diff --git a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/resources/config.properties b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/resources/config.properties
index 7e29e8260dd62d0ea1212eb374574e022ad5395d..6a09d4ae10c01d284aa212a47a9172cddd9477d5 100644
--- a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/resources/config.properties
+++ b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/resources/config.properties
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
-###
-### Oracle database settings
-###
-oracle.database.connection = jdbc:oracle:thin:@ra.aps.anl.gov:1527:aps1
-#oracle.database.username = 
-#oracle.database.password = 
-oracle.database.table = DCC.FL$03_BL_APV_VIEW_V2
-
-#dm.storageServ.connection = http://xstor-devel.xray.aps.anl.gov:22236/dm
-dm.storageServ.connection = http://localhost:22236/dm
+dm.storageServ.connection = https://xstor-devel.xray.aps.anl.gov:22236/dm
 dm.daqServ.connection = http://localhost:33336/dm
+dm.truststore = /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/java/cacerts
+
diff --git a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/ExperimentList.java b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/ExperimentList.java
index c65538bd008764f9b2883124cb631d0ab0028309..1fb6c7b13c6b0d2303db37408212b0434108bffb 100644
--- a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/ExperimentList.java
+++ b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/ExperimentList.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package gov.anl.dm.esafsync;
 
 import gov.anl.dm.esafsync.serviceconn.DaqServiceConnection;
 import gov.anl.dm.esafsync.serviceconn.ServiceConnection;
-import gov.anl.dm.esafsync.serviceconn.ServiceConnection.ServiceConnectionStatus;
 import gov.anl.dm.esafsync.serviceconn.StorageServiceConnection;
 
 import java.awt.BorderLayout;
@@ -184,6 +183,7 @@ class ExperimentList extends JFrame
 		}
 	}
 
+	public static final String EXPERIMENT_PREFIX = "esaf";
 	StorageServiceConnection sconnection;
 	private	JTable table = null;
 	private ExperimentTableModel tableModel = null;
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ class ExperimentList extends JFrame
 			{
 				int[] selection = table.getSelectedRows();
 				for (int i = 0; i < selection.length; i++) {
-					String experimentName = (String)table.getModel().getValueAt(selection[i], Column.NAME.ordinal());
+					String experimentName = EXPERIMENT_PREFIX+(String)table.getModel().getValueAt(selection[i], Column.NAME.ordinal());
 					String description = (String)table.getModel().getValueAt(selection[i], Column.DESCRIPTION.ordinal());
 					if (sconnection.addExperiment(experimentName, description) != ServiceConnection.ServiceConnectionStatus.SUCCESS) {
 						continue;
@@ -291,9 +291,9 @@ class ExperimentList extends JFrame
 			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
 			{
 				int[] selection = table.getSelectedRows();
-				if ((selection.length > 0) && (dconnection.init() == ServiceConnectionStatus.SUCCESS) && (dconnection.login() == ServiceConnectionStatus.SUCCESS)) {
+//				if ((selection.length > 0) && (dconnection.init() == ServiceConnectionStatus.SUCCESS) && (dconnection.login() == ServiceConnectionStatus.SUCCESS)) {
 					for (int i = 0; i < selection.length; i++) {
-						String experimentName = (String)table.getModel().getValueAt(selection[i], Column.NAME.ordinal());
+						String experimentName = EXPERIMENT_PREFIX+(String)table.getModel().getValueAt(selection[i], Column.NAME.ordinal());
 						String description = (String)table.getModel().getValueAt(selection[i], Column.DESCRIPTION.ordinal());
 						if (sconnection.addExperiment(experimentName, description) != ServiceConnection.ServiceConnectionStatus.SUCCESS) {
 							continue;
@@ -302,10 +302,12 @@ class ExperimentList extends JFrame
 						//					addRole((String)table.getModel().getValueAt(selection[i], Column.PI.ordinal()), experimentName, Role.PI);
 						addRole((String)table.getModel().getValueAt(selection[i], Column.USER.ordinal()), experimentName, Role.USER);
 						if (sconnection.startExperiment(experimentName) == ServiceConnection.ServiceConnectionStatus.SUCCESS) {
-							dconnection.startDaq(experimentName, experimentName);						
+//							dconnection.startDaq(experimentName, experimentName);						
+						} else {
+							System.out.println("didn't start");
 						}
 					}
-				}
+//				}
 				table.clearSelection();
 			}
 		});
@@ -322,3 +324,4 @@ class ExperimentList extends JFrame
 	}
 
