diff --git a/execution/run_uc.py b/execution/run_uc.py
index 7a2c2c69542e8cd26374a9776bd6aab984108130..f25d2555e9c5de0d83f3ec5a7056cad0d3ea3b8c 100644
--- a/execution/run_uc.py
+++ b/execution/run_uc.py
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def start_application(svc_yaml, svc_monitor_yaml, jmx_yaml, deploy_yaml):
     app_container['image'] = 'theodolite/theodolite-uc' + args.uc_id \
         + '-kstreams-app:latest'
     # TODO: acces over name of attribute
-    app_container['env'][1]['value'] = str(args.commit_interval_ms)
+    app_container['env'][0]['value'] = str(args.commit_interval_ms)
     app_container['resources']['limits']['memory'] = args.memory_limit
     app_container['resources']['limits']['cpu'] = args.cpu_limit
     try:
diff --git a/execution/uc-application/base/aggregation-deployment.yaml b/execution/uc-application/base/aggregation-deployment.yaml
index 70f50e0b4a18d8dfd66967aec7d0154c8a6fd285..81da3eea7688f5d3b3145092d91cb8502e6ad87b 100644
--- a/execution/uc-application/base/aggregation-deployment.yaml
+++ b/execution/uc-application/base/aggregation-deployment.yaml
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ spec:
         - containerPort: 5555
           name: jmx
         env:
+        - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
+          value: "100"
         - name: KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS
           value: "my-confluent-cp-kafka:9092"
         - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
           value: "http://my-confluent-cp-schema-registry:8081"
-        - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
-          value: "100"
         - name: JAVA_OPTS
           value: "-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=5555"
         resources: