diff --git a/BatchDotnetTutorialFfmpeg/Program.cs b/BatchDotnetTutorialFfmpeg/Program.cs
index 10f7cb6..4782dde 100644
--- a/BatchDotnetTutorialFfmpeg/Program.cs
+++ b/BatchDotnetTutorialFfmpeg/Program.cs
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ private static async Task MainAsync()
             timer.Start();
 
             // Construct the Storage account connection string
-            string storageConnectionString = String.Format("DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName={0};AccountKey={1}",
-                                StorageAccountName, StorageAccountKey);
+            string storageConnectionString = String.Format("DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName={0};AccountKey={1};EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net",
+                StorageAccountName, StorageAccountKey);
 
             // Retrieve the storage account
             CloudStorageAccount storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(storageConnectionString);
@@ -393,6 +393,16 @@ private static async Task<List<CloudTask>> AddTasksAsync(BatchClient batchClient
                 // Create a cloud task (with the task ID and command line) and add it to the task list
                 CloudTask task = new CloudTask(taskId, taskCommandLine);
                 task.ResourceFiles = new List<ResourceFile> { inputFiles[i] };
+                
+                // Specify the application and version to install on the compute nodes for the task
+                task.ApplicationPackageReferences = new List<ApplicationPackageReference>
+                {
+                    new ApplicationPackageReference
+                    {
+                        ApplicationId = appPackageId,
+                        Version = appPackageVersion
+                    }
+                };
 
                 // Task output file will be uploaded to the output container in Storage.