diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt
index 62ddc478a9863a5408f28add7cf3c3ef857601cc..071bd06071345499d01595df72e5de4c8535b3fc 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class TheodoliteOperator {
         return executionStateHandler
     }
 
-    private fun getBenchmarkStateHandler(client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) : BenchmarkStateHandler {
+    fun getBenchmarkStateHandler(client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) : BenchmarkStateHandler {
         if (!::benchmarkStateHandler.isInitialized) {
             this.benchmarkStateHandler = BenchmarkStateHandler(client = client)
         }
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class TheodoliteOperator {
         )
     }
 
-    private fun getBenchmarkClient(client: NamespacedKubernetesClient): MixedOperation<
+    fun getBenchmarkClient(client: NamespacedKubernetesClient): MixedOperation<
             BenchmarkCRD,
             KubernetesBenchmarkList,
             Resource<BenchmarkCRD>> {
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerTest.kt
index 16eeee83f1f9187db037e1dc34f70e1ae3bd7b8e..ec14d7d8fefb384efc53d79f3b9772c4ccc1e270 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerTest.kt
@@ -44,18 +44,6 @@ class ExecutionEventHandlerTest {
     @BeforeEach
     fun setUp() {
         server.before()
-        val operator = TheodoliteOperator()
-        this.controller = operator.getController(
-            client = server.client,
-            executionStateHandler = operator.getExecutionStateHandler(client = server.client),
-            benchmarkStateChecker = operator.getBenchmarkStateChecker(client = server.client)
-        )
-
-        this.factory = operator.getExecutionEventHandler(this.controller, server.client)
-        this.stateHandler = TheodoliteOperator().getExecutionStateHandler(client = server.client)
-
-        this.executionVersion1 = K8sResourceLoaderFromFile(server.client)
-            .loadK8sResource("Execution", testResourcePath + "test-execution.yaml")
 
         this.server.client
             .apiextensions().v1()