file age for a topic partition using either the oldest or newest file. Defaults to newest
+secor.max.file.age.policy=
 
 # Output file pattern excluding prefix. Defaults to topic/partition/generation_kafkaPartition_fmOffset.gz.
 # Available placeholders are