diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-benchmark-yaml-resource.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-benchmark-yaml-resource.yaml
index ebc2fe9e44fe303e342cabee301cb63664867cfb..cdc2122d9e6b568f1a75b0d55eff8a0af6450983 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-benchmark-yaml-resource.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-benchmark-yaml-resource.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ loadTypes:
       - type: "NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher"
         resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
 kafkaConfig:
-  bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
+  bootstrapServer: "localhost:31290"
   topics:
     - name: "input"
       numPartitions: 40
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-execution-yaml-resource.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-execution-yaml-resource.yaml
index ccb2442d3534058d2f85bf7c6e5551818acaa422..e0b327a022099410fea8028fb5d37fee5672a857 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-execution-yaml-resource.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-execution-yaml-resource.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ execution:
   strategy: "LinearSearch"
   duration: 300 # in seconds
   repetitions: 1
-  delay: 30 # in seconds
+  loadGenerationDelay: 30 # in seconds, optional field, default is 0 seconds
   restrictions:
     - "LowerBound"
 configOverrides: []
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkExecution.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkExecution.kt
index f3eeaeba120237145dae1927ef212e8d21b94f50..40ab663e179735be61356947df7c37e9edd0a2ea 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkExecution.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkExecution.kt
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class BenchmarkExecution : CustomResource(), Namespaced {
         var duration by Delegates.notNull<Long>()
         var repetitions by Delegates.notNull<Int>()
         lateinit var restrictions: List<String>
-        var delay by Delegates.notNull<Long>()
+        var loadGenerationDelay = 0L
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
index 11cf09066864dd58f41d6edd8f2f41dd55012a42..b5316a3df78e7291569ec1d36e561a5445b6f86d 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class KubernetesBenchmark : Benchmark, CustomResource(), Namespaced {
         load: LoadDimension,
         res: Resource,
         configurationOverrides: List<ConfigurationOverride?>,
-        delay: Long
+        loadGenerationDelay: Long
     ): BenchmarkDeployment {
         logger.info { "Using $namespace as namespace." }
         logger.info { "Using $path as resource path." }
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class KubernetesBenchmark : Benchmark, CustomResource(), Namespaced {
             namespace = namespace,
             appResources = appResources.map { it.second },
             loadGenResources = loadGenResources.map { it.second },
-            delay = delay,
+            loadGenerationDelay = loadGenerationDelay,
             kafkaConfig = hashMapOf("bootstrap.servers" to kafkaConfig.bootstrapServer),
             topics = kafkaConfig.topics,
             client = DefaultKubernetesClient().inNamespace(namespace)
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt
index 82e8adeb1a68a4e41a11cf5f8d75276f150282b3..3d082a13c7482095ad217a97c54dd39d33aa6b1b 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment(
     val namespace: String,
     val appResources: List<KubernetesResource>,
     val loadGenResources: List<KubernetesResource>,
-    private val delay: Long,
+    private val loadGenerationDelay: Long,
     private val kafkaConfig: HashMap<String, Any>,
     private val topics: List<KafkaConfig.TopicWrapper>,
     private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ class KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment(
             .map { NewTopic(it.name, it.numPartitions, it.replicationFactor) }
         kafkaController.createTopics(kafkaTopics)
         appResources.forEach { kubernetesManager.deploy(it) }
-        logger.info { "Wait ${this.delay} seconds before starting the workload generator." }
-        Thread.sleep(Duration.ofSeconds(this.delay).toMillis())
+        logger.info { "Wait ${this.loadGenerationDelay} seconds before starting the workload generator." }
+        Thread.sleep(Duration.ofSeconds(this.loadGenerationDelay).toMillis())
         loadGenResources.forEach { kubernetesManager.deploy(it) }
     }
 
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt
index 3d362e437538211103e74fee1652877d1df7e4f1..909ae77a95dfef7dfc1dafd7bd0a326a72ef1424 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ abstract class BenchmarkExecutor(
     val configurationOverrides: List<ConfigurationOverride?>,
     val slo: BenchmarkExecution.Slo,
     val executionId: Int,
-    val delay: Long
+    val loadGenerationDelay: Long
 ) {
 
     var run: AtomicBoolean = AtomicBoolean(true)
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
index c70ab20379e1377d47c5513a6df5f2bf5d1b320d..22db5076bee51e03318aa9ac95e66c2d61d27f28 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ class BenchmarkExecutorImpl(
     configurationOverrides: List<ConfigurationOverride?>,
     slo: BenchmarkExecution.Slo,
     executionId: Int,
-    delay: Long
-) : BenchmarkExecutor(benchmark, results, executionDuration, configurationOverrides, slo, executionId, delay) {
+    loadGenerationDelay: Long
+) : BenchmarkExecutor(benchmark, results, executionDuration, configurationOverrides, slo, executionId, loadGenerationDelay) {
     override fun runExperiment(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource): Boolean {
         var result = false
-        val benchmarkDeployment = benchmark.buildDeployment(load, res, configurationOverrides, delay)
+        val benchmarkDeployment = benchmark.buildDeployment(load, res, configurationOverrides, loadGenerationDelay)
 
         try {
             benchmarkDeployment.setup()
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Shutdown.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Shutdown.kt
index c74824a4d5f081541a75ad25d27845f0af6a4ef7..80e1ac2341d9f8608d70b39a0d99f7b88dd7f108 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Shutdown.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Shutdown.kt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Shutdown(private val benchmarkExecution: BenchmarkExecution, private val b
                 load = LoadDimension(0, emptyList()),
                 res = Resource(0, emptyList()),
                 configurationOverrides = benchmarkExecution.configOverrides,
-                delay = 0L
+                loadGenerationDelay = 0L
             )
             deployment.teardown()
         } catch (e: Exception) {
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteExecutor.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteExecutor.kt
index 00c768b2c21f75c1078e8d85f81037fcb7e6480e..c297251e30c17e5824c2541365164d9824718073 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteExecutor.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteExecutor.kt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class TheodoliteExecutor(
                 configurationOverrides = config.configOverrides,
                 slo = config.slos[0],
                 executionId = config.executionId,
-                delay = config.execution.delay
+                loadGenerationDelay = config.execution.loadGenerationDelay
             )
 
         return Config(