diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
index e9de96c0df34b1254a8ec9886586e163999c7c6e..6bb2df5bef42038637b88b67b36178797407088e 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
@@ -10,11 +10,9 @@ kafka.output.topic=output
 
 schema.registry.url=http://localhost:8081
 
-num.threads=1
-commit.interval.ms=1000
-cache.max.bytes.buffering=-1
-
 specific.avro.reader=true
+
+# Kafka Settings
 enable.auto.commit=true
 max.poll.records=500
 auto.offset.reset=earliest
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-beam/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-beam/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
index c6672125a8b6a074cb7eca31bd90700cd4da736a..557689f074683353550363d628382d5f4acf096a 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-beam/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-beam/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@ kafka.window.duration.minutes=1
 
 schema.registry.url=http://localhost:8081
 
-num.threads=1
-commit.interval.ms=1000
-cache.max.bytes.buffering=-1
-
 specific.avro.reader=true
+
+# Kafka Settings
 enable.auto.commit=true
 max.poll.records=500
-auto.offset.reset=earliest
\ No newline at end of file
+auto.offset.reset=earliest
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-beam/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-beam/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
index 1c41e150066b71fca274eee0c5b684601cc744cf..fdb700fd9daf7d5e8b5260fa6c9c8810bca39eb5 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-beam/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-beam/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
@@ -14,11 +14,9 @@ aggregation.advance.days=1
 # in seconds
 trigger.interval=15
 
-num.threads=1
-commit.interval.ms=1000
-cache.max.bytes.buffering=-1
-
 specific.avro.reader=true
+
+# Kafka Settings
 enable.auto.commit=true
 max.poll.records=500
-auto.offset.reset=earliest
\ No newline at end of file
+auto.offset.reset=earliest
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
index c1a8ca17b41ab8c8f0fa939c748200db5ba7d0d2..547b92a3a19dda930e582878752c4eeaacee6a04 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@ aggregation.advance.days=1
 trigger.interval=15
 grace.period.ms=270
 
-num.threads=1
-commit.interval.ms=1000
-cache.max.bytes.buffering=-1
-
 specific.avro.reader=true
+
+# Kafka Settings
 enable.auto.commit=true
 max.poll.records=500
-auto.offset.reset=earliest
\ No newline at end of file
+auto.offset.reset=earliest