diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9b10ffeabbc08a1f25a88d2b351f3e8dd6309443..4a412569fbd477f02a0b67b83e8814ab98b34031 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ build-benchmarks:
       - "theodolite-benchmarks/build/libs/*.jar"
       - "theodolite-benchmarks/*/build/libs/*.jar"
       - "theodolite-benchmarks/*/build/distributions/*.tar"
-    expire_in: 1 day
+    expire_in: 6 hours
 
 test-benchmarks:
   stage: test
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ build-theodolite-jvm:
     paths:
       - "theodolite-quarkus/build/lib/*"
       - "theodolite-quarkus/build/*-runner.jar"
-    expire_in: 1 day
+    expire_in: 6 hours
 
 build-theodolite-native:
   stage: build
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ build-theodolite-native:
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - "theodolite-quarkus/build/*-runner"
-    expire_in: 1 day
+    expire_in: 6 hours
 
 test-theodolite:
   stage: test
@@ -303,6 +303,32 @@ deploy-theodolite:
       allow_failure: true
 
 
+# Theodolite SLO Checker: Lag Trend
+
+deploy-slo-checker-lag-trend:
+  stage: deploy
+  extends:
+    - .dind
+  script:
+    - DOCKER_TAG_NAME=$(echo $CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG- | sed 's/^master-$//')
+    - docker build --pull -t theodolite-slo-checker-lag-trend slope-evaluator
+    - "[ ! $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag theodolite-slo-checker-lag-trend $CR_HOST/$CR_ORG/theodolite-slo-checker-lag-trend:${DOCKER_TAG_NAME}latest"
+    - "[ $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag theodolite-slo-checker-lag-trend $CR_HOST/$CR_ORG/theodolite-slo-checker-lag-trend:$CI_COMMIT_TAG"
+    - echo $CR_PW | docker login $CR_HOST -u $CR_USER --password-stdin
+    - docker push $CR_HOST/$CR_ORG/theodolite-slo-checker-lag-trend
+    - docker logout
+  rules:
+    - if: "$CR_HOST && $CR_ORG && $CR_USER && $CR_PW && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
+      when: always
+    - changes:
+      - slope-evaluator/**/*
+      if: "$CR_HOST && $CR_ORG && $CR_USER && $CR_PW"
+      when: always
+    - if: "$CR_HOST && $CR_ORG && $CR_USER && $CR_PW"
+      when: manual
+      allow_failure: true
+
+
 # Theodolite Random Scheduler
 
 deploy-random-scheduler:
diff --git a/execution/helm/README.md b/execution/helm/README.md
index 4cacd06c8181970e78cb4f62e93b77fa169fcdfa..c545804aaec8eb8ed91054f1f7ee97dd293816a4 100644
--- a/execution/helm/README.md
+++ b/execution/helm/README.md
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@ Install the chart via:
 
 ```sh
 helm dependencies update .
-helm install my-confluent .
+helm install theodolite .
 ```
 
-**Please note: Theodolite currently uses hard-coded URLs, to connect to Kafka and Zookeeper. For that reason, the name of this chart must be `my-confluent`.** We will change this behavior soon.
-
 This chart installs requirements to execute benchmarks with Theodolite.
 
 Dependencies and subcharts:
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ Dependencies and subcharts:
 Test the installation:
 
 ```sh
-helm test <release-name>
+helm test theodolite
 ```
 
 Our test files are located [here](templates/../../theodolite-chart/templates/tests). Many subcharts have their own tests, these are also executed and are placed in the respective /templates folders. 
@@ -44,6 +42,31 @@ In development environments Kubernetes resources are often low. To reduce resour
 helm install theodolite . -f preconfigs/one-broker-values.yaml
 ```
 
+## Uninstall this Chart
+
+To uninstall/delete the `theodolite` deployment:
+
+```sh
+helm delete theodolite
+```
+
+This command does not remove the CRDs which are created by this chart. Remove them manually with:
+
+```sh
+# CRDs from Theodolite
+kubectl delete crd executions.theodolite.com
+kubectl delete crd benchmarks.theodolite.com
+# CRDs from Prometheus operator (see https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/tree/main/charts/kube-prometheus-stack#uninstall-chart)
+kubectl delete crd alertmanagerconfigs.monitoring.coreos.com
+kubectl delete crd alertmanagers.monitoring.coreos.com
+kubectl delete crd podmonitors.monitoring.coreos.com
+kubectl delete crd probes.monitoring.coreos.com
+kubectl delete crd prometheuses.monitoring.coreos.com
+kubectl delete crd prometheusrules.monitoring.coreos.com
+kubectl delete crd servicemonitors.monitoring.coreos.com
+kubectl delete crd thanosrulers.monitoring.coreos.com
+```
+
 ## Development
 
 **Hints**:
diff --git a/execution/helm/preconfigs/one-broker-values.yaml b/execution/helm/preconfigs/one-broker-values.yaml
index fdbc3207ee37f49cf176645851d91e62ba354d28..c53c1f1eb8bc7a17f192d70a6f10f8cacc09c98f 100644
--- a/execution/helm/preconfigs/one-broker-values.yaml
+++ b/execution/helm/preconfigs/one-broker-values.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ cp-helm-charts:
   ## Kafka
   ## ------------------------------------------------------
     cp-kafka:
-        brokers: 1 # deauflt: 10
+        brokers: 1 # default: 10
 
         configurationOverrides:
           offsets.topic.replication.factor: "1"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/execution/helm/templates/theodolite/crd-benchmark.yaml b/execution/helm/templates/theodolite/crd-benchmark.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9d7468b490fa2f2a6cf829bdcafab8c4bd6fc5bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/execution/helm/templates/theodolite/crd-benchmark.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{{- if .Values.benchmarkCRD.create -}}
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  name: benchmarks.theodolite.com
+spec:
+  group: theodolite.com
+  version: v1alpha1
+  names:
+    kind: benchmark
+    plural: benchmarks
+  scope: Namespaced
+  subresources:
+    status: {}
+{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/execution/helm/templates/theodolite/crd-execution.yaml b/execution/helm/templates/theodolite/crd-execution.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..73b58397b8c1fc15ffef5da74e8f1dbdabaa3a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/execution/helm/templates/theodolite/crd-execution.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{{- if .Values.executionCRD.create -}}
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  name: executions.theodolite.com
+spec:
+  group: theodolite.com
+  version: v1alpha1
+  names:
+    kind: execution
+    plural: executions
+  scope: Namespaced
+  subresources:
+    status: {}
+{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/execution/helm/templates/theodolite/role-binding.yaml b/execution/helm/templates/theodolite/role-binding.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..93d8c34e7bc544c3b0c231e986bc58c792cce38e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/execution/helm/templates/theodolite/role-binding.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{{- if .Values.rbac.create -}}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name:  {{ include "theodolite.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    app:  {{ include "theodolite.name" . }}
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: Role
+  name: {{ include "theodolite.fullname" . }}
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: {{ include "theodolite.serviceAccountName" . }}
+{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/execution/helm/templates/theodolite/role.yaml b/execution/helm/templates/theodolite/role.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ee699a5b861c64e355ca2ba44330a7d600756b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/execution/helm/templates/theodolite/role.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{{- if .Values.rbac.create -}}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "theodolite.fullname" . }}
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+    - apps
+    resources:
+    - deployments
+    verbs:
+    - delete
+    - list
+    - get
+    - create
+    - update
+  - apiGroups:
+    - ""
+    resources:
+    - services
+    - pods
+    - configmaps
+    verbs:
+    - update
+    - delete
+    - list
+    - get
+    - create
+  - apiGroups:
+    - ""
+    resources:
+    - pods/exec
+    verbs:
+    - create
+    - get
+  - apiGroups:
+    - monitoring.coreos.com
+    resources:
+    - servicemonitors
+    verbs:
+    - update
+    - delete
+    - list
+    - create
+  {{- if .Values.operator.enabled }}
+  - apiGroups:
+    - theodolite.com
+    resources: 
+    - executions
+    - benchmarks
+    verbs:
+    - delete
+    - list
+    - get
+    - create
+    - watch
+    - update
+    - patch
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/execution/helm/templates/theodolite/serviceaccount.yaml b/execution/helm/templates/theodolite/serviceaccount.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4585b8ce413bf3d36cb986163788c353f2a4a2de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/execution/helm/templates/theodolite/serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create -}}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "theodolite.serviceAccountName" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "theodolite.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- with .Values.serviceAccount.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/execution/helm/templates/theodolite/thedolite-operator.yaml b/execution/helm/templates/theodolite/thedolite-operator.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3af9cfffd71059993688d5be77ae110a2e3cdc2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/execution/helm/templates/theodolite/thedolite-operator.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{{- if .Values.operator.enabled -}}
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "theodolite.fullname" . }}-operator
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: {{ include "theodolite.fullname" . }}
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: {{ include "theodolite.fullname" . }}
+    spec:
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 0
+      serviceAccountName:  {{ include "theodolite.serviceAccountName" . }}
+      containers:
+        - name: theodolite
+          image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite:theodolite-kotlin-latest
+          env:
+            - name: NAMESPACE
+              value: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+            - name: MODE
+              value: operator
+            - name: THEODOLITE_APP_RESOURCES
+              value: "./benchmark-resources"
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: benchmark-resources
+              mountPath: /work/benchmark-resources
+        - name: lag-analysis
+          image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite-slo-checker-lag-trend:theodolite-kotlin-latest
+          ports:
+          - containerPort: 80
+            name: analysis
+      volumes:
+      - name: benchmark-resources
+        configMap:
+          name: benchmark-resources
+          optional: true
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/execution/helm/values.yaml b/execution/helm/values.yaml
index d35912de6ffc72fff27f5d389c94761bc80eecd1..67dab74c3931ce13a1ab0f7504a946a208b4dfb8 100644
--- a/execution/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/execution/helm/values.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ grafana:
   # Administrator credentials when not using an existing secret (see below)
   adminUser: admin
   adminPassword: admin
+  grafana.ini:
+    users:
+      default_theme: light
   ## Sidecars that collect the configmaps with specified label and stores the included files them into the respective folders
   ## Requires at least Grafana 5 to work and can't be used together with parameters dashboardProviders, datasources and dashboards
   sidecar:
@@ -145,8 +148,8 @@ kafka-lag-exporter:
   enabled: true
   nodeSelector: {}
   clusters:
-    - name: "my-confluent-cp-kafka"
-      bootstrapBrokers: "my-confluent-cp-kafka:9092"
+    - name: "theodolite-cp-kafka"
+      bootstrapBrokers: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
 
   ## The interval between refreshing metrics
   pollIntervalSeconds: 15
@@ -226,4 +229,22 @@ prometheus:
   clusterRole:
     enabled: true
   clusterRoleBinding:
-    enabled: true
\ No newline at end of file
+    enabled: true
+
+###
+# Theodolite Operator
+###
+operator:
+  enabled: true
+
+executionCRD:
+  create: true
+
+benchmarkCRD:
+  create: true
+
+serviceAccount:
+  create: true
+
+rbac:
+  create: true
diff --git a/execution/infrastructure/kubernetes/rbac/role.yaml b/execution/infrastructure/kubernetes/rbac/role.yaml
index 84ba14a8bc7a6eceb8a20596ede057ca2271b967..a21fd554f0f56b3955e9a9b6cf4bf95442b5d7af 100644
--- a/execution/infrastructure/kubernetes/rbac/role.yaml
+++ b/execution/infrastructure/kubernetes/rbac/role.yaml
@@ -38,4 +38,18 @@ rules:
     verbs:
     - delete
     - list
-    - create
\ No newline at end of file
+    - create
+  - apiGroups:
+    - theodolite.com
+    resources: 
+    - executions
+    - benchmarks
+    verbs:
+    - delete
+    - list
+    - get
+    - create
+    - watch
+    - update
+    - patch
+    
diff --git a/execution/uc-application/aggregation-deployment.yaml b/execution/uc-application/aggregation-deployment.yaml
index 07732ca1dd1e6b2b06f098dfb10a53d38e8d5cae..1d3ebdb20dd06433e97e112edef76d7deac17395 100644
--- a/execution/uc-application/aggregation-deployment.yaml
+++ b/execution/uc-application/aggregation-deployment.yaml
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ spec:
           name: jmx
         env:
         - name: KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS
-          value: "my-confluent-cp-kafka:9092"
+          value: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
         - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
-          value: "http://my-confluent-cp-schema-registry:8081"
+          value: "http://theodolite-cp-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
diff --git a/execution/uc-workload-generator/workloadGenerator.yaml b/execution/uc-workload-generator/workloadGenerator.yaml
index 146e285f66d4c0e1a88d613e4ac2d5571234fad6..8f7cc3a8df20752eccb321242bb774c18f4e1d0a 100644
--- a/execution/uc-workload-generator/workloadGenerator.yaml
+++ b/execution/uc-workload-generator/workloadGenerator.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ spec:
         - name: KUBERNETES_DNS_NAME
           value: "titan-ccp-load-generator.$(KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE).svc.cluster.local"
         - name: KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS
-          value: "my-confluent-cp-kafka:9092"
+          value: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
         - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
-          value: "http://my-confluent-cp-schema-registry:8081"
+          value: "http://theodolite-cp-schema-registry:8081"
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.flink.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.flink.gradle
index f9c1d98d9f88a95bdc3fa25e7c1bec2f3c9bddb4..d6d5217667a73a1529d73ac59260bcf47d8cf2e1 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.flink.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.flink.gradle
@@ -6,6 +6,23 @@ plugins {
 
 applicationDefaultJvmArgs = ["-Dlog4j.configuration=log4j.properties"]
 
+
+run.classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
+
+jar {
+    manifest {
+        attributes 'Built-By': System.getProperty('user.name'),
+                   'Build-Jdk': System.getProperty('java.version')
+    }
+}
+
+shadowJar {
+    configurations = [project.configurations.compile]
+    zip64 true
+}
+
+tasks.distZip.enabled = false
+
 ext {
   flinkVersion = '1.12.2'
   scalaBinaryVersion = '2.12'
@@ -48,17 +65,3 @@ dependencies {
     // Use JUnit test framework
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
 }
-
-run.classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
-
-jar {
-    manifest {
-        attributes 'Built-By': System.getProperty('user.name'),
-                   'Build-Jdk': System.getProperty('java.version')
-    }
-}
-
-shadowJar {
-    configurations = [project.configurations.compile]
-    zip64 true
-}
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.kstreams.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.kstreams.gradle
index c6779fbc4348a8d665776e68688858ab3d2f4146..eece7b835ae9d6f39283ea371ce8b0b8194cdaa0 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.kstreams.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.kstreams.gradle
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ plugins {
   id 'application'
 }
 
+tasks.distZip.enabled = false
+
 repositories {
   jcenter()
   maven {
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.load-generator.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.load-generator.gradle
index 13b7ea191d11c942cd0ca58b882ffda7bc7912be..c6c2b6057cf35c32faa4d67b6ea6dba9e5c13beb 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.load-generator.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.load-generator.gradle
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ plugins {
   id 'application'
 }
 
+tasks.distZip.enabled = false
+
 repositories {
   jcenter()
   maven {
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/aggregation-service.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/aggregation-service.yaml
index 916dd6677d60370b1d62e5d7e708c3ee966bda23..85432d04f225c30469f3232153ef6bd72bd02bdf 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/config/aggregation-service.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/config/aggregation-service.yaml
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ spec:
     targetPort: 80
     protocol: TCP
   - name: metrics
-    port: 9980
+    port: 5556
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-execution-yaml-resource.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-execution-yaml-resource.yaml
index 80e4575d653bff8d67d8f66cf4ae9806a1fe102e..23c1587ec1e5c2a88fcf69d7127edbcc1ffdb00f 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-execution-yaml-resource.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-execution-yaml-resource.yaml
@@ -2,36 +2,34 @@ name: example-execution
 benchmark: "uc1-kstreams"
 load:
   loadType: "NumSensors"
-  loadValues:
-    - 50000
+  loadValues: [25000, 50000, 75000, 100000, 125000, 150000]
 resources:
   resourceType: "Instances"
-  resourceValues:
-    - 1
+  resourceValues: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
 slos:
   - sloType: "lag trend"
-    threshold: 1000
+    threshold: 2000
     prometheusUrl: "http://prometheus-operated:9090"
     externalSloUrl: "http://localhost:80/evaluate-slope"
     offset: 0
-    warmup: 0
+    warmup: 60 # in seconds
 execution:
   strategy: "LinearSearch"
-  duration: 60
+  duration: 300 # in seconds
   repetitions: 1
   restrictions:
     - "LowerBound"
-configOverrides:
-  - patcher:
-      type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
-      resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
-      variableName: "env"
-    value: "prod"
-  - patcher:
-      type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
-      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
-      variableName: "env"
-    value: "prod"
+configOverrides: []
+#  - patcher:
+#      type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
+#      resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+#      variableName: "env"
+#    value: "prod"
+#  - patcher:
+#      type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
+#      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+#      variableName: "env"
+#    value: "prod"
 #  - patcher:
 #      type: "ResourceLimitPatcher"
 #      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-benchmark.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-benchmark.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..419042fdd0b1e58fed4d402b4bb329d54602d23f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-benchmark.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+apiVersion: theodolite.com/v1alpha1
+kind: benchmark
+metadata:
+  name: uc1-kstreams
+#name: "uc1-kstreams"
+appResource:
+  - "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+  - "aggregation-service.yaml"
+  - "jmx-configmap.yaml"
+  - "uc1-service-monitor.yaml"
+loadGenResource:
+  - "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+  - "uc1-load-generator-service.yaml"
+resourceTypes:
+  - typeName: "Instances"
+    patchers:
+      - type: "ReplicaPatcher"
+        resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+loadTypes:
+  - typeName: "NumSensors"
+    patchers:
+      - type: "EnvVarPatcher"
+        resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+        container: "workload-generator"
+        variableName: "NUM_SENSORS"
+kafkaConfig:
+  bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
+  topics:
+    - name: "input"
+      numPartitions: 40
+      replicationFactor: 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-execution.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-execution.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3df1a723dd771453ab1b267335176e4ae74c3ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-execution.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+apiVersion: theodolite.com/v1alpha1
+kind: execution
+metadata:
+  name: example-execution
+#name: example-execution
+benchmark: "uc1-kstreams"
+load:
+  loadType: "NumSensors"
+  loadValues: [25000, 50000, 75000, 100000, 125000, 150000]
+resources:
+  resourceType: "Instances"
+  resourceValues: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+slos:
+  - sloType: "lag trend"
+    threshold: 2000
+    prometheusUrl: "http://prometheus-operated:9090"
+    externalSloUrl: "http://localhost:80/evaluate-slope"
+    offset: 0
+    warmup: 60 # in seconds
+execution:
+  strategy: "LinearSearch"
+  duration: 300 # in seconds
+  repetitions: 1
+  restrictions:
+    - "LowerBound"
+configOverrides: []
+#  - patcher:
+#      type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
+#      resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+#      variableName: "env"
+#    value: "prod"
+#  - patcher:
+#      type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
+#      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+#      variableName: "env"
+#    value: "prod"
+#  - patcher:
+#      type: "ResourceLimitPatcher"
+#      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+#      container: "uc-application"
+#      variableName: "cpu"
+#    value: "1000m"
+#  - patcher:
+#      type: "ResourceLimitPatcher"
+#      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+#      container: "uc-application"
+#      variableName: "memory"
+#    value: "2Gi"
+#  - patcher:
+#      type: "SchedulerNamePatcher"
+#      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+#    value: "random-scheduler"
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/thedolite-operator.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/thedolite-operator.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1e0e60248c2474cc8493179c003b806030f79f8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/config/thedolite-operator.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: theodolite
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: theodolite
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: theodolite
+    spec:
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 0
+      serviceAccountName: theodolite
+      containers:
+        - name: thedolite
+          image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite:theodolite-kotlin-latest
+          env:
+            - name: KUBECONFIG
+              value: "~/.kube/config"
+            - name: NAMESPACE
+              value: "default"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml
index 85fe243714f9523e760ad827ef697b3dcefdc8e3..171c3446db2719ee91bd8954233015316851fcf9 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/config/uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/config/uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ spec:
               name: jmx
           env:
             - name: KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS
-              value: "my-confluent-cp-kafka:9092"
+              value: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
             - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
-              value: "http://my-confluent-cp-schema-registry:8081"
+              value: "http://theodolite-cp-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
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml
index e49c22d6a478fbd7f3f5987222c76ca73a661cb0..374dd60113e133ef0a793149e3786efb38973287 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/config/uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/config/uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ spec:
             - name: KUBERNETES_DNS_NAME
               value: "titan-ccp-load-generator.$(KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE).svc.cluster.local"
             - name: KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS
-              value: "my-confluent-cp-kafka:9092"
+              value: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
             - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
-              value: "http://my-confluent-cp-schema-registry:8081"
+              value: "http://theodolite-cp-schema-registry:8081"
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkExecution.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkExecution.kt
index a2d649ab38f4c0fda31d7c99d687cc253efe1ea8..36fd00795e3f075ca1fbd171fa59339df8151f85 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkExecution.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkExecution.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import kotlin.properties.Delegates
 @JsonDeserialize
 @RegisterForReflection
 class BenchmarkExecution : CustomResource(), Namespaced {
+    var executionId: Int = 0
     lateinit var name: String
     lateinit var benchmark: String
     lateinit var load: LoadDefinition
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
index 4f630ff6b5da77d4933c77e8741926ac0c37cdf1..a348deb9ff2acf592458635712b99c8d23fb0577 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
@@ -21,19 +21,11 @@ class KubernetesBenchmark : Benchmark, CustomResource(), Namespaced {
     lateinit var resourceTypes: List<TypeName>
     lateinit var loadTypes: List<TypeName>
     lateinit var kafkaConfig: KafkaConfig
-    lateinit var namespace: String
-    lateinit var path: String
+    private val namespace = System.getenv("NAMESPACE") ?: DEFAULT_NAMESPACE
+    var path = System.getenv("THEODOLITE_APP_RESOURCES") ?: "./config"
 
     private fun loadKubernetesResources(resources: List<String>): List<Pair<String, KubernetesResource>> {
         val parser = YamlParser()
-
-        namespace = System.getenv("NAMESPACE") ?: DEFAULT_NAMESPACE
-        logger.info { "Using $namespace as namespace." }
-
-        path = System.getenv("THEODOLITE_APP_RESOURCES") ?: "./config"
-        logger.info { "Using $path as path for resources." }
-
-
         val loader = K8sResourceLoader(DefaultKubernetesClient().inNamespace(namespace))
         return resources
             .map { resource ->
@@ -49,6 +41,9 @@ class KubernetesBenchmark : Benchmark, CustomResource(), Namespaced {
         res: Resource,
         configurationOverrides: List<ConfigurationOverride?>
     ): BenchmarkDeployment {
+        logger.info { "Using $namespace as namespace." }
+        logger.info { "Using $path as resource path." }
+
         val resources = loadKubernetesResources(this.appResource + this.loadGenResource)
         val patcherFactory = PatcherFactory()
 
@@ -66,12 +61,12 @@ class KubernetesBenchmark : Benchmark, CustomResource(), Namespaced {
                 patcherFactory.createPatcher(it.patcher, resources).patch(override.value)
             }
         }
-
         return KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment(
             namespace = namespace,
             resources = resources.map { r -> r.second },
             kafkaConfig = hashMapOf("bootstrap.servers" to kafkaConfig.bootstrapServer),
-            topics = kafkaConfig.getKafkaTopics()
+            topics = kafkaConfig.getKafkaTopics(),
+            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 238cb17071c5b48fc883808b4334b79dada7ee32..8e4fce681147ffe7c80b37bab1d0dbb094b4036e 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package theodolite.benchmark
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.DefaultKubernetesClient
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.NewTopic
 import theodolite.k8s.K8sManager
@@ -12,13 +12,12 @@ class KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment(
     val namespace: String,
     val resources: List<KubernetesResource>,
     private val kafkaConfig: HashMap<String, Any>,
-    private val topics: Collection<NewTopic>
+    private val topics: Collection<NewTopic>,
+    private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient
 ) : BenchmarkDeployment {
     private val kafkaController = TopicManager(this.kafkaConfig)
-    private val kubernetesManager = K8sManager(DefaultKubernetesClient().inNamespace(namespace))
-
+    private val kubernetesManager = K8sManager(client)
     private val LABEL = "app.kubernetes.io/name=kafka-lag-exporter"
-    private val client = DefaultKubernetesClient().inNamespace(namespace)
 
     override fun setup() {
         kafkaController.createTopics(this.topics)
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/AnalysisExecutor.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/AnalysisExecutor.kt
index ce63f23a31840b8e47cb15b71a026d35e438e953..0b6c681c9123adace08bc60946a067442ca2baa1 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/AnalysisExecutor.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/AnalysisExecutor.kt
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ import java.time.Instant
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
-class AnalysisExecutor(private val slo: BenchmarkExecution.Slo) {
+class AnalysisExecutor(
+    private val slo: BenchmarkExecution.Slo,
+    private val executionId: Int
+) {
 
     private val fetcher = MetricFetcher(
         prometheusURL = slo.prometheusUrl,
@@ -26,8 +29,7 @@ class AnalysisExecutor(private val slo: BenchmarkExecution.Slo) {
                 query = "sum by(group)(kafka_consumergroup_group_lag >= 0)"
             )
 
-            CsvExporter().toCsv(name = "${load.get()}_${res.get()}_${slo.sloType}", prom = prometheusData)
-
+            CsvExporter().toCsv(name = "$executionId-${load.get()}-${res.get()}-${slo.sloType}", prom = prometheusData)
             val sloChecker = SloCheckerFactory().create(
                 slotype = slo.sloType,
                 externalSlopeURL = slo.externalSloUrl,
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt
index 9332af89810d24f87016fd02ce56d35a5ab07ca5..a6eae8bbfb1273b90e3d457db3287d6fc1546fbe 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ abstract class BenchmarkExecutor(
     val results: Results,
     val executionDuration: Duration,
     configurationOverrides: List<ConfigurationOverride?>,
-    val slo: BenchmarkExecution.Slo
+    val slo: BenchmarkExecution.Slo,
+    val executionId: Int
 ) {
 
     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 027b9328336adcfc66299c94335a895d48a7181f..03c66e757abab9de69bc97ff98a67fffdafdf3d1 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ class BenchmarkExecutorImpl(
     results: Results,
     executionDuration: Duration,
     private val configurationOverrides: List<ConfigurationOverride?>,
-    slo: BenchmarkExecution.Slo
-) : BenchmarkExecutor(benchmark, results, executionDuration, configurationOverrides, slo) {
+    slo: BenchmarkExecution.Slo,
+    executionId: Int
+) : BenchmarkExecutor(benchmark, results, executionDuration, configurationOverrides, slo, executionId) {
     override fun runExperiment(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource): Boolean {
         var result = false
         val benchmarkDeployment = benchmark.buildDeployment(load, res, this.configurationOverrides)
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ class BenchmarkExecutorImpl(
 
         if (this.run.get()) {
             result =
-                AnalysisExecutor(slo = slo).analyze(load = load, res = res, executionDuration = executionDuration)
+                AnalysisExecutor(slo = slo, executionId = executionId).analyze(load = load, res = res, executionDuration = executionDuration)
             this.results.setResult(Pair(load, res), result)
         }
         benchmarkDeployment.teardown()
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Main.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Main.kt
index 3246d0a7930aab22d16ed94a6c0f10a9d3fde10e..4518ef7957104819b26eae95cf4e6e9b35c4e995 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Main.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Main.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ object Main {
     @JvmStatic
     fun main(args: Array<String>) {
 
-        val mode = System.getenv("MODE") ?: "operator"
+        val mode = System.getenv("MODE") ?: "yaml-executor"
         logger.info { "Start Theodolite with mode $mode" }
 
         when(mode) {
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Shutdown.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Shutdown.kt
index 589dee1ac2e39d107794df1e3aa85ea56d6db92b..92aaef2923ed87e2bb2c3706ac4fc862538a222f 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Shutdown.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Shutdown.kt
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ class Shutdown(private val benchmarkExecution: BenchmarkExecution, private val b
         deployment.teardown()
         logger.info { "Teardown completed" }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteExecutor.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteExecutor.kt
index 3d7718214e15488ad8c0d7c1cea7441474653571..0c3e0d2fd6d1f40df5299c64b214d84323cba853 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteExecutor.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteExecutor.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package theodolite.execution
 
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder
 import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
 import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
 import theodolite.patcher.PatcherDefinitionFactory
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import theodolite.util.Config
 import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
 import theodolite.util.Resource
 import theodolite.util.Results
+import java.io.PrintWriter
 import java.time.Duration
 
 class TheodoliteExecutor(
@@ -37,11 +39,12 @@ class TheodoliteExecutor(
 
         executor =
             BenchmarkExecutorImpl(
-                kubernetesBenchmark,
-                results,
-                executionDuration,
-                config.configOverrides,
-                config.slos[0]
+                benchmark = kubernetesBenchmark,
+                results = results,
+                executionDuration = executionDuration,
+                configurationOverrides = config.configOverrides,
+                slo = config.slos[0],
+                executionId = config.executionId
             )
 
         return Config(
@@ -72,6 +75,9 @@ class TheodoliteExecutor(
     }
 
     fun run() {
+        storeAsFile(this.config, "${this.config.executionId}-execution-configuration")
+        storeAsFile(kubernetesBenchmark, "${this.config.executionId}-benchmark-configuration")
+
         val config = buildConfig()
         // execute benchmarks for each load
         for (load in config.loads) {
@@ -79,5 +85,14 @@ class TheodoliteExecutor(
                 config.compositeStrategy.findSuitableResource(load, config.resources)
             }
         }
+        storeAsFile(config.compositeStrategy.benchmarkExecutor.results, "${this.config.executionId}-result")
+    }
+
+    private fun <T> storeAsFile(saveObject: T, filename: String) {
+        val gson = GsonBuilder().enableComplexMapKeySerialization().setPrettyPrinting().create()
+
+        PrintWriter(filename).use { pw ->
+            pw.println(gson.toJson(saveObject))
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteYamlExecutor.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteYamlExecutor.kt
index f35e43a8f95d5fc20a9000af7b55d95881694804..6bddea20c05fb5c0eb6a5a3bd60b3ec2c6b9bd5d 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteYamlExecutor.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteYamlExecutor.kt
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ class TheodoliteYamlExecutor {
 
         val executionPath = System.getenv("THEODOLITE_EXECUTION") ?: "./config/BenchmarkExecution.yaml"
         val benchmarkPath = System.getenv("THEODOLITE_BENCHMARK") ?: "./config/BenchmarkType.yaml"
-        val appResource = System.getenv("THEODOLITE_APP_RESOURCES") ?: "./config"
 
         logger.info { "Using $executionPath for BenchmarkExecution" }
         logger.info { "Using $benchmarkPath for BenchmarkType" }
-        logger.info { "Using $appResource for Resources" }
 
 
         // load the BenchmarkExecution and the BenchmarkType
@@ -29,15 +27,16 @@ class TheodoliteYamlExecutor {
             parser.parse(path = executionPath, E = BenchmarkExecution::class.java)!!
         val benchmark =
             parser.parse(path = benchmarkPath, E = KubernetesBenchmark::class.java)!!
