diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 06c08fa..e06c4cf 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.twitter/maple "0.2.2"
+(defproject com.twitter/maple "0.2.3-SNAPSHOT"
   :source-path "src/clj"
   :java-source-path "src/jvm"
   :description "All the Cascading taps we have to offer."
diff --git a/src/jvm/com/twitter/maple/hbase/HBaseTap.java b/src/jvm/com/twitter/maple/hbase/HBaseTap.java
index 15f4936..f001859 100644
--- a/src/jvm/com/twitter/maple/hbase/HBaseTap.java
+++ b/src/jvm/com/twitter/maple/hbase/HBaseTap.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.*;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HBaseAdmin;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.mapreduce.TableOutputFormat;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileInputFormat;
@@ -144,6 +145,11 @@ public void sinkConfInit(FlowProcess<JobConf> process, JobConf conf) {
     if(quorumNames != null) {
       conf.set("hbase.zookeeper.quorum", quorumNames);
     }
+    else {
+      Configuration hbaseConfig = HBaseConfiguration.create(conf);
+      conf.set(HConstants.ZOOKEEPER_QUORUM, hbaseConfig.get(HConstants.ZOOKEEPER_QUORUM));
+      conf.set(HConstants.ZOOKEEPER_ZNODE_PARENT, hbaseConfig.get(HConstants.ZOOKEEPER_ZNODE_PARENT));
+    }
 
     LOG.debug("sinking to table: {}", tableName);