diff --git a/assemble/conf/templates/accumulo-metrics.xml b/assemble/conf/templates/accumulo-metrics.xml
index 3b97809..22ac7e9 100644
--- a/assemble/conf/templates/accumulo-metrics.xml
+++ b/assemble/conf/templates/accumulo-metrics.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
    Metrics log directory
 -->
   <logging>
-    <dir>${ACCUMULO_HOME}/metrics</dir>
+    <!-- This is just an example location; select something appropriate for you -->
+    <dir>/var/log/accumulo/metrics</dir>
   </logging>
 <!--
  Enable/Disable metrics accumulation on the different servers and their components
diff --git a/assemble/conf/templates/accumulo-site.xml b/assemble/conf/templates/accumulo-site.xml
index 35d4f68..2945202 100644
--- a/assemble/conf/templates/accumulo-site.xml
+++ b/assemble/conf/templates/accumulo-site.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
   <property>
     <name>instance.volumes</name>
-    <value></value>
+    <value>file:///tmp/accumulo</value>
     <description>comma separated list of URIs for volumes. example: hdfs://localhost:9000/accumulo</description>
   </property>
 
@@ -123,57 +123,13 @@
 ${mvnProjBaseDir}
   <property>
     <name>general.classpaths</name>
-
-    <value>
-      <!-- Accumulo requirements -->
-      $ACCUMULO_HOME/lib/accumulo-server.jar,
-      $ACCUMULO_HOME/lib/accumulo-core.jar,
-      $ACCUMULO_HOME/lib/accumulo-start.jar,
-      $ACCUMULO_HOME/lib/accumulo-fate.jar,
-      $ACCUMULO_HOME/lib/accumulo-proxy.jar,
-      $ACCUMULO_HOME/lib/[^.].*.jar,
-      <!-- ZooKeeper requirements -->
-      $ZOOKEEPER_HOME/zookeeper[^.].*.jar,
-      <!-- Common Hadoop requirements -->
-      $HADOOP_CONF_DIR,
-      <!-- Hadoop 2 requirements -->
-      $HADOOP_PREFIX/share/hadoop/common/[^.].*.jar,
-      $HADOOP_PREFIX/share/hadoop/common/lib/(?!slf4j)[^.].*.jar,
-      $HADOOP_PREFIX/share/hadoop/hdfs/[^.].*.jar,
-      $HADOOP_PREFIX/share/hadoop/mapreduce/[^.].*.jar,
-      $HADOOP_PREFIX/share/hadoop/yarn/[^.].*.jar,
-      $HADOOP_PREFIX/share/hadoop/yarn/lib/jersey.*.jar,
-      <!-- End Hadoop 2 requirements -->
-      <!-- HDP 2.0 requirements -->
-      /usr/lib/hadoop/[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/lib/hadoop/lib/[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/lib/hadoop-hdfs/[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/lib/hadoop-mapreduce/[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/lib/hadoop-yarn/[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/lib/hadoop-yarn/lib/jersey.*.jar,
-      <!-- End HDP 2.0 requirements -->
-      <!-- HDP 2.2 requirements -->
-      /usr/hdp/current/hadoop-client/[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/hdp/current/hadoop-client/lib/(?!slf4j)[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/hdp/current/hadoop-hdfs-client/[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/hdp/current/hadoop-mapreduce-client/[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/hdp/current/hadoop-yarn-client/[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/hdp/current/hadoop-yarn-client/lib/jersey.*.jar,
-      /usr/hdp/current/hive-client/lib/hive-accumulo-handler.jar
-      <!-- End HDP 2.2 requirements -->
-      <!-- IOP 4.1 requirements -->
-      /usr/iop/current/hadoop-client/[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/iop/current/hadoop-client/lib/(?!slf4j)[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/iop/current/hadoop-hdfs-client/[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/iop/current/hadoop-mapreduce-client/[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/iop/current/hadoop-yarn-client/[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/iop/current/hadoop-yarn-client/lib/jersey.*.jar,
-      /usr/iop/current/hive-client/lib/hive-accumulo-handler.jar
-      <!-- End IOP 4.1 requirements -->
-      <!-- Hadoop 3 requirements -->
-      $HADOOP_PREFIX/share/hadoop/client/[^.].*.jar,
-      <!-- End Hadoop 3 requirements -->
-    </value>
+    <value>/etc/accumulo/lib,/etc/hadoop</value>
     <description>Classpaths that accumulo checks for updates and class files.</description>
   </property>
+  <property>
+    <name>general.dynamic.classpaths</name>
+    <value>/etc/accumulo/lib/ext</value>
+    <description>Classpaths that accumulo checks for updates and class files to dynamically load.</description>
+  </property>
+
 </configuration>