-        benchmark.path = appResource
 
-        val shutdown = Shutdown(benchmarkExecution, benchmark)
-        Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(thread { shutdown.run()})
+        // Add shutdown hook
+        // Use thread{} with start = false, else the thread will start right away
+        val shutdown = thread(start = false) { Shutdown(benchmarkExecution, benchmark).run() }
+        Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(shutdown)
 
         val executor = TheodoliteExecutor(benchmarkExecution, benchmark)
         executor.run()
         logger.info { "Theodolite finished" }
-        Runtime.getRuntime().removeShutdownHook(thread { shutdown.run()})
+        Runtime.getRuntime().removeShutdownHook(shutdown)
         exitProcess(0)
     }
 }
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandler.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandler.kt
index 1752ac112ea84ea179e238f7ab8d808779014d1b..0152cd7bef808d4652cd893fb282e0cb8b18dd5a 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandler.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandler.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package theodolite.execution.operator
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.informers.ResourceEventHandler
 import mu.KotlinLogging
 import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
+import java.lang.NullPointerException
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
@@ -16,17 +17,25 @@ class ExecutionHandler(private val controller: TheodoliteController): ResourceEv
     override fun onUpdate(oldExecution: BenchmarkExecution, newExecution: BenchmarkExecution) {
         logger.info { "Add updated execution to queue." }
         newExecution.name = newExecution.metadata.name
-        this.controller.executionsQueue.removeIf { e -> e.name == newExecution.metadata.name }
+        try {
+            this.controller.executionsQueue.removeIf { e -> e.name == newExecution.metadata.name }
+        } catch(e: NullPointerException) {
+            logger.warn { "No execution found for deletion" }
+        }
         this.controller.executionsQueue.addFirst(newExecution)
-        if (this.controller.isInitialized() &&  this.controller.executor.getExecution().name == newExecution.metadata.name) {
+        if (this.controller.isInitialized() && this.controller.executor.getExecution().name == newExecution.metadata.name) {
             this.controller.isUpdated.set(true)
             this.controller.executor.executor.run.compareAndSet(true, false)
         }
     }
 
     override fun onDelete(execution: BenchmarkExecution, b: Boolean) {
-        logger.info { "Delete execution ${execution.metadata.name} from queue." }
-        this.controller.executionsQueue.removeIf { e -> e.name == execution.metadata.name }
+        try {
+            this.controller.executionsQueue.removeIf { e -> e.name == execution.metadata.name }
+            logger.info { "Delete execution ${execution.metadata.name} from queue." }
+        } catch(e: NullPointerException) {
+            logger.warn { "No execution found for deletion" }
+        }
         if (this.controller.isInitialized() && this.controller.executor.getExecution().name == execution.metadata.name) {
             this.controller.isUpdated.set(true)
             this.controller.executor.executor.run.compareAndSet(true, false)
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteController.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteController.kt
index c966739a4744f448f60223738d379753b098c060..9f6cd64528874a1dc5f20c6d6c1563b1aa9f003d 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteController.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteController.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package theodolite.execution.operator
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.CustomResourceDefinitionContext
+import khttp.patch
 import mu.KotlinLogging
 import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
 import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
@@ -10,17 +11,20 @@ import java.lang.Thread.sleep
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedDeque
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
 class TheodoliteController(
     val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient,
-    val executionContext: CustomResourceDefinitionContext
+    val executionContext: CustomResourceDefinitionContext,
+    val path: String
 ) {
     lateinit var executor: TheodoliteExecutor
     val executionsQueue: ConcurrentLinkedDeque<BenchmarkExecution> = ConcurrentLinkedDeque()
     val benchmarks: ConcurrentHashMap<String, KubernetesBenchmark> = ConcurrentHashMap()
     var isUpdated = AtomicBoolean(false)
+    var executionID = AtomicInteger(0)
 
     fun run() {
         while (true) {
@@ -59,14 +63,22 @@ class TheodoliteController(
 
     @Synchronized
     fun runExecution(execution: BenchmarkExecution, benchmark: KubernetesBenchmark) {
+        execution.executionId = executionID.getAndSet(executionID.get() + 1)
         isUpdated.set(false)
+        benchmark.path = path
         logger.info { "Start execution ${execution.name} with benchmark ${benchmark.name}." }
         executor = TheodoliteExecutor(config = execution, kubernetesBenchmark = benchmark)
         executor.run()
 
-        if (!isUpdated.get()) {
-            client.customResource(executionContext).delete(client.namespace, execution.metadata.name)
+        try {
+            if (!isUpdated.get()) {
+                this.executionsQueue.removeIf { e -> e.name == execution.name }
+                client.customResource(executionContext).delete(client.namespace, execution.metadata.name)
+            }
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            logger.warn { "Deletion skipped." }
         }
+
         logger.info { "Execution of ${execution.name} is finally stopped." }
     }
 
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt
index 33b71c8fa247511c371b7a154071634db7092660..c6181d19bcedfdb36e455b540e19bf0a54a2a297 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
 import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecutionList
 import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
 import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmarkList
+import theodolite.k8s.K8sContextFactory
 
 
 private const val DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = "default"
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ class TheodoliteOperator {
         val executionContext = contextFactory.create(API_VERSION, SCOPE, GROUP, EXECUTION_PLURAL)
         val benchmarkContext = contextFactory.create(API_VERSION, SCOPE, GROUP, BENCHMARK_PLURAL)
 
-        val controller = TheodoliteController(client = client, executionContext = executionContext)
+        val appResource = System.getenv("THEODOLITE_APP_RESOURCES") ?: "./config"
+        val controller = TheodoliteController(client = client, executionContext = executionContext, path = appResource)
 
         val informerFactory = client.informers()
         val informerExecution = informerFactory.sharedIndexInformerForCustomResource(
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/K8sContextFactory.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sContextFactory.kt
similarity index 91%
rename from theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/K8sContextFactory.kt
rename to theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sContextFactory.kt
index 94adf61a435df743aea168c5451b2f3faa24ca17..8fd822c615da4fab37dafb6927032f64db6c4462 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/K8sContextFactory.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sContextFactory.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package theodolite.k8s
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.CustomResourceDefinitionContext
 
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sCustomResourceWrapper.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sCustomResourceWrapper.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b3ac08265d5caa75f602b18e279e36efd24e187..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sCustomResourceWrapper.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.k8s
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.CustomResource
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.CustomResourceDefinitionContext
-
-/**
-* Fabric8 handles custom resources as plain HashMaps. These need to be handled differently than normal
-* Kubernetes resources.  The K8sCustomResourceWrapper class provides a wrapper to deploy and delete
-* custom resources in a uniform way.
-*
-* @property map custom resource as plain hashmap
-* @constructor Create empty K8s custom resource wrapper
-*/
-class K8sCustomResourceWrapper(private val map : Map<String,String>) : CustomResource() {
-
-
-    /**
-     * Deploy a custom resource
-     *
-     * @param client a namespaced Kubernetes client which are used to deploy the CR object.
-     */
-    fun deploy(client : NamespacedKubernetesClient){
-        val kind = this.map["kind"]
-        // Search the CustomResourceDefinition to which the CR Object belongs.
-        // This should be exactly one if the CRD is registered for Kubernetes, zero otherwise.
-        val crds = client.apiextensions().v1beta1().customResourceDefinitions().list()
-        crds.items
-            .filter { crd -> crd.toString().contains("kind=$kind") }
-            .map { crd -> CustomResourceDefinitionContext.fromCrd(crd) }
-            .forEach { context ->
-                client.customResource(context).createOrReplace(client.configuration.namespace,this.map as Map<String, Any>)
-            }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Delete a custom resource
-     *
-     * @param client a namespaced Kubernetes client which are used to delete the CR object.
-     */
-    fun delete(client : NamespacedKubernetesClient){
-        val kind = this.map["kind"]
-        val metadata = this.map["metadata"] as HashMap<String,String>
-        val name = metadata["name"]
-
-        val crds = client.apiextensions().v1beta1().customResourceDefinitions().list()
-        crds.items
-            .filter { crd -> crd.toString().contains("kind=$kind") }
-            .map { crd -> CustomResourceDefinitionContext.fromCrd(crd)   }
-            .forEach { context ->
-                client.customResource(context).delete(client.configuration.namespace,name) }
-    }
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sManager.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sManager.kt
index 38a07545513d7713f61e484702cb48143ab3aed0..029f18c30b79bbbf36c3761ced107e23f39682d8 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sManager.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sManager.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class K8sManager(private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) {
                 this.client.configMaps().createOrReplace(resource)
             is StatefulSet ->
                 this.client.apps().statefulSets().createOrReplace(resource)
-            is K8sCustomResourceWrapper -> resource.deploy(client)
+            is ServiceMonitorWrapper -> resource.deploy(client)
             else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("Unknown Kubernetes resource.")
         }
     }
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class K8sManager(private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) {
                 this.client.configMaps().delete(resource)
             is StatefulSet ->
                 this.client.apps().statefulSets().delete(resource)
-            is K8sCustomResourceWrapper -> resource.delete(client)
+            is ServiceMonitorWrapper -> resource.delete(client)
             else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("Unknown Kubernetes resource.")
         }
     }
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sResourceLoader.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sResourceLoader.kt
index 658af46611ec7e1e784d286391ecf1e25a25366e..bf4af6c531064d42a9fcee1b22058850a560427d 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sResourceLoader.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sResourceLoader.kt
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ class K8sResourceLoader(private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) {
      * @param path of the yaml file
      * @return customResource from fabric8
      */
-    fun loadCustomResource(path: String): K8sCustomResourceWrapper {
-        return loadGenericResource(path) { x: String -> K8sCustomResourceWrapper(YamlParser().parse(path, HashMap<String, String>()::class.java)!!) }
+    private fun loadServiceMonitor(path: String): ServiceMonitorWrapper {
+        return loadGenericResource(path) { x: String -> ServiceMonitorWrapper(YamlParser().parse(path, HashMap<String, String>()::class.java)!!) }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -73,16 +73,11 @@ class K8sResourceLoader(private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) {
         return when (kind) {
             "Deployment" -> loadDeployment(path)
             "Service" -> loadService(path)
-            "ServiceMonitor" -> loadCustomResource(path)
+            "ServiceMonitor" -> loadServiceMonitor(path)
             "ConfigMap" -> loadConfigmap(path)
             else -> {
-                    logger.warn { "Try to load $kind from $path as Custom ressource" }
-                    try{
-                        loadCustomResource(path)
-                    } catch (e:Exception){
-                        logger.error { "Error during loading of unspecified CustomResource: $e" }
-                        throw e
-                    }
+                logger.error { "Error during loading of unspecified resource Kind" }
+                throw java.lang.IllegalArgumentException("error while loading resource with kind: $kind")
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/ServiceMonitorWrapper.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/ServiceMonitorWrapper.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4950cee225e103ff095def91de64471ec1894a79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/ServiceMonitorWrapper.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package theodolite.k8s
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.CustomResource
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
+import mu.KotlinLogging
+
+private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
+
+class ServiceMonitorWrapper(private val serviceMonitor: Map<String, String>) : CustomResource() {
+
+    /**
+     * Deploy a service monitor
+     *
+     * @param client a namespaced Kubernetes client which are used to deploy the CR object.
+     *
+     * @throws java.io.IOException if the resource could not be deployed.
+     */
+    fun deploy(client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) {
+        val serviceMonitorContext = K8sContextFactory().create(
+            api = "v1",
+            scope = "Namespaced",
+            group = "monitoring.coreos.com",
+            plural = "servicemonitors"
+        )
+        client.customResource(serviceMonitorContext)
+            .createOrReplace(client.configuration.namespace, this.serviceMonitor as Map<String, Any>)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Delete a service monitor
+     *
+     * @param client a namespaced Kubernetes client which are used to delete the CR object.
