diff --git a/execution/README.md b/execution/README.md
index ff94dfed2fa887c300e8449b7c41dc3f65c7a1e2..ca15111c0ad7000a200c0c50427a2c2aeb75e093 100644
--- a/execution/README.md
+++ b/execution/README.md
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ kubectl apply -f infrastructure/kafka/service-monitor.yaml
 Other Kafka deployments, for example, using Strimzi, should work in a similar way.
 
 *Please note that currently, even if installed differently, the corresponding services must run at
-*my-confluent-cp-kafka:9092*, *my-confluent-cp-zookeeper:2181* and *my-confluent-cp-schema-registry:8081*.
+`my-confluent-cp-kafka:9092`, `my-confluent-cp-zookeeper:2181` and `my-confluent-cp-schema-registry:8081`.*
 
 #### A Kafka Client Pod
 
diff --git a/execution/helm/templates/dashboard-config-map.yaml b/execution/helm/templates/grafana/dashboard-config-map.yaml
similarity index 99%
rename from execution/helm/templates/dashboard-config-map.yaml
rename to execution/helm/templates/grafana/dashboard-config-map.yaml
index 87e588f29df7446d0b12000eb53487a9bb88ea6c..1125d7833cc62e78c049436f38b854d926e2a216 100644
--- a/execution/helm/templates/dashboard-config-map.yaml
+++ b/execution/helm/templates/grafana/dashboard-config-map.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
-  name: scalability
+  name: {{ template "theodolite.fullname" . }}-grafana-scalability
   labels:
     grafana_dashboard: "1"
 data:
diff --git a/execution/helm/templates/kafka-client.yaml b/execution/helm/templates/kafka/kafka-client.yaml
similarity index 87%
rename from execution/helm/templates/kafka-client.yaml
rename to execution/helm/templates/kafka/kafka-client.yaml
index 853cb768672d8888085a3881df81cbdb806ec39d..02e16d33dfc9595dd16c41fa6bfe1404fd7889ab 100644
--- a/execution/helm/templates/kafka-client.yaml
+++ b/execution/helm/templates/kafka/kafka-client.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Pod
 metadata:
   # name: {{ template "theodolite.fullname" . }}-kafka-client
-  name: kafka-client
+  name: {{ template "theodolite.fullname" . }}-kafka-client
 spec:
   containers:
   - name: kafka-client
diff --git a/execution/helm/templates/service-monitor.yaml b/execution/helm/templates/kafka/service-monitor.yaml
similarity index 83%
rename from execution/helm/templates/service-monitor.yaml
rename to execution/helm/templates/kafka/service-monitor.yaml
index 50e4688cf7f9b919afdc9455462034f682975893..68fd5f7599d36187fa7c4dee2fab211eb263c67d 100644
--- a/execution/helm/templates/service-monitor.yaml
+++ b/execution/helm/templates/kafka/service-monitor.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app: cp-kafka
     appScope: titan-ccp
-  name: kafka
+  name: {{ template "theodolite.fullname" . }}-cp-kafka
 spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
diff --git a/execution/helm/templates/cluster-role-binding.yaml b/execution/helm/templates/prometheus/cluster-role-binding.yaml
similarity index 61%
rename from execution/helm/templates/cluster-role-binding.yaml
rename to execution/helm/templates/prometheus/cluster-role-binding.yaml
index 400a972cdb73dca181b621f49e7a3e79c926e65b..f2f167b94b79ad4db130565777cb8af486762c8c 100644
--- a/execution/helm/templates/cluster-role-binding.yaml
+++ b/execution/helm/templates/prometheus/cluster-role-binding.yaml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
-  name: prometheus
+  name: {{ template "theodolite.fullname" . }}-prometheus
 roleRef:
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
   kind: ClusterRole
-  name: prometheus
+  name: {{ template "theodolite.fullname" . }}-prometheus
 subjects:
 - kind: ServiceAccount
-  name: prometheus
+  name: {{ template "theodolite.fullname" . }}-prometheus
   namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
 {{- end}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/execution/helm/templates/cluster-role.yaml b/execution/helm/templates/prometheus/cluster-role.yaml
similarity index 86%
rename from execution/helm/templates/cluster-role.yaml
rename to execution/helm/templates/prometheus/cluster-role.yaml
index 2a272718da1413a466d6afed51b3bca1f37a1fe0..c2fea2205451e01474d1ab7ef1ca342a9d975dc9 100644
--- a/execution/helm/templates/cluster-role.yaml
+++ b/execution/helm/templates/prometheus/cluster-role.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
-  name: prometheus
+  name: {{ template "theodolite.fullname" . }}-prometheus
 rules:
 - apiGroups: [""]
   resources:
diff --git a/execution/helm/templates/prometheus-datasource-config-map.yaml b/execution/helm/templates/prometheus/datasource-config-map.yaml
similarity index 94%
rename from execution/helm/templates/prometheus-datasource-config-map.yaml
rename to execution/helm/templates/prometheus/datasource-config-map.yaml
index 4e793ff83668ac7a7582a924750ca729d9e277ae..b28157940c4dd7cb05eca3fe04926f6e7726830f 100644
--- a/execution/helm/templates/prometheus-datasource-config-map.yaml
+++ b/execution/helm/templates/prometheus/datasource-config-map.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
-  name: prometheus
+  name: {{ template "theodolite.fullname" . }}-prometheus
   labels:
     grafana_datasource: "1"
 data:
diff --git a/execution/helm/templates/prometheus.yaml b/execution/helm/templates/prometheus/prometheus.yaml
similarity index 86%
rename from execution/helm/templates/prometheus.yaml
rename to execution/helm/templates/prometheus/prometheus.yaml
index a3060798a8a3b000f730525805c0d050becc7a68..4e297b20290be9686b901fa8c76823136c6fabef 100644
--- a/execution/helm/templates/prometheus.yaml
+++ b/execution/helm/templates/prometheus/prometheus.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ kind: Prometheus
 metadata:
   name: {{ template "theodolite.fullname" . }}-prometheus
 spec:
-  serviceAccountName: prometheus
+  serviceAccountName: {{ template "theodolite.fullname" . }}-prometheus
   serviceMonitorSelector:
     matchLabels:
       #app: cp-kafka
diff --git a/execution/helm/templates/service-account.yaml b/execution/helm/templates/prometheus/service-account.yaml
similarity index 65%
rename from execution/helm/templates/service-account.yaml
rename to execution/helm/templates/prometheus/service-account.yaml
index 2e14c8eb8ffd912f3d34d1b94aa481cb497b4b90..090284a0cf3c6bb7ca643ee111b2d62d1bd93fb3 100644
--- a/execution/helm/templates/service-account.yaml
+++ b/execution/helm/templates/prometheus/service-account.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
 metadata:
-  name: prometheus
+  name: {{ template "theodolite.fullname" . }}-prometheus
 {{- end}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/BenchmarkType.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-benchmark-yaml-resource.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from theodolite-quarkus/config/BenchmarkType.yaml
rename to theodolite-quarkus/config/example-benchmark-yaml-resource.yaml
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/BenchmarkExecution.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-execution-yaml-resource.yaml
similarity index 59%
rename from theodolite-quarkus/config/BenchmarkExecution.yaml
rename to theodolite-quarkus/config/example-execution-yaml-resource.yaml
index ef74e14f94b65f077fdec7e6f0b61772a7f3079f..80e4575d653bff8d67d8f66cf4ae9806a1fe102e 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/config/BenchmarkExecution.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-execution-yaml-resource.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: "Theodolite Test Context"
+name: example-execution
 benchmark: "uc1-kstreams"
 load:
   loadType: "NumSensors"
@@ -32,19 +32,19 @@ configOverrides:
       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"
\ No newline at end of file
+#  - 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/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkExecution.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkExecution.kt
index da59a7e95e5ddd7cef37da3f251f597b43df29e6..36fd00795e3f075ca1fbd171fa59339df8151f85 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkExecution.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkExecution.kt
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 package theodolite.benchmark
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Namespaced
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.CustomResource
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
 import theodolite.util.ConfigurationOverride
 import kotlin.properties.Delegates
 
+@JsonDeserialize
 @RegisterForReflection
-class BenchmarkExecution {
+class BenchmarkExecution : CustomResource(), Namespaced {
     var executionId: Int = 0
     lateinit var name: String
     lateinit var benchmark: String
@@ -15,16 +20,18 @@ class BenchmarkExecution {
     lateinit var execution: Execution
     lateinit var configOverrides: List<ConfigurationOverride?>
 
+    @JsonDeserialize
     @RegisterForReflection
-    class Execution {
+    class Execution : KubernetesResource {
         lateinit var strategy: String
         var duration by Delegates.notNull<Long>()
         var repetitions by Delegates.notNull<Int>()
         lateinit var restrictions: List<String>
     }
 
+    @JsonDeserialize
     @RegisterForReflection
-    class Slo {
+    class Slo : KubernetesResource {
         lateinit var sloType: String
         var threshold by Delegates.notNull<Int>()
         lateinit var prometheusUrl: String
@@ -33,14 +40,17 @@ class BenchmarkExecution {
         var warmup by Delegates.notNull<Int>()
     }
 
+
+    @JsonDeserialize
     @RegisterForReflection
-    class LoadDefinition {
+    class LoadDefinition : KubernetesResource {
         lateinit var loadType: String
         lateinit var loadValues: List<Int>
     }
 
+    @JsonDeserialize
     @RegisterForReflection
-    class ResourceDefinition {
+    class ResourceDefinition : KubernetesResource {
         lateinit var resourceType: String
         lateinit var resourceValues: List<Int>
     }
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkExecutionList.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkExecutionList.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..50e8967f20aebad880ebd218136749af8e3ea6ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkExecutionList.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package theodolite.benchmark
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.CustomResourceList
+
+class BenchmarkExecutionList : CustomResourceList<BenchmarkExecution>()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KafkaLagExporterRemover.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KafkaLagExporterRemover.kt
index 9e241cabfa208a0632635a30c658590faec2c1a8..2b86c51ae87c7b26609683b68bf6cfc12003efc8 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KafkaLagExporterRemover.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KafkaLagExporterRemover.kt
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-package theodolite.benchmark;
+package theodolite.benchmark
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import mu.KotlinLogging
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
-class KafkaLagExporterRemover(private val client : NamespacedKubernetesClient) {
+class KafkaLagExporterRemover(private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) {
 
-    fun remove(label: String){
+    fun remove(label: String) {
         this.client.pods().withLabel(label).delete()
-        logger.info{"Pod with label: $label deleted"}
+        logger.info { "Pod with label: $label deleted" }
     }
 }
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
index f5a9222546cd63415a8c447a82054eaee1266849..4f630ff6b5da77d4933c77e8741926ac0c37cdf1 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package theodolite.benchmark
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Namespaced
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.CustomResource
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.DefaultKubernetesClient
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
 import mu.KotlinLogging
@@ -9,11 +11,10 @@ import theodolite.patcher.PatcherFactory
 import theodolite.util.*
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
-
 private var DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = "default"
 
 @RegisterForReflection
-class KubernetesBenchmark : Benchmark {
+class KubernetesBenchmark : Benchmark, CustomResource(), Namespaced {
     lateinit var name: String
     lateinit var appResource: List<String>
     lateinit var loadGenResource: List<String>
@@ -24,12 +25,15 @@ class KubernetesBenchmark : Benchmark {
     lateinit var path: String
 
     private fun loadKubernetesResources(resources: List<String>): List<Pair<String, KubernetesResource>> {
-        //val path = "./../../../resources/main/yaml/"
         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 ->
@@ -58,7 +62,9 @@ class KubernetesBenchmark : Benchmark {
 
         // Patch the given overrides
         configurationOverrides.forEach { override ->
-            override?.let { patcherFactory.createPatcher(it.patcher, resources).patch(override.value) }
+            override?.let {
+                patcherFactory.createPatcher(it.patcher, resources).patch(override.value)
+            }
         }
 
         return KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment(
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkList.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkList.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0930875e96146fda58301478bda68b00c229e99f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkList.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package theodolite.benchmark
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.CustomResourceList
+
+class KubernetesBenchmarkList : CustomResourceList<KubernetesBenchmark>()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/AnalysisExecutor.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/AnalysisExecutor.kt
index 47a27501f89621d8168ad381c71cbcb504511cdd..0b6c681c9123adace08bc60946a067442ca2baa1 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/AnalysisExecutor.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/AnalysisExecutor.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class AnalysisExecutor(
         offset = Duration.ofHours(slo.offset.toLong())
     )
 
-    fun analyse(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource, executionDuration: Duration): Boolean {
+    fun analyze(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource, executionDuration: Duration): Boolean {
         var result = false
 
         try {
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt
index d30ae868732cf026ff2704ebe8362055fe5823a9..a6eae8bbfb1273b90e3d457db3287d6fc1546fbe 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
 import theodolite.util.Resource
 import theodolite.util.Results
 import java.time.Duration
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ abstract class BenchmarkExecutor(
     val executionId: Int
 ) {
 
+    var run: AtomicBoolean = AtomicBoolean(true)
+
     /**
      * Run a experiment for the given parametrization, evaluate the experiment and save the result.
      *
@@ -36,19 +39,26 @@ abstract class BenchmarkExecutor(
      * @return True, if the number of resources are suitable for the given load, false otherwise.
      */
     abstract fun runExperiment(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource): Boolean
-
+    
     /**
      * Wait while the benchmark is running and log the number of minutes executed every 1 minute.
      *
      */
     fun waitAndLog() {
         logger.info { "Execution of a new benchmark started." }
-        for (i in 1.rangeTo(executionDuration.toSeconds())) {
 
