diff --git a/apps/test/distributed-primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/distributedprimitives/cli/SetTestGetCommand.java b/apps/test/distributed-primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/distributedprimitives/cli/SetTestGetCommand.java
index 792eab9..0877e6f 100644
--- a/apps/test/distributed-primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/distributedprimitives/cli/SetTestGetCommand.java
+++ b/apps/test/distributed-primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/distributedprimitives/cli/SetTestGetCommand.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
     Set<String> set;
     Set<String> toCheck = new HashSet<String>();
-    String output = new String();
+    String output = "";
 
     Serializer serializer = Serializer.using(
             new KryoNamespace.Builder().register(KryoNamespaces.BASIC).build());