 }
+
diff --git a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/Gui.java b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/Gui.java
index acfa7e431ee51bf0c3a261c5e625e14bb37ab5fe..9e09188b3ff5aa6ff22ab0257a7a8d420936557f 100644
--- a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/Gui.java
+++ b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/Gui.java
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ class Gui
 	}
 
 	private Gui(Properties configProperties) {		
-		OracleConnection oconnection = new OracleConnection();
+        System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", configProperties.getProperty("dm.truststore"));
+
+        OracleConnection oconnection = new OracleConnection();
 		try {
 			oconnection.connect(configProperties);
 		} catch (SQLException e1) {
@@ -89,4 +91,4 @@ class Gui
 			System.exit(-1);
 		}
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/LoginWindow.java b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/LoginWindow.java
index 0dd93486d977e05667436fa230971ac094b8f69b..ba6b80781688a0477b6273b5e0577a439ee7beca 100644
--- a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/LoginWindow.java
+++ b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/LoginWindow.java
@@ -99,4 +99,4 @@ public final class LoginWindow extends JFrame {
 			}
 		});
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/OracleConnection.java b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/OracleConnection.java
index 1de55e4ac57f3e297763f1e0acb5fe2b84451217..f5d7e0e7dfb61d5d238e8421cb204a5bb85a6005 100644
--- a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/OracleConnection.java
+++ b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/OracleConnection.java
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ public class OracleConnection {
     void connect(Properties config) throws SQLException {
     	DriverManager.registerDriver(new oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver());
     	connection = DriverManager.getConnection(
-    			config.getProperty("oracle.database.connection"),
-//    			config.getProperty("oracle.database.username"),
-//    			config.getProperty("oracle.database.password"));
+    			"jdbc:oracle:thin:@ra.aps.anl.gov:1527:aps1",
     			"glob_conn",
     			"ur2ytkownicy2u");
     }
@@ -50,3 +48,4 @@ public class OracleConnection {
         }
     }
 }
+
diff --git a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/DaqServiceConnection.java b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/DaqServiceConnection.java
index 1975ee376acc43d5a9aba4caf6df8287575892c9..0c4da47e023b2d4260d87e40656c3f30c815eb1f 100644
--- a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/DaqServiceConnection.java
+++ b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/DaqServiceConnection.java
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ public class DaqServiceConnection extends ServiceConnection{
 		static final String DAQ_DATA_DIRECTORY = "dataDirectory";
 	}
 	
+	class StorageServUrl {
+		static final String START_DAQ = "/experiments/startDaq";
+	}
+
 	private final String url;
 
 	public DaqServiceConnection(String url) {
@@ -24,7 +28,8 @@ public class DaqServiceConnection extends ServiceConnection{
     	Map<String, String> data = new HashMap<>();
     	data.put(Keyword.DAQ_EXPERIMENT_NAME, experimentName);
     	data.put(Keyword.DAQ_DATA_DIRECTORY, directory);
-		invokeSessionPostRequest(StorageServUrl.EXPERIMENT, data);    	
+		invokeSessionPostRequest(StorageServUrl.START_DAQ, data);    	
     }
     