+        var secondsRunning = 0L
+
+        while (run.get() && secondsRunning < executionDuration.toSeconds()) {
+            secondsRunning++
             Thread.sleep(Duration.ofSeconds(1).toMillis())
-            if ((i % 60) == 0L) {
-                logger.info { "Executed: ${i / 60} minutes" }
+
+            if ((secondsRunning % 60) == 0L) {
+                logger.info { "Executed: ${secondsRunning / 60} minutes." }
             }
         }
+
+        logger.debug { "Executor shutdown gracefully." }
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
index 0a1e37128720247c10e6f99965310b1634186ee9..03c66e757abab9de69bc97ff98a67fffdafdf3d1 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
@@ -23,19 +23,24 @@ class BenchmarkExecutorImpl(
     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)
-        benchmarkDeployment.setup()
-        this.waitAndLog()
 
-        val result = AnalysisExecutor(slo = slo, executionId = executionId).analyse(
-            load = load,
-            res = res,
-            executionDuration = executionDuration
-        )
+        try {
+            benchmarkDeployment.setup()
+            this.waitAndLog()
+        } catch(e: Exception) {
+            logger.error { "Error while setup experiment." }
+            logger.error { "Error is: $e" }
+            this.run.set(false)
+        }
 
+        if (this.run.get()) {
+            result =
+                AnalysisExecutor(slo = slo, executionId = executionId).analyze(load = load, res = res, executionDuration = executionDuration)
+            this.results.setResult(Pair(load, res), result)
+        }
         benchmarkDeployment.teardown()
-
-        this.results.setResult(Pair(load, res), result)
         return result
     }
 }
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Main.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Main.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3246d0a7930aab22d16ed94a6c0f10a9d3fde10e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Main.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package theodolite.execution
+
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.QuarkusMain
+import mu.KotlinLogging
+import theodolite.execution.operator.TheodoliteOperator
+import kotlin.system.exitProcess
+
+private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
+
+@QuarkusMain
+object Main {
+
+    @JvmStatic
+    fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+
+        val mode = System.getenv("MODE") ?: "operator"
+        logger.info { "Start Theodolite with mode $mode" }
+
+        when(mode) {
+           "yaml-executor" -> TheodoliteYamlExecutor().start()
+            "operator" -> TheodoliteOperator().start()
+            else ->  {logger.error { "MODE $mode not found" }; exitProcess(1)}
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Shutdown.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Shutdown.kt
index 9ca7e70f6ecd5ed30120940be8de965c73f79a6a..589dee1ac2e39d107794df1e3aa85ea56d6db92b 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Shutdown.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Shutdown.kt
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ import theodolite.util.Resource
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
-class Shutdown(private val benchmarkExecution: BenchmarkExecution, private val benchmark: KubernetesBenchmark) :
-    Thread() {
+class Shutdown(private val benchmarkExecution: BenchmarkExecution, private val benchmark: KubernetesBenchmark) {
 
-    override fun run() {
+    fun run() {
         // Build Configuration to teardown
         logger.info { "Received shutdown signal -> Shutting down" }
         val deployment =
@@ -20,8 +19,8 @@ class Shutdown(private val benchmarkExecution: BenchmarkExecution, private val b
                 res = Resource(0, emptyList()),
                 configurationOverrides = benchmarkExecution.configOverrides
             )
-        logger.info { "Teardown the everything deployed" }
+        logger.info { "Teardown everything deployed" }
         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 ebddce03768cf8532bc719436344ef9e8f82e2b3..0c3e0d2fd6d1f40df5299c64b214d84323cba853 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteExecutor.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteExecutor.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class TheodoliteExecutor(
     private val config: BenchmarkExecution,
     private val kubernetesBenchmark: KubernetesBenchmark
 ) {
+    lateinit var executor: BenchmarkExecutor
 
     private fun buildConfig(): Config {
         val results = Results()
@@ -24,14 +25,19 @@ class TheodoliteExecutor(
 
         val executionDuration = Duration.ofSeconds(config.execution.duration)
 
