diff --git a/dbcon/joblist/pdictionaryscan.cpp b/dbcon/joblist/pdictionaryscan.cpp
index 17316ac97..25fabdcde 100644
--- a/dbcon/joblist/pdictionaryscan.cpp
+++ b/dbcon/joblist/pdictionaryscan.cpp
@@ -365,7 +365,17 @@ void pDictionaryScan::sendPrimitiveMessages()
 					msgLbidCount = remainingLbids;
 
 				if (dbRootConnectionMap->find(dbroot) == dbRootConnectionMap->end())
-					throw IDBExcept(ERR_DATA_OFFLINE);
+                {
+                    // MCOL-259 force a reload of the xml. This usualy fixes it.
+                    std::cout << "dictionary forcing reload of columnstore.xml for dbRootConnectionMap" << std::endl;
+                    oamCache->forceReload();
+                    dbRootConnectionMap = oamCache->getDBRootToConnectionMap();
+                    if (dbRootConnectionMap->find(dbroot) == dbRootConnectionMap->end())
+                    {
+                        std::cout << "dictionary still not in dbRootConnectionMap" << std::endl;
+                        throw IDBExcept(ERR_DATA_OFFLINE);
+                    }
+                }
 				sendAPrimitiveMessage(primMsg, msgLbidStart, msgLbidCount, (*dbRootConnectionMap)[dbroot]);
 				primMsg.restart();
 
diff --git a/dbcon/joblist/tuple-bps.cpp b/dbcon/joblist/tuple-bps.cpp
index adb2c5d82..a8d1cbfb9 100644
--- a/dbcon/joblist/tuple-bps.cpp
+++ b/dbcon/joblist/tuple-bps.cpp
@@ -1621,7 +1621,17 @@ void TupleBPS::makeJobs(vector<Job> *jobs)
 
 		// a necessary DB root is offline
 		if (dbRootConnectionMap->find(scannedExtents[i].dbRoot) == dbRootConnectionMap->end())
-			throw IDBExcept(ERR_DATA_OFFLINE);
+        {
+            // MCOL-259 force a reload of the xml. This usualy fixes it.
+            std::cout << "forcing reload of columnstore.xml for dbRootConnectionMap" << std::endl;
+            oamCache->forceReload();
+            dbRootConnectionMap = oamCache->getDBRootToConnectionMap();
+            if (dbRootConnectionMap->find(scannedExtents[i].dbRoot) == dbRootConnectionMap->end())
+            {
+                std::cout << "still not in dbRootConnectionMap" << std::endl;
+                throw IDBExcept(ERR_DATA_OFFLINE);
+            }
+        }
 
 //		cout << "   session " << fSessionId << " idx = " << i << " HWM = " << scannedExtents[i].HWM
 //				<< " ... will scan " << lbidsToScan << " lbids\n";
diff --git a/dbcon/joblist/tuplehashjoin.cpp b/dbcon/joblist/tuplehashjoin.cpp
index 38aab2ebc..9726b5fd4 100644
--- a/dbcon/joblist/tuplehashjoin.cpp
+++ b/dbcon/joblist/tuplehashjoin.cpp
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ next:
 	/* If there was an error or an abort drain the input DL,
 		do endOfInput on the output */
 	if (cancelled()) {
-		cout << "HJ stopping... status is " << status() << endl;
+//		cout << "HJ stopping... status is " << status() << endl;
 		if (largeBPS)
 			largeBPS->abort();
 		while (more)