diff --git a/cpp/src/db/db_impl.cpp b/cpp/src/db/db_impl.cpp
index 723b80cb4af77b4833ef7bed72b9cbb0e338a7f2..ace1996eb413aaef798b671ec935260ed26bed9f 100644
--- a/cpp/src/db/db_impl.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/db/db_impl.cpp
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ Status DBImpl::merge_files(const std::string& group_id, const meta::DateT& date,
 
 Status DBImpl::background_merge_files(const std::string& group_id) {
     meta::DatePartionedGroupFilesSchema raw_files;
-    /* auto status = _pMeta->get_small_raw_files(group_id, raw_files); */
-    /* if (!status.ok()) { */
-    /*     _bg_error = status; */
-    /*     return status; */
-    /* } */
+    auto status = _pMeta->files_to_merge(group_id, raw_files);
+    if (!status.ok()) {
+        _bg_error = status;
+        return status;
+    }
 
     if (raw_files.size() == 0) {
         return Status::OK();
diff --git a/cpp/src/db/db_meta.h b/cpp/src/db/db_meta.h
index 22ab911fd361b10c60f9052c0be68df91440e28a..02b899ec0d3dc7d55125ddbebff07a86fd96dc16 100644
--- a/cpp/src/db/db_meta.h
+++ b/cpp/src/db/db_meta.h
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ public:
 
     virtual Status update_files(const GroupFilesSchema& files) = 0;
 
+    virtual Status files_to_merge(const std::string& group_id,
+            DatePartionedGroupFilesSchema& files) = 0;
+
     static DateT GetDate(const std::time_t& t);
     static DateT GetDate();
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/db/db_meta_impl.cpp b/cpp/src/db/db_meta_impl.cpp
index 1f8c4a94cee2b7ebfa01d70910e046e4b8859e55..ef7ff7d04a598757e4dcba91dfff2cc080d31899 100644
--- a/cpp/src/db/db_meta_impl.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/db/db_meta_impl.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 #include "db_meta_impl.h"
 #include "id_generators.h"
 
@@ -56,6 +57,27 @@ Status DBMetaImpl::add_group_file(const std::string& group_id,
     return Status::OK();
 }
 
+Status DBMetaImpl::files_to_merge(const std::string& group_id,
+        DatePartionedGroupFilesSchema& files) {
+    //PXU TODO
+    files.clear();
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss << "/tmp/test/" << Meta::GetDate();
+    boost::filesystem::path path(ss.str().c_str());
+    boost::filesystem::directory_iterator end_itr;
+    GroupFilesSchema gfiles;
+    DateT date = Meta::GetDate();
+    files[date] = gfiles;
+    for (boost::filesystem::directory_iterator itr(path); itr != end_itr; ++itr) {
+        std::cout << itr->path().string() << std::endl;
+        GroupFileSchema f;
+        f.location = itr->path().string();
+        files[date].push_back(f);
+    }
+
+    return Status::OK();
+}
+
 Status DBMetaImpl::has_group_file(const std::string& group_id_,
                               const std::string& file_id_,
                               bool& has_or_not_) {
diff --git a/cpp/src/db/db_meta_impl.h b/cpp/src/db/db_meta_impl.h
index 06e04902ce45ca61e93e25730efa1deea5f35a48..ee2c57ea3ce1751dad11e6320fa56106bfa3be26 100644
--- a/cpp/src/db/db_meta_impl.h
+++ b/cpp/src/db/db_meta_impl.h
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ public:
 
     virtual Status update_files(const GroupFilesSchema& files) override;
 
+    virtual Status files_to_merge(const std::string& group_id,
+            DatePartionedGroupFilesSchema& files) override;
+
 private:
 
     Status initialize();