-        val resourcePatcherDefinition = PatcherDefinitionFactory().createPatcherDefinition(
-            config.resources.resourceType,
-            this.kubernetesBenchmark.resourceTypes
-        )
+        val resourcePatcherDefinition =
+            PatcherDefinitionFactory().createPatcherDefinition(
+                config.resources.resourceType,
+                this.kubernetesBenchmark.resourceTypes
+            )
+
         val loadDimensionPatcherDefinition =
-            PatcherDefinitionFactory().createPatcherDefinition(config.load.loadType, this.kubernetesBenchmark.loadTypes)
+            PatcherDefinitionFactory().createPatcherDefinition(
+                config.load.loadType,
+                this.kubernetesBenchmark.loadTypes
+            )
 
-        val executor =
+        executor =
             BenchmarkExecutorImpl(
                 benchmark = kubernetesBenchmark,
                 results = results,
@@ -60,6 +66,14 @@ class TheodoliteExecutor(
         )
     }
 
+    fun getExecution(): BenchmarkExecution {
+        return this.config
+    }
+
+    fun getBenchmark(): KubernetesBenchmark {
+        return this.kubernetesBenchmark
+    }
+
     fun run() {
         storeAsFile(this.config, "${this.config.executionId}-execution-configuration")
         storeAsFile(kubernetesBenchmark, "${this.config.executionId}-benchmark-configuration")
@@ -67,7 +81,9 @@ class TheodoliteExecutor(
         val config = buildConfig()
         // execute benchmarks for each load
         for (load in config.loads) {
-            config.compositeStrategy.findSuitableResource(load, config.resources)
+            if (executor.run.get()) {
+                config.compositeStrategy.findSuitableResource(load, config.resources)
+            }
         }
         storeAsFile(config.compositeStrategy.benchmarkExecutor.results, "${this.config.executionId}-result")
     }
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteYamlExecutor.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteYamlExecutor.kt
index 8e856cac7286b6eb547b143e6cde8d1b7b56fb2b..f35e43a8f95d5fc20a9000af7b55d95881694804 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteYamlExecutor.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteYamlExecutor.kt
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 package theodolite.execution
 
-import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.QuarkusMain
 import mu.KotlinLogging
 import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
 import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
 import theodolite.util.YamlParser
+import kotlin.concurrent.thread
 import kotlin.system.exitProcess
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
-@QuarkusMain(name = "TheodoliteYamlExecutor")
-object TheodoliteYamlExecutor {
-    @JvmStatic
-    fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+class TheodoliteYamlExecutor {
+    private val parser = YamlParser()
+
+    fun start() {
         logger.info { "Theodolite started" }
 
         val executionPath = System.getenv("THEODOLITE_EXECUTION") ?: "./config/BenchmarkExecution.yaml"
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ object TheodoliteYamlExecutor {
 
 
         // load the BenchmarkExecution and the BenchmarkType
-        val parser = YamlParser()
         val benchmarkExecution =
             parser.parse(path = executionPath, E = BenchmarkExecution::class.java)!!
         val benchmark =
@@ -33,12 +32,12 @@ object TheodoliteYamlExecutor {
         benchmark.path = appResource
 
         val shutdown = Shutdown(benchmarkExecution, benchmark)
-        Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(shutdown)
+        Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(thread { shutdown.run()})
 
