diff --git a/indexing-service/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexing/common/task/AbstractTask.java b/indexing-service/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexing/common/task/AbstractTask.java
index 02d48613b5d..7a7fa791412 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexing/common/task/AbstractTask.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexing/common/task/AbstractTask.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractTask implements Task
   {
     this.id = Preconditions.checkNotNull(id, "id");
     this.groupId = Preconditions.checkNotNull(groupId, "groupId");
-    this.taskResource = Preconditions.checkNotNull(taskResource, "taskResource");
+    this.taskResource = Preconditions.checkNotNull(taskResource, "resource");
     this.dataSource = Preconditions.checkNotNull(dataSource, "dataSource");
     this.interval = Optional.fromNullable(interval);
   }
diff --git a/indexing-service/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/indexing/common/task/TaskSerdeTest.java b/indexing-service/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/indexing/common/task/TaskSerdeTest.java
index b5b45ddd9e3..1bb330f7e65 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/indexing/common/task/TaskSerdeTest.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/indexing/common/task/TaskSerdeTest.java
@@ -219,19 +219,21 @@ public class TaskSerdeTest
 
     Assert.assertEquals("foo", task.getDataSource());
     Assert.assertEquals(Optional.<Interval>absent(), task.getImplicitLockInterval());
-    Assert.assertEquals(new Period("PT10M"), ((RealtimeIndexTask) task).getWindowPeriod());
-    Assert.assertEquals(IndexGranularity.HOUR, ((RealtimeIndexTask) task).getSegmentGranularity());
     Assert.assertEquals(2, task.getTaskResource().getRequiredCapacity());
     Assert.assertEquals("rofl", task.getTaskResource().getAvailabilityGroup());
+    Assert.assertEquals(new Period("PT10M"), ((RealtimeIndexTask) task).getWindowPeriod());
+    Assert.assertEquals(IndexGranularity.HOUR, ((RealtimeIndexTask) task).getSegmentGranularity());
 
     Assert.assertEquals(task.getId(), task2.getId());
     Assert.assertEquals(task.getGroupId(), task2.getGroupId());
     Assert.assertEquals(task.getDataSource(), task2.getDataSource());
     Assert.assertEquals(task.getImplicitLockInterval(), task2.getImplicitLockInterval());
-    Assert.assertEquals(((RealtimeIndexTask) task).getWindowPeriod(), ((RealtimeIndexTask) task).getWindowPeriod());
+    Assert.assertEquals(task.getTaskResource().getRequiredCapacity(), task2.getTaskResource().getRequiredCapacity());
+    Assert.assertEquals(task.getTaskResource().getAvailabilityGroup(), task2.getTaskResource().getAvailabilityGroup());
+    Assert.assertEquals(((RealtimeIndexTask) task).getWindowPeriod(), ((RealtimeIndexTask) task2).getWindowPeriod());
     Assert.assertEquals(
         ((RealtimeIndexTask) task).getSegmentGranularity(),
-        ((RealtimeIndexTask) task).getSegmentGranularity()
+        ((RealtimeIndexTask) task2).getSegmentGranularity()
     );
   }