diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-kstreams/resources/uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-kstreams/resources/uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml
index 7698dc50306901d8fd7e2f4ab79f2f362b909d54..37d9004bba2f6ca3cbda370e9d38977aea014f1a 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-kstreams/resources/uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-kstreams/resources/uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ spec:
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
             - 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"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS # Set as default for the applications
-              value: "100"
           resources:
             limits:
               memory: 4Gi
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/resources/uc2-kstreams-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/resources/uc2-kstreams-deployment.yaml
index 47711343508c712e8f46d38feaef6b6057fbdc80..ccd7a5a6e595c2ec1434bbeb091cb1d50305a339 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/resources/uc2-kstreams-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/resources/uc2-kstreams-deployment.yaml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ spec:
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
             - 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"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS # Set as default for the applications
-              value: "100"
           resources:
             limits:
               memory: 4Gi
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/resources/uc3-kstreams-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/resources/uc3-kstreams-deployment.yaml
index 1a98c1a5edf2b4b0dc3b8fbb155c56c347ce22fa..6da2e5dee94fc2f65e2c4a55184654a384ffbd2f 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/resources/uc3-kstreams-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/resources/uc3-kstreams-deployment.yaml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ spec:
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
             - 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"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS # Set as default for the applications
-              value: "100"
           resources:
             limits:
               memory: 4Gi
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/resources/uc4-kstreams-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/resources/uc4-kstreams-deployment.yaml
index bc083914431fa027308205825730afd5a19cc250..848d1d3a1e416412b157963afd7fc98431a0049a 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/resources/uc4-kstreams-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/resources/uc4-kstreams-deployment.yaml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ spec:
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
             - 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"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS # Set as default for the applications
-              value: "100"
           resources:
             limits:
               memory: 4Gi
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-kstreams/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-kstreams/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
index e3371cc87e20e85e6e8c327955537e6e49dab86e..9bb191b3eaa56bab474e2926565449884d76badd 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-kstreams/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-kstreams/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ kafka.input.topic=input
 
 schema.registry.url=http://localhost:8081
 
+# Kafka Streams Config
+commit.interval.ms=5000	
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-kstreams/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-kstreams/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
index 1b59528db59653d8dc0c2a04d242a0cd39fe07da..7765cbff37fd8e72029d933c22c7891b94a7b87c 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-kstreams/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-kstreams/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ kafka.output.topic=output
 kafka.window.duration.minutes=1
 
 schema.registry.url=http://localhost:8081
+
+# Kafka Streams Config
+commit.interval.ms=5000	
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-kstreams/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-kstreams/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
index 0ce745fb61f87016aee5cc242c03069924ceb58e..8189f7568a64cf645375bc6fc2c1323b66d85d75 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-kstreams/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-kstreams/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ aggregation.duration.days=30
 aggregation.advance.days=1
 
 schema.registry.url=http://localhost:8081
+
+# Kafka Streams Config
+commit.interval.ms=5000	
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-kstreams/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-kstreams/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
index a21f7e917e3ce4a0762261ca90444613c82ab650..8a1d86ae3ecc419badae62d62c102ec8fafb4730 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-kstreams/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-kstreams/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ kafka.output.topic=output
 schema.registry.url=http://localhost:8081
 
 emit.period.ms=5000
-grace.period.ms=0
\ No newline at end of file
+grace.period.ms=0
+
+# Kafka Streams Config
+commit.interval.ms=5000