diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e258bc5..e4797cf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
             <artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.0-rc1</version>
+            <version>3.0.0-rc1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metawiring/load/core/ExecutionContext.java b/src/main/java/com/metawiring/load/core/ExecutionContext.java
index 69c7cb8..09feb93 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metawiring/load/core/ExecutionContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metawiring/load/core/ExecutionContext.java
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@
 
 import com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry;
 import com.codahale.metrics.ScheduledReporter;
-import com.datastax.driver.core.Cluster;
-import com.datastax.driver.core.ProtocolOptions;
-import com.datastax.driver.core.Session;
+import com.datastax.driver.core.*;
 import com.metawiring.load.config.TestClientConfig;
 import com.metawiring.load.generator.*;
 import org.joda.time.Interval;
@@ -52,6 +50,7 @@ public TestClientConfig getConfig() {
     public void startup() {
 
         Cluster.Builder builder = Cluster.builder()
+                .withTimestampGenerator(ServerSideTimestampGenerator.INSTANCE)
                 .addContactPoint(config.host)
                 .withPort(config.port)
                 .withCompression(ProtocolOptions.Compression.NONE);
diff --git a/src/main/resources/activities/read-tenfields-random.yaml b/src/main/resources/activities/read-tenfields-random.yaml
index 01b536d..b01bfdd 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/activities/read-tenfields-random.yaml
+++ b/src/main/resources/activities/read-tenfields-random.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ dml:
  - name: read-tenfields-random
    cql: |
      select * from <<KEYSPACE>>.<<TABLE>>_tenfields
-     where key=?
+     where key=<<key>>
    bindings:
      key: RandomStringRangeGenerator:1:50000000
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diff --git a/src/test/java/com/metawiring/load/generators/RandomStringRangeGeneratorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/metawiring/load/generators/RandomStringRangeGeneratorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77b0d47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/metawiring/load/generators/RandomStringRangeGeneratorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ *
+ *       Copyright 2015 Jonathan Shook
+ *
+ *   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *   limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+package com.metawiring.load.generators;
+
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.*;
+
+public class RandomStringRangeGeneratorTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnCorrectType() {
+        RandomStringRangeGenerator rsrg = new RandomStringRangeGenerator("1000","2000");
+        String s = rsrg.get();
+    }
+
+}
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