 }
+
diff --git a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/ServiceConnection.java b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/ServiceConnection.java
index 6eb7b4686dee6d688cbad5ac495836389b9e011d..b8d42ba02d47c1db6a321583072788229497d89f 100644
--- a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/ServiceConnection.java
+++ b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/ServiceConnection.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.ConnectException;
-import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.ProtocolException;
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
 import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 
 public class ServiceConnection {
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
 
 	class StorageServUrl {
 		static final String LOGIN_REQUEST = "/login";
-		static final String EXPERIMENT = "/experiments";
-		static final String EXPERIMENT_USER = "/usersByExperiment";
-		static final String START_EXPERIMENT = "/experiments/start";
-		static final String START_DAQ = "/experiments/startDaq";
 	}
 
 	class DmStatus {
@@ -119,14 +115,17 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
         	JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Unsupported service protocol specified in " + serviceUrl, "Error",JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
         	return ServiceConnectionStatus.ERROR;
         }
-    	return ServiceConnectionStatus.SUCCESS;
+        
+//        System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", "/etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/java/cacerts");
+
+        return ServiceConnectionStatus.SUCCESS;
     }
 
     private URL getServiceUrl() {
         return serviceUrl;
     }
 
-    private int checkHttpResponse(HttpURLConnection connection)  {
+    private int checkHttpResponse(HttpsURLConnection connection)  {
     	int code = 0;
     	String exceptionType = connection.getHeaderField(DmHttpHeaders.DM_EXCEPTION_TYPE_HTTP_HEADER);
         if (exceptionType != null) {
@@ -174,7 +173,7 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
         }
     }
 
-    private void updateSessionCookie(HttpURLConnection connection) {
+    private void updateSessionCookie(HttpsURLConnection connection) {
         String cookie = connection.getHeaderField(DmHttpHeaders.DM_SET_COOKIE_HEADER);
         if (cookie != null) {
             session.setCookie(cookie);
@@ -185,20 +184,21 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
         }
     }
 
-    private static int sendPostData(Map<String, String> data, HttpURLConnection connection) {
+    private static int sendPostData(Map<String, String> data, HttpsURLConnection connection) {
         String postData = preparePostData(data);
         try (DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(connection.getOutputStream())) {
             dos.writeBytes(postData);
             dos.flush();
             return ServiceConnectionStatus.SUCCESS;
         } catch (IOException ex) {
+        	ex.printStackTrace();
         	JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, ex.getMessage());
         	JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "misconfigured service or closed ", "Error",JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
         	return ServiceConnectionStatus.CONNECTION_ERROR;
         }
     }
 
-    private static String readHttpResponse(HttpURLConnection connection) {
+    private static String readHttpResponse(HttpsURLConnection connection) {
         try {
             BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
                     (connection.getInputStream())));
@@ -215,13 +215,13 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
         }
     }
 
-    private static void setCookieRequestHeader(HttpURLConnection connection, String sessionCookie) {
+    private static void setCookieRequestHeader(HttpsURLConnection connection, String sessionCookie) {
         if (sessionCookie != null) {
             connection.setRequestProperty("Cookie", sessionCookie);
         }
     }
 
-    private static int setPostRequestHeaders(HttpURLConnection connection, String sessionCookie)  {
+    private static int setPostRequestHeaders(HttpsURLConnection connection, String sessionCookie)  {
         int resp = setPostRequestHeaders(connection);
         if (resp != ServiceConnectionStatus.SUCCESS) {
         	return resp;
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
         return resp;
     }
 
-     private static int setPostRequestHeaders(HttpURLConnection connection)  {
+     private static int setPostRequestHeaders(HttpsURLConnection connection)  {
         try {
             connection.setDoOutput(true);
             connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
@@ -244,11 +244,11 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
 
     protected int invokeSessionPostRequest(String requestUrl, Map<String, String> data) {
         String urlString = getFullRequestUrl(requestUrl);
-        HttpURLConnection connection = null;
+        HttpsURLConnection connection = null;
         try {
             String sessionCookie = session.verifyCookie();
             URL url = new URL(urlString);
-            connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+            connection = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
 
             int resp = setPostRequestHeaders(connection, sessionCookie);
             if ( resp != ServiceConnectionStatus.SUCCESS) {
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
         }
     }
 