         val executor = TheodoliteExecutor(benchmarkExecution, benchmark)
         executor.run()
         logger.info { "Theodolite finished" }
-        Runtime.getRuntime().removeShutdownHook(shutdown)
+        Runtime.getRuntime().removeShutdownHook(thread { shutdown.run()})
         exitProcess(0)
     }
 }
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/BenchmarkEventHandler.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/BenchmarkEventHandler.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2b4a784315c2961c5782264c44f2c7e4e8f0d2e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/BenchmarkEventHandler.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package theodolite.execution.operator
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.informers.ResourceEventHandler
+import mu.KotlinLogging
+import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
+private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
+
+class BenchmarkEventHandler(private val controller: TheodoliteController): ResourceEventHandler<KubernetesBenchmark> {
+    override fun onAdd(benchmark: KubernetesBenchmark) {
+        benchmark.name = benchmark.metadata.name
+        logger.info { "Add new benchmark ${benchmark.name}." }
+        this.controller.benchmarks[benchmark.name] = benchmark
+    }
+
+    override fun onUpdate(oldBenchmark: KubernetesBenchmark, newBenchmark: KubernetesBenchmark) {
+        logger.info { "Update benchmark ${newBenchmark.metadata.name}." }
+        newBenchmark.name = newBenchmark.metadata.name
+        if (this.controller.isInitialized() &&  this.controller.executor.getBenchmark().name == oldBenchmark.metadata.name) {
+            this.controller.isUpdated.set(true)
+            this.controller.executor.executor.run.compareAndSet(true, false)
+        } else {
+            onAdd(newBenchmark)
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun onDelete(benchmark: KubernetesBenchmark, b: Boolean) {
+        logger.info { "Delete benchmark ${benchmark.metadata.name}." }
+        this.controller.benchmarks.remove(benchmark.metadata.name)
+        if ( this.controller.isInitialized() &&  this.controller.executor.getBenchmark().name == benchmark.metadata.name) {
+            this.controller.isUpdated.set(true)
+            this.controller.executor.executor.run.compareAndSet(true, false)
+            logger.info { "Current benchmark stopped." }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandler.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandler.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1752ac112ea84ea179e238f7ab8d808779014d1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandler.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package theodolite.execution.operator
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.informers.ResourceEventHandler
+import mu.KotlinLogging
+import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
+
+private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
+
+class ExecutionHandler(private val controller: TheodoliteController): ResourceEventHandler<BenchmarkExecution> {
+    override fun onAdd(execution: BenchmarkExecution) {
+        execution.name = execution.metadata.name
+        logger.info { "Add new execution ${execution.metadata.name} to queue." }
+        this.controller.executionsQueue.add(execution)
+    }
+
+    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 }
+        this.controller.executionsQueue.addFirst(newExecution)
+        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 }
+        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)
+            logger.info { "Current benchmark stopped." }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/K8sContextFactory.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/K8sContextFactory.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..94adf61a435df743aea168c5451b2f3faa24ca17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/K8sContextFactory.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package theodolite.execution.operator
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.CustomResourceDefinitionContext
+
+class K8sContextFactory {
+
+    fun create(api: String, scope: String, group: String, plural: String  ) : CustomResourceDefinitionContext{
+       return CustomResourceDefinitionContext.Builder()
+            .withVersion(api)
+            .withScope(scope)
+            .withGroup(group)
+            .withPlural(plural)
+            .build()
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteController.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteController.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c966739a4744f448f60223738d379753b098c060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteController.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package theodolite.execution.operator
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.CustomResourceDefinitionContext
+import mu.KotlinLogging
+import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
+import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
+import theodolite.execution.TheodoliteExecutor
+import java.lang.Thread.sleep
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedDeque
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
+
+private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
+
+class TheodoliteController(
+    val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient,
