diff --git a/dfsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/dfs/client/FileUtility.java b/dfsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/dfs/client/FileUtility.java
index 483065663..40c766323 100644
--- a/dfsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/dfs/client/FileUtility.java
+++ b/dfsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/dfs/client/FileUtility.java
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ private static Options getReadTestOptions()
         options.addOption("user", true, "Specifies the username used to connect. Defaults to null.");
         options.addOption("pass", true, "Specifies the password used to connect. Defaults to null.");
         options.addOption("num_threads", true, "Specifies the number of parallel to use to perform operations.");
-        options.addOption("expiry_seconds", true, "Access token expiration seconds.");
+        options.addOption("access_expiry_seconds", true, "Access token expiration seconds.");
 
         options.addOption(Option.builder("file_parts")
                                 .argName("_file_parts")
@@ -1247,14 +1247,14 @@ private static void performReadTest(String[] args, TaskContext context)
         }
 
         int expirySeconds = DEFAULT_ACCESS_EXPIRY_SECONDS;
-        String expirySecondsStr = cmd.getOptionValue("expiry_seconds", "" + expirySeconds);
+        String expirySecondsStr = cmd.getOptionValue("access_expiry_seconds", "" + expirySeconds);
         try
         {
             expirySeconds = Integer.parseInt(expirySecondsStr);
         }
         catch(Exception e)
         {
-            System.out.println("Invalid option value for expiry_seconds: "
+            System.out.println("Invalid option value for access_expiry_seconds: "
                               + numThreadsStr + ", must be an integer. Defaulting to: " + DEFAULT_ACCESS_EXPIRY_SECONDS + "s.");
         }
 
diff --git a/dfsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/dfs/client/HpccRemoteFileReader.java b/dfsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/dfs/client/HpccRemoteFileReader.java
index c3bb5da84..b77792dba 100644
--- a/dfsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/dfs/client/HpccRemoteFileReader.java
+++ b/dfsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/dfs/client/HpccRemoteFileReader.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public class HpccRemoteFileReader<T> implements Iterator<T>
     private int                   connectTimeout    = 0;
     private int                   readSizeKB        = 0;
     private int                   limit             = -1;
+    private int                   maxReadRetries    = DEFAULT_READ_RETRIES;
     private int                   socketOpTimeoutMs = 0;
     private long                  openTimeMs        = 0;
     private long                  recordsRead       = 0;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ public class HpccRemoteFileReader<T> implements Iterator<T>
     public static final int    NO_RECORD_LIMIT                  = -1;
     public static final int    DEFAULT_READ_SIZE_OPTION         = -1;
     public static final int    DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_OPTION   = -1;
+    public static final int    DEFAULT_READ_RETRIES             = 3;
 
     public static class FileReadResumeInfo
     {
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ public HpccRemoteFileReader(DataPartition dp, FieldDef originalRD, IRecordBuilde
 
         if (this.originalRecordDef == null)
         {
-            throw new Exception("HpccRemoteFileReader: Original record definition is null.");
+            throw new Exception("HpccRemoteFileReader: Provided original record definition is null, original record definition is required.");
         }
 
         FieldDef projectedRecordDefinition = recBuilder.getRecordDefinition();
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@ public HpccRemoteFileReader(DataPartition dp, FieldDef originalRD, IRecordBuilde
 
     private boolean retryRead()
     {
-        if (retryCount < 3)
+        if (retryCount < maxReadRetries)
         {
             log.info("Retrying read for " + this.dataPartition.toString() + " retry count: " + retryCount);
             retryCount++;
@@ -302,6 +304,16 @@ private boolean retryRead()
         return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the maximum number of times to retry a read operation before failing.
+     *
+     * @param maxReadRetries
+     */
+    public void setMaxReadRetries(int maxReadRetries)
+    {
+        this.maxReadRetries = maxReadRetries;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the stream position within the file.
      *