-    private static int setPutRequestHeaders(HttpURLConnection connection, String sessionCookie) {
+    private static int setPutRequestHeaders(HttpsURLConnection connection, String sessionCookie) {
     	int resp = setPutRequestHeaders(connection);
         if ( resp != ServiceConnectionStatus.SUCCESS) {
         	return resp;
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
     	return resp;
     }
 
-    private static int setPutRequestHeaders(HttpURLConnection connection) {
+    private static int setPutRequestHeaders(HttpsURLConnection connection) {
     	try {
     		connection.setDoOutput(true);
     		connection.setRequestMethod("PUT");
@@ -297,11 +297,11 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
 
     protected int invokeSessionPutRequest(String requestUrl, Map<String, String> data) {
         String urlString = getFullRequestUrl(requestUrl);
-        HttpURLConnection connection = null;
+        HttpsURLConnection connection = null;
         try {
             String sessionCookie = session.verifyCookie();
             URL url = new URL(urlString);
-            connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+            connection = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
 
             int resp = setPutRequestHeaders(connection, sessionCookie);
             if ( resp != ServiceConnectionStatus.SUCCESS) {
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
 //        return session.verifyCookie();
 //    }
 //
-//    private static String getResponseHeaders(HttpURLConnection connection) {
+//    private static String getResponseHeaders(HttpsURLConnection connection) {
 //        String headerString = "";
 //        Map<String, List<String>> headerMap = connection.getHeaderFields();
 //        for (String key : headerMap.keySet()) {
@@ -349,11 +349,11 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
 //
 //    private String invokeSessionGetRequest(String requestUrl) {
 //        String urlString = getFullRequestUrl(requestUrl);
-//        HttpURLConnection connection = null;
+//        HttpsURLConnection connection = null;
 //        try {
 //            String sessionCookie = session.verifyCookie();
 //            URL url = new URL(urlString);
-//            connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+//            connection = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
 //
 //            setGetRequestHeaders(connection, sessionCookie);
 //            updateSessionCookie(connection);
@@ -373,10 +373,10 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
 //
 //     private String invokeGetRequest(String requestUrl) {
 //        String urlString = getFullRequestUrl(requestUrl);
-//        HttpURLConnection connection = null;
+//        HttpsURLConnection connection = null;
 //        try {
 //            URL url = new URL(urlString);
-//            connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+//            connection = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
 //            updateSessionCookie(connection);
 //            checkHttpResponse(connection);
 //            return readHttpResponse(connection);
@@ -394,11 +394,11 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
 //
 //     private String invokeSessionDeleteRequest(String requestUrl) {
 //         String urlString = getFullRequestUrl(requestUrl);
-//         HttpURLConnection connection = null;
+//         HttpsURLConnection connection = null;
 //         try {
 //             String sessionCookie = session.verifyCookie();
 //             URL url = new URL(urlString);
-//             connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+//             connection = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
 //
 //             setDeleteRequestHeaders(connection, sessionCookie);
 //             updateSessionCookie(connection);
@@ -416,12 +416,12 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
 //         }
 //     }
 //
-//    private static void setGetRequestHeaders(HttpURLConnection connection, String sessionCookie) {
+//    private static void setGetRequestHeaders(HttpsURLConnection connection, String sessionCookie) {
 //        setGetRequestHeaders(connection);
 //        setCookieRequestHeader(connection, sessionCookie);
 //    }
 //
-//     private static void setGetRequestHeaders(HttpURLConnection connection) {
+//     private static void setGetRequestHeaders(HttpsURLConnection connection) {
 //        try {
 //            connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
 //        } catch (ProtocolException ex) {
@@ -429,12 +429,12 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
 //        }
 //    }
 //
-//    private static void setDeleteRequestHeaders(HttpURLConnection connection, String sessionCookie) {
+//    private static void setDeleteRequestHeaders(HttpsURLConnection connection, String sessionCookie) {
 //        setDeleteRequestHeaders(connection);
 //        setCookieRequestHeader(connection, sessionCookie);
 //    }
 //
-//    private static void setDeleteRequestHeaders(HttpURLConnection connection) {
+//    private static void setDeleteRequestHeaders(HttpsURLConnection connection) {
 //        try {
 //            connection.setRequestMethod("DELETE");
 //        } catch (ProtocolException ex) {
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
 //    }
 //
 //
-//	private void getData(HttpURLConnection connection) {
+//	private void getData(HttpsURLConnection connection) {
 //		BufferedReader in;
 //		try {
 //			in = new BufferedReader(
@@ -469,11 +469,11 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
     }
 