+    val executionContext: CustomResourceDefinitionContext
+) {
+    lateinit var executor: TheodoliteExecutor
+    val executionsQueue: ConcurrentLinkedDeque<BenchmarkExecution> = ConcurrentLinkedDeque()
+    val benchmarks: ConcurrentHashMap<String, KubernetesBenchmark> = ConcurrentHashMap()
+    var isUpdated = AtomicBoolean(false)
+
+    fun run() {
+        while (true) {
+            try {
+                reconcile()
+                logger.info { "Theodolite is waiting for new matching benchmark and execution." }
+                logger.info { "Currently available executions: " }
+                executionsQueue.forEach {
+                    logger.info { "${it.name} : waiting for : ${it.benchmark}" }
+                }
+                logger.info { "Currently available benchmarks: " }
+                benchmarks.forEach {
+                    logger.info { it.key }
+                }
+                sleep(2000)
+            } catch (e: InterruptedException) {
+                logger.error { "Execution interrupted with error: $e." }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Synchronized
+    private fun reconcile() {
+        while (executionsQueue.isNotEmpty()) {
+            val execution = executionsQueue.peek()
+            val benchmark = benchmarks[execution.benchmark]
+
+            if (benchmark == null) {
+                logger.debug { "No benchmark found for execution ${execution.name}." }
+                sleep(1000)
+            } else {
+                runExecution(execution, benchmark)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Synchronized
+    fun runExecution(execution: BenchmarkExecution, benchmark: KubernetesBenchmark) {
+        isUpdated.set(false)
+        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)
+        }
+        logger.info { "Execution of ${execution.name} is finally stopped." }
+    }
+
+    @Synchronized
+    fun isInitialized(): Boolean {
+        return ::executor.isInitialized
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..33b71c8fa247511c371b7a154071634db7092660
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package theodolite.execution.operator
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.DefaultKubernetesClient
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.internal.KubernetesDeserializer
+import mu.KotlinLogging
+import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
+import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecutionList
+import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
+import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmarkList
+
+
+private const val DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = "default"
+private const val SCOPE = "Namespaced"
+private const val EXECUTION_SINGULAR = "execution"
+private const val EXECUTION_PLURAL = "executions"
+private const val BENCHMARK_SINGULAR = "benchmark"
+private const val BENCHMARK_PLURAL = "benchmarks"
+private const val API_VERSION = "v1alpha1"
+private const val RESYNC_PERIOD = 10 * 60 * 1000.toLong()
+private const val GROUP = "theodolite.com"
+private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
+
+class TheodoliteOperator {
+    private val namespace = System.getenv("NAMESPACE") ?: DEFAULT_NAMESPACE
+
+    fun start() {
+        logger.info { "Using $namespace as namespace." }
+        val client = DefaultKubernetesClient().inNamespace(namespace)
+
+        KubernetesDeserializer.registerCustomKind(
+            "$GROUP/$API_VERSION",
+            EXECUTION_SINGULAR,
+            BenchmarkExecution::class.java
+        )
+
+        KubernetesDeserializer.registerCustomKind(
+            "$GROUP/$API_VERSION",
+            BENCHMARK_SINGULAR,
+            KubernetesBenchmark::class.java
+        )
+
+        val contextFactory = K8sContextFactory()
+        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 informerFactory = client.informers()
+        val informerExecution = informerFactory.sharedIndexInformerForCustomResource(
+            executionContext, BenchmarkExecution::class.java,
+            BenchmarkExecutionList::class.java, RESYNC_PERIOD
+        )
+        val informerBenchmark = informerFactory.sharedIndexInformerForCustomResource(
+            benchmarkContext, KubernetesBenchmark::class.java,
+            KubernetesBenchmarkList::class.java, RESYNC_PERIOD
+        )
+
+        informerExecution.addEventHandler(ExecutionHandler(controller))
+        informerBenchmark.addEventHandler(BenchmarkEventHandler(controller))
+        informerFactory.startAllRegisteredInformers()
+
+        controller.run()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/TopicManager.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/TopicManager.kt
index 1336f57517ef74d8c781cc3b51bf130dbf8d99c5..390974cd247645197ebe6044bf785710164155aa 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/TopicManager.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/TopicManager.kt
@@ -12,52 +12,35 @@ private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
  * Manages the topics related tasks
  * @param kafkaConfig Kafka Configuration as HashMap
  */
-class TopicManager(kafkaConfig: HashMap<String, Any>) {
-    private lateinit var kafkaAdmin: AdminClient
-
-    init {
-        try {
-            kafkaAdmin = AdminClient.create(kafkaConfig)
-        } catch (e: Exception) {
-            logger.error { e.toString() }
-        }
-    }
+class TopicManager(private val kafkaConfig: HashMap<String, Any>) {
 
