diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/graph/RamCloudDBConnection.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/graph/RamCloudDBConnection.java
index c53e66e..3fcbfe9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/graph/RamCloudDBConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/graph/RamCloudDBConnection.java
@@ -20,12 +20,19 @@
 public class RamCloudDBConnection extends DBConnection {
     private RamCloudGraph graph;
     private static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RamCloudDBConnection.class);
+    
+    public static final ThreadLocal<RamCloudGraph> RamCloudThreadLocal = new ThreadLocal<RamCloudGraph>();
 
     public RamCloudDBConnection(final String dbConfigFile) {
-        final String coordinatorURL = open(getConfiguration(new File(dbConfigFile)));
-	System.out.println("coordinatorURL "+ coordinatorURL);
+        //final String coordinatorURL = open(getConfiguration(new File(dbConfigFile)));
+	//System.out.println("coordinatorURL "+ coordinatorURL);
         //graph = new RamCloudGraph(coordinatorURL);
-	graph = new RamCloudGraph("fast+udp:host=10.128.100.36,port=12246");
+	graph = RamCloudThreadLocal.get();
+	System.out.println("ThreadId = " + Thread.currentThread().getId() + "graph = " + graph);
+	if (graph == null) {
+	    graph = new RamCloudGraph("fast+udp:host=10.128.100.36,port=12246");
+	    RamCloudThreadLocal.set(graph);
+	}
     }
     
     @Override