diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/README.md b/theodolite-quarkus/config/README.md
index 024b6888deb56b1c9176ee40aa503f4b496616b7..23337d77375ebba8f624e7a11f714502fe3d5e67 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/config/README.md
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/config/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ resourceTypes:
     patchers:
       - type: String
         resources: String
-        config:
+        properties:
           <Patcher Arguments> ...
       ...
 loadTypes:
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ loadTypes:
   patchers:
     - type: String
       resources: String
-      config:
+      properties:
         <Patcher Arguments> ...
     ...
 kafkaConfig:
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The properties have the following definitions:
     * **patchers**: List of [patchers](#Patchers) used to scale this resource type. Each patcher has the following structure:
         * **type**: Type of the [patcher](#Patchers). The concrete types can be looked up in the list of [patchers](#Patchers). 
         * **resources**: Specifies the Kubernetes resource to be patched.
-        *  **config**: *Patcher Arguments*: (Optional) Patcher specific additional arguments.
+        *  **properties**: *Patcher Arguments*: (Optional) Patcher specific additional arguments.
 * **loadTypes**: A list of load types that can be scaled for this *benchmark*. For each load type the concrete values are defined in the *execution* object. Each load type has the following structure:
     * **typeName**: Name of the load type.
     * **patchers**: List of patchers used to scale * **resourceTypes**: A list of resource types that can be scaled for this *benchmark*. For each resource type the concrete values are defined in the *execution* resource object.Each resource type has the following structure:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ The properties have the following definitions:
     * **patchers**: List of patchers used to scale this resource type. Each patcher has the following structure:
         * **type**: Type of the Patcher. The concrete types can be looked up in the list of patchers. 
         * **resources**: Specifies the Kubernetes resource to be patched.
-        * **config**: *Patcher Arguments*: (Optional) Patcher specific additional arguments as Map<String, String>.
+        * **properties**: *Patcher Arguments*: (Optional) Patcher specific additional arguments as Map<String, String>.
 * **kafkaConfig**: Contains the Kafka configuration.
     * **bootstrapServers**: The bootstrap servers connection string.
     * **topics**: List of topics to be created for each [experiment](#Experiment). Alternative theodolite offers the possibility to remove certain topics after each experiment.
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ configurationOverrides:
   - patcher:
       type: String
       resource: String
-      config:
+      properties:
         <Patcher Arguments> ...
   ...
 ```
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ The properties have the following definitions:
   * **patcher**: Patcher used to patch a resource. Each patcher has the following structure:
         * **type**: Type of the Patcher. The concrete types can be looked up in the list of patchers. 
         * **resources**: Specifies the Kubernetes resource to be patched.
-        * **config**: *Patcher Arguments*: (Optional) Patcher specific additional arguments.
+        * **properties**: *Patcher Arguments*: (Optional) Patcher specific additional arguments.
 
 ## Patchers
 
@@ -162,20 +162,20 @@ The properties have the following definitions:
 * **EnvVarPatcher**: Allows to modify the value of an environment variable for a container in a kubernetes deployment. 
   * **type**: "EnvