diff --git a/vldb-protocols.py b/vldb-protocols.py
index 8afccb7e5898e6c0fd9366883cbb8001e530d82b..897f450edbd83ee8119c6268f7bc72fc0af1a7c4 100644
--- a/vldb-protocols.py
+++ b/vldb-protocols.py
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ systems = [
 	{'name':'hbase-default', 'db':'hbase'},
 	{'name':'mongodb-default', 'db':'mongodb'}]
 
+
 networks = [
-	{'name':'unlimited', 'throughput': -1, 'latency':-1}], 
+	{'name':'unlimited', 'throughput': -1, 'latency':-1}, 
 	{'name':'gigabitethld', 'throughput': 1000, 'latency':0.3},
 	{'name':'10mbitethhd', 'throughput': 10, 'latency':150}]
 
@@ -47,6 +48,12 @@ for chunksize in chunksizes:
 				'chunksize': chunksize,
 				'compress': compression_method})
 
+systems = [{'name':'monetdb-colprot-nocomp', 'db':'monetdb', 'params': '--protocol=prot10'},
+		   {'name':'monetdb-colprot-compsnappy', 'db':'monetdb', 'params': '--protocol=prot10compressed --compression=snappy'},
+		   {'name':'monetdb-colprot-complz4', 'db':'monetdb', 'params': '--protocol=prot10compressed --compression=lz4'},
+		   {'name':'monetdb-prot9', 'db':'monetdb', 'params': '--protocol=prot9'}]
+
+
 nruns = 5
 timeout = "10m"
 
@@ -150,9 +157,15 @@ for r in range(nruns):
 					jdbcflags = 'org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1/user user null'
 					odbccmd = 'isql MySQL -d, < query > /dev/null'
 				elif system['db'] == 'monetdb':
-					querycmd = 'mclient -h 127.0.0.1 -p 50001 -fcsv -s "%s" > /dev/null' % query
-					jdbcflags = 'nl.cwi.monetdb.jdbc.MonetDriver jdbc:monetdb://127.0.0.1:50001/database monetdb monetdb'
-					odbccmd = 'isql MonetDB -d, < query > /dev/null'
+					if 'params' in system:
+						querycmd = '/home/user/monetdb-install/bin/mclient -h 127.0.0.1 -p 50001 -fcsv -s "%s" %s > /dev/null' % (query, system['params'])
+						jdbcflags = None
+						odbccmd = None
+						odbcdriver = None
+					else:
+						querycmd = 'mclient -h 127.0.0.1 -p 50001 -fcsv -s "%s" > /dev/null' % query
+						jdbcflags = 'nl.cwi.monetdb.jdbc.MonetDriver jdbc:monetdb://127.0.0.1:50001/database monetdb monetdb'
+						odbccmd = 'isql MonetDB -d, < query > /dev/null'
 				elif system['db'] == 'db2':
 					db2qfile = open("db2query", "w")
 					db2qfile.write("connect to remotedb user user using user; \n" + query + ";\n")
@@ -167,7 +180,7 @@ for r in range(nruns):
 					jdbcflags = 'oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver jdbc:oracle:thin:@127.0.0.1:49161:XE system oracle'
 					odbccmd = 'isql Oracle -d, < query > /dev/null'
 					# for JDBC/ODBCV
-					query = "SELECT * FROM lineitem where rownum < %d;" % tuple
+					query = "SELECT * FROM lineitem where rownum < %d" % tuple
 				elif system['db'] == 'mongodb':
 					querycmd = 'mongoexport -d lineitem  -c things --csv --fields "l_orderkey,l_partkey,l_suppkey,l_linenumber,l_quantity,l_extendedprice,l_discount,l_tax,l_returnflag,l_linestatus,l_shipdate,l_commitdate,l_receiptdate,l_shipinstruct,l_shipmode,l_comment" --limit %d > /dev/null 2> /dev/null' % tuple
 					jdbcflags = None