     /**
      * Creates topics.
      * @param newTopics List of all Topic which should be created
      */
     fun createTopics(newTopics: Collection<NewTopic>) {
+        var kafkaAdmin: AdminClient = AdminClient.create(this.kafkaConfig)
         kafkaAdmin.createTopics(newTopics)
+        kafkaAdmin.close()
         logger.info { "Topics created" }
     }
 
-    fun createTopics(topics: List<String>, numPartitions: Int, replicationFactor: Short) {
-        val newTopics = mutableSetOf<NewTopic>()
-        for (i in topics) {
-            val tops = NewTopic(i, numPartitions, replicationFactor)
-            newTopics.add(tops)
-        }
-        kafkaAdmin.createTopics(newTopics)
-        logger.info { "Creation of $topics started" }
-    }
 
     /**
      * Removes topics.
      * @param topics
      */
     fun removeTopics(topics: List<String>) {
+        var kafkaAdmin: AdminClient = AdminClient.create(this.kafkaConfig)
         val result = kafkaAdmin.deleteTopics(topics)
 
         try {
             result.all().get()
-        } catch (ex: Exception) {
-            logger.error { ex.toString() }
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            logger.error { "Error while removing topics: $e"  }
+            logger.debug { "Existing topics are: ${kafkaAdmin.listTopics()}."  }
         }
+        kafkaAdmin.close()
         logger.info { "Topics removed" }
     }
-
-    fun getTopics(): ListTopicsResult? {
-        return kafkaAdmin.listTopics()
-    }
 }
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ReplicaPatcher.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ReplicaPatcher.kt
index ca34e9e3511f0ee35eff8f2ccf0cbd0582fc8646..b4b33fabc5a27e3cc52f5cda889f63bc61adbf5f 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ReplicaPatcher.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ReplicaPatcher.kt
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
 
 class ReplicaPatcher(private val k8sResource: KubernetesResource) : AbstractPatcher(k8sResource) {
-    override fun <Int> patch(value: Int) {
+    override fun <String> patch(value: String) {
         if (k8sResource is Deployment) {
-            if (value is kotlin.Int) {
-                this.k8sResource.spec.replicas = value
+            if (value is kotlin.String) {
+                this.k8sResource.spec.replicas = Integer.parseInt(value)
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/SchedulerNamePatcher.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/SchedulerNamePatcher.kt
index 88d9a978f23c8c5612d2ad46df795b7e3ba8cd19..6d6505192daac3331e5c99b9706ca7413e98ea7d 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/SchedulerNamePatcher.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/SchedulerNamePatcher.kt
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ package theodolite.patcher
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
 