+     */
+    fun delete(client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) {
+        val serviceMonitorContext = K8sContextFactory().create(
+            api = "v1",
+            scope = "Namespaced",
+            group = "monitoring.coreos.com",
+            plural = "servicemonitors"
+        )
+        try {
+            client.customResource(serviceMonitorContext)
+                .delete(client.configuration.namespace, this.getServiceMonitorName())
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            logger.warn { "Could not delete service monitor" }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @throws NullPointerException if name or metadata is null
+     */
+    private fun getServiceMonitorName(): String {
+        val smAsMap = this.serviceMonitor["metadata"]!! as Map<String, String>
+        return smAsMap["name"]!!
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/TopicManager.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/TopicManager.kt
index 390974cd247645197ebe6044bf785710164155aa..7529a45310f219fc0c5248b4031a020227a86049 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/TopicManager.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/TopicManager.kt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package theodolite.k8s
 
 import mu.KotlinLogging
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.AdminClient
-import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.ListTopicsResult
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.NewTopic
 import java.util.*
 
@@ -20,9 +19,15 @@ class TopicManager(private val kafkaConfig: HashMap<String, Any>) {
      */
     fun createTopics(newTopics: Collection<NewTopic>) {
         var kafkaAdmin: AdminClient = AdminClient.create(this.kafkaConfig)
-        kafkaAdmin.createTopics(newTopics)
+        val result = kafkaAdmin.createTopics(newTopics)
+        result.all().get()// wait for the future object
+        logger.info {
+            "Topics created finished with result: ${
+                result.values().map { it -> it.key + ": " + it.value.isDone }
+                    .joinToString(separator = ",")
+            } "
+        }
         kafkaAdmin.close()
-        logger.info { "Topics created" }
     }
 
 
@@ -32,15 +37,19 @@ class TopicManager(private val kafkaConfig: HashMap<String, Any>) {
      */
     fun removeTopics(topics: List<String>) {
         var kafkaAdmin: AdminClient = AdminClient.create(this.kafkaConfig)
-        val result = kafkaAdmin.deleteTopics(topics)
-
         try {
-            result.all().get()
+            val result = kafkaAdmin.deleteTopics(topics)
+            result.all().get() // wait for the future object
+            logger.info {
+                "\"Topics deletion finished with result: ${
+                    result.values().map { it -> it.key + ": " + it.value.isDone }
+                        .joinToString(separator = ",")
+                } "
+            }
         } catch (e: Exception) {
-            logger.error { "Error while removing topics: $e"  }
-            logger.debug { "Existing topics are: ${kafkaAdmin.listTopics()}."  }
+            logger.error { "Error while removing topics: $e" }
+            logger.debug { "Existing topics are: ${kafkaAdmin.listTopics()}." }
         }
         kafkaAdmin.close()
-        logger.info { "Topics removed" }
     }
 }
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/application.properties b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/application.properties
index d5ff26fd074ec74c02a25bc4dd0dd3734433401b..42647e2391706286602945cf2be7baa96857ba19 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 quarkus.native.additional-build-args=\
   --initialize-at-run-time=io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.internal.CertUtils,\
-  --report-unsupported-elements-at-runtime
\ No newline at end of file
+  --initialize-at-run-time=io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.internal.uploadable.PodUpload,\
+  --initialize-at-run-time=io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.internal.core.v1.PodOperationsImpl$1,\
+  --initialize-at-run-time=io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.internal.core.v1.PodOperationsImpl$3,\
+  --report-unsupported-elements-at-runtime
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/CompositeStrategyTest.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/CompositeStrategyTest.kt
index 67c9857220a0d419183644ffaf8c6a6e16a6ce9b..7802529bfda309131cafc0ab3f39fda43285c32f 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/CompositeStrategyTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/CompositeStrategyTest.kt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class CompositeStrategyTest {
         val results = Results()
         val benchmark = TestBenchmark()
         val sloChecker: BenchmarkExecution.Slo = BenchmarkExecution.Slo()
-        val benchmarkExecutor = TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl(mockResults, benchmark, results, sloChecker)
+        val benchmarkExecutor = TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl(mockResults, benchmark, results, sloChecker, 0)
         val linearSearch = LinearSearch(benchmarkExecutor)
         val lowerBoundRestriction = LowerBoundRestriction(results)
         val strategy =
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class CompositeStrategyTest {
         val benchmark = TestBenchmark()
         val sloChecker: BenchmarkExecution.Slo = BenchmarkExecution.Slo()
         val benchmarkExecutorImpl =
-            TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl(mockResults, benchmark, results, sloChecker)
+            TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl(mockResults, benchmark, results, sloChecker, 0)
         val binarySearch = BinarySearch(benchmarkExecutorImpl)
         val lowerBoundRestriction = LowerBoundRestriction(results)
         val strategy =
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class CompositeStrategyTest {
         val results = Results()
         val benchmark = TestBenchmark()
         val sloChecker: BenchmarkExecution.Slo = BenchmarkExecution.Slo()
-        val benchmarkExecutor = TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl(mockResults, benchmark, results, sloChecker)
+        val benchmarkExecutor = TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl(mockResults, benchmark, results, sloChecker, 0)
         val binarySearch = BinarySearch(benchmarkExecutor)
         val lowerBoundRestriction = LowerBoundRestriction(results)
         val strategy =
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
index 2de07d48dbe59313506745e6c97b2ae9a5ed114e..2bafcb76dfc3463d9aa350b88c9f73d52cea6629 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
@@ -12,14 +12,16 @@ class TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl(
     private val mockResults: Array<Array<Boolean>>,
     benchmark: Benchmark,
     results: Results,
-    slo: BenchmarkExecution.Slo
+    slo: BenchmarkExecution.Slo,
+    executionId: Int
 ) :
     BenchmarkExecutor(
         benchmark,
         results,
         executionDuration = Duration.ofSeconds(1),
         configurationOverrides = emptyList(),
-        slo = slo
+        slo = slo,
+        executionId = executionId
     ) {
 
     override fun runExperiment(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource): Boolean {