diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/io/v/android/apps/reader/db/SyncbaseDB.java b/android/app/src/main/java/io/v/android/apps/reader/db/SyncbaseDB.java
index 011641d..36c030f 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/io/v/android/apps/reader/db/SyncbaseDB.java
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/io/v/android/apps/reader/db/SyncbaseDB.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import io.v.v23.VIterable;
 import io.v.v23.context.CancelableVContext;
 import io.v.v23.context.VContext;
+import io.v.v23.namespace.Namespace;
 import io.v.v23.rpc.Server;
 import io.v.v23.security.BlessingPattern;
 import io.v.v23.security.Blessings;
@@ -91,7 +92,9 @@
      */
     private static final int BLESSING_REQUEST = 200;
 
-    private static final String GLOBAL_MOUNT_TABLE = "/ns.dev.v.io:8101";
+    // TODO(youngseokyoon): change this back to the domain name, once the dns issue is resolved.
+    private static final String GLOBAL_MOUNT_TABLE = "/104.197.5.136:8101";
+
     private static final String SYNCBASE_APP = "reader";
     private static final String SYNCBASE_DB = "db";
     private static final String TABLE_FILES = "files";
@@ -135,6 +138,14 @@
                 }
             }
 
+            // TODO(youngseokyoon): take this code out, once the dns issue is resolved.
+            try {
+                Namespace n = V.getNamespace(mVContext);
+                n.setRoots(ImmutableList.of("/104.197.5.136:8101"));
+            } catch (VException e) {
+                handleError("Could not change the global mount table address: " + e.getMessage());
+            }
+
             try {
                 mVContext = V.withListenSpec(
                         mVContext, V.getListenSpec(mVContext).withProxy("proxy"));