      private final int login(String username, String password) {
-        HttpURLConnection connection = null;
+        HttpsURLConnection connection = null;
         try {
             String urlString = getFullRequestUrl(StorageServUrl.LOGIN_REQUEST);
             URL url = new URL(urlString);
-            connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+            connection = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
             setPostRequestHeaders(connection);
              HashMap<String, String> loginData = new HashMap<>();
             loginData.put(Keyword.USERNAME, username);
@@ -481,10 +481,12 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
 
             int resp = sendPostData(loginData, connection);
             if (resp != ServiceConnectionStatus.SUCCESS) {
+            	System.out.println("here a");
             	return resp;
             }
             resp = checkHttpResponse(connection);
             if (resp != ServiceConnectionStatus.SUCCESS) {
+            	System.out.println("here b");
             	return resp;
             }
             session.setUsername(username);
@@ -492,10 +494,13 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
             updateSessionCookie(connection);
             return ServiceConnectionStatus.SUCCESS;
         } catch (ConnectException ex) {
+        	System.out.println("here 1");
             String errorMsg = "Cannot connect to " + getServiceUrl();
         	JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,errorMsg, "Error",JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
             return ServiceConnectionStatus.ERROR;
         } catch (Exception ex) {
+        	ex.printStackTrace();
+        	System.out.println("here 2");
         	JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, ex.getMessage());
             return ServiceConnectionStatus.ERROR;
         } finally {
@@ -510,3 +515,4 @@ public class ServiceConnection {
 	}
     
 }
+
diff --git a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/Session.java b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/Session.java
index 2b72e2c3c369b5239b5f4fb7b4cff087d4eb3d6a..3934f8df0dd9e9034b3a8b156c34110ddd901091 100644
--- a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/Session.java
+++ b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/Session.java
@@ -129,3 +129,4 @@ public class Session implements Serializable {
         return result;
     }
 }
+
diff --git a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/StorageServiceConnection.java b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/StorageServiceConnection.java
index 915bae4f6f55d380ed59693aea6222c26eda6e56..2e8bf06c66943f712634aab1e774f3e5d68b1836 100644
--- a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/StorageServiceConnection.java
+++ b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/StorageServiceConnection.java
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ public class StorageServiceConnection extends ServiceConnection{
 		static final String EXPERIMENT_TYPE_ID = "experimentTypeId";
 	}
 
+	class StorageServUrl {
+		static final String EXPERIMENT = "/experiments";
+		static final String EXPERIMENT_USER = "/usersByExperiment";
+		static final String START_EXPERIMENT = "/experiments/start";
+	}
+
 	public int addExperiment(String name, String description) {
 		Map<String, String> data = new HashMap<>();
     	if (name == null) {
@@ -44,3 +50,4 @@ public class StorageServiceConnection extends ServiceConnection{
 		return invokeSessionPutRequest(StorageServUrl.START_EXPERIMENT, data);
     }
 }
+