diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/HttpRecordSender.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/HttpRecordSender.java
index baa230b76e3cfa5d166c4be396f7685dc36e7487..6b7a5db067c8117f046aa0ff1c6f5d56c35c4321 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/HttpRecordSender.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/HttpRecordSender.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
  */
 public class HttpRecordSender<T extends SpecificRecord> implements RecordSender<T> {
 
+  private static final int HTTP_OK = 200;
+
   private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HttpRecordSender.class);
 
   private final Gson gson = new Gson();
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ public class HttpRecordSender<T extends SpecificRecord> implements RecordSender<
    * @param uri the {@link URI} records should be sent to
    */
   public HttpRecordSender(final URI uri) {
-    this(uri, true, List.of(200));
+    this(uri, true, List.of(HTTP_OK));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ public class HttpRecordSender<T extends SpecificRecord> implements RecordSender<
         this.httpClient.sendAsync(request, bodyHandler)
             .whenComplete((response, exception) -> {
               if (exception != null) { // NOPMD
-                LOGGER.warn("Couldn't send request to {}.", this.uri, exception);
+                LOGGER.warn("Couldn't send request to {}.", this.uri, exception); // NOPMD false-p.
               } else if (!this.validStatusCodes.contains(response.statusCode())) { // NOPMD
                 LOGGER.warn("Received status code {} for request to {}.", response.statusCode(),
                     this.uri);
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/LoadGenerator.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/LoadGenerator.java
index 206a7acd2eb597a55c3c0429dcee11c29c7c88db..9e467864f89f746069aa3ca06aa087955ebc1575 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/LoadGenerator.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/LoadGenerator.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public final class LoadGenerator {
 
     final LoadGeneratorTarget target = LoadGeneratorTarget.from(
         Objects.requireNonNullElse(System.getenv(ConfigurationKeys.TARGET),
-            TARGET_DEFAULT.value));
+            TARGET_DEFAULT.getValue()));
 
     final RecordSender<ActivePowerRecord> recordSender; // NOPMD
     if (target == LoadGeneratorTarget.KAFKA) {
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/LoadGeneratorTarget.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/LoadGeneratorTarget.java
index 567c0388a49e42840a9e1eab0a448231669f2e47..086e4de36301693c6873016122a47709b858a0d4 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/LoadGeneratorTarget.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/LoadGeneratorTarget.java
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@ enum LoadGeneratorTarget {
 
   KAFKA("kafka"), HTTP("http");
 
-  final String value;
+  private final String value;
 
   LoadGeneratorTarget(final String value) {
     this.value = value;
   }
 
+  String getValue() {
+    return this.value;
+  }
+
   static LoadGeneratorTarget from(final String value) {
     return Stream.of(LoadGeneratorTarget.values())
         .filter(t -> t.value.equals(value))