diff --git a/test/test_appscale_logger.py b/test/test_appscale_logger.py
index 980084ca..aa37fdee 100644
--- a/test/test_appscale_logger.py
+++ b/test/test_appscale_logger.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ def setUp(self):
       'EC2_ACCESS_KEY': 'baz',
       'EC2_SECRET_KEY': 'baz',
       'EC2_URL': '',
+      'fdb_clusterfile_content': None,
     }
 
     # finally, construct a http payload for mocking that the below
diff --git a/test/test_local_state.py b/test/test_local_state.py
index 8af573c7..97f8cb5a 100644
--- a/test/test_local_state.py
+++ b/test/test_local_state.py
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ def test_generate_deployment_params(self):
       zone='my-zone-1b', verbose=True, user_commands=[], flower_password="abc",
       default_max_appserver_memory=ParseArgs.DEFAULT_MAX_APPSERVER_MEMORY,
       EC2_ACCESS_KEY='baz', EC2_SECRET_KEY='baz', EC2_URL='',
-      login_host='public1', aws_subnet_id=None, aws_vpc_id=None)
+      login_host='public1', aws_subnet_id=None, aws_vpc_id=None,
+      fdb_clusterfile_content=None)
     node_layout = NodeLayout({
       'table' : 'cassandra',
       'infrastructure' : "ec2",
@@ -141,7 +142,8 @@ def test_generate_deployment_params(self):
       'EC2_SECRET_KEY': 'baz',
       'EC2_URL': '',
       'aws_subnet_id': None,
-      'aws_vpc_id': None
+      'aws_vpc_id': None,
+      'fdb_clusterfile_content': None
     }
     actual = LocalState.generate_deployment_params(options, node_layout,
       {'max_spot_price':'1.23'})
@@ -160,7 +162,8 @@ def test_generate_deployment_params_no_login(self):
       zone='my-zone-1b', verbose=True, user_commands=[], flower_password="abc",
       default_max_appserver_memory=ParseArgs.DEFAULT_MAX_APPSERVER_MEMORY,
       EC2_ACCESS_KEY='baz', EC2_SECRET_KEY='baz', EC2_URL='',
-      login_host=None, aws_subnet_id=None, aws_vpc_id=None)
+      login_host=None, aws_subnet_id=None, aws_vpc_id=None,
+      fdb_clusterfile_content=None)
     node_layout = NodeLayout({
       'table': 'cassandra',
       'infrastructure': "ec2",
@@ -197,7 +200,8 @@ def test_generate_deployment_params_no_login(self):
       'EC2_SECRET_KEY': 'baz',
       'EC2_URL': '',
       'aws_subnet_id': None,
-      'aws_vpc_id': None
+      'aws_vpc_id': None,
+      'fdb_clusterfile_content': None
     }
     actual = LocalState.generate_deployment_params(options, node_layout,
       {'max_spot_price': '1.23'})