diff --git a/pulsar/client/interface.py b/pulsar/client/interface.py
index a83a20b3e45d433815832f292ffc20c261e3856b..0882c91b595f06059f9ccb466e494e4d9b93b0f0 100644
--- a/pulsar/client/interface.py
+++ b/pulsar/client/interface.py
@@ -110,7 +110,13 @@ class HttpPulsarInterface(PulsarInterface):
 
 class LocalPulsarInterface(PulsarInterface):
 
-    def __init__(self, destination_params, job_manager=None, file_cache=None, object_store=None):
+    def __init__(self, destination_params, job_manager=None, pulsar_app=None, file_cache=None, object_store=None):
+        if job_manager is None:
+            job_manager_name = destination_params.get("manager", None)
+            if job_manager_name is None:
+                job_manager = pulsar_app.only_manager
+            else:
+                job_manager = pulsar_app.managers[job_manager_name]
         self.job_manager = job_manager
         self.file_cache = file_cache
         self.object_store = object_store
diff --git a/pulsar/client/manager.py b/pulsar/client/manager.py
index c5058103290b2bd8d9f0806ca3ef072d89353cb0..ab0d367ff977f547ef80394f74633ab349845798 100644
--- a/pulsar/client/manager.py
+++ b/pulsar/client/manager.py
@@ -50,13 +50,15 @@ class ClientManager(object):
 
     def __init__(self, **kwds):
         """Build a HTTP client or a local client that talks directly to a job manger."""
-        if 'job_manager' in kwds:
+        if 'pulsar_app' in kwds or 'job_manager' in kwds:
             self.job_manager_interface_class = LocalPulsarInterface
-            job_manager = kwds['job_manager']
+            pulsar_app = kwds.get('pulsar_app', None)
+            job_manager = kwds.get('job_manager', None)
             file_cache = kwds.get('file_cache', None)
             self.job_manager_interface_args = dict(
                 job_manager=job_manager,
-                file_cache=file_cache
+                pulsar_app=pulsar_app,
+                file_cache=file_cache,
             )
         else:
             self.job_manager_interface_class = HttpPulsarInterface