-class SchedulerNamePatcher(private val k8sResource: KubernetesResource): Patcher {
+class SchedulerNamePatcher(private val k8sResource: KubernetesResource) : Patcher {
     override fun <String> patch(value: String) {
         if (k8sResource is Deployment) {
-            k8sResource.spec.template.spec.schedulerName = value as kotlin.String;
+            k8sResource.spec.template.spec.schedulerName = value as kotlin.String
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/ConfigurationOverride.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/ConfigurationOverride.kt
index bf517595ac7a28d2dada3f4f1d5f75b6db1dae0e..c4801dfbab0beb01cab025200cceab17efb0053d 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/ConfigurationOverride.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/ConfigurationOverride.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package theodolite.util
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
 
+@JsonDeserialize
 @RegisterForReflection
 class ConfigurationOverride {
     lateinit var patcher: PatcherDefinition
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/KafkaConfig.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/KafkaConfig.kt
index 46960ccdb1aedad1c104f6f5ec2082077f55e4de..cb94c8b7bfac4c3bc043e04a67d673ccaddea3c5 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/KafkaConfig.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/KafkaConfig.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package theodolite.util
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.NewTopic
 import kotlin.properties.Delegates
 
 @RegisterForReflection
+@JsonDeserialize
 class KafkaConfig {
     lateinit var bootstrapServer: String
     lateinit var topics: List<TopicWrapper>
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PatcherDefinition.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PatcherDefinition.kt
index 9ebe82a66382d238f314e1c6853265eca6690abd..e78048cd7691f8bfd14f663d401384ae6c329d4b 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PatcherDefinition.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PatcherDefinition.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package theodolite.util
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
 
+@JsonDeserialize
 @RegisterForReflection
 class PatcherDefinition {
     lateinit var type: String
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/TypeName.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/TypeName.kt
index 2a83eef700edd1f1017dcb5d9fdbffbc20d6dafd..20758466c5d5efbcb999bf0bf9c4edbe63ea1032 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/TypeName.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/TypeName.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package theodolite.util
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
 
 @RegisterForReflection
+@JsonDeserialize
 class TypeName {
     lateinit var typeName: String
     lateinit var patchers: List<PatcherDefinition>
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/application.properties b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 318ce68ff1ae344f44288bfaacfbc43538211f50..d5ff26fd074ec74c02a25bc4dd0dd3734433401b 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-quarkus.package.main-class=TheodoliteYamlExecutor
 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
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/benchmarkCRD.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/benchmarkCRD.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8fb3de1928f051d338a78ee58da074a73ef933c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/benchmarkCRD.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+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: {}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/example-benchmark-k8s-resource.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/example-benchmark-k8s-resource.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9fc16f92e303f05a449f7e8b83600c3b299f215d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/example-benchmark-k8s-resource.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+apiVersion: theodolite.com/v1alpha1
+kind: benchmark
+metadata:
+  name: uc1-kstreams
+appResource:
+  - "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+  - "aggregation-service.yaml"
+  - "jmx-configmap.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: "localhost:31290"
+  topics:
+    - name: "input"
+      numPartitions: 40
+      replicationFactor: 1
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diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/example-execution-k8s-resource.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/example-execution-k8s-resource.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ef625dfe6ec78c2cc0ed099dfee0f767d57263bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/example-execution-k8s-resource.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+apiVersion: theodolite.com/v1alpha1
+kind: execution
+metadata:
+  name: theodolite-example-execution
+benchmark: "uc1-kstreams"
+load:
+  loadType: "NumSensors"
+  loadValues:
+    - 50000
+resources:
+  resourceType: "Instances"
+  resourceValues:
+    - 1
+slos:
+  - sloType: "lag trend"
+    threshold: 1000
+    prometheusUrl: "http://localhost:32656"
+    externalSloUrl: "http://localhost:80/evaluate-slope"
+    offset: 0
+    warmup: 0
+execution:
+  strategy: "LinearSearch"
+  duration: 60
+  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"
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diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/executionCRD.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/executionCRD.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0bdb83c6201112a750bad41b81321b7a108a66fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/executionCRD.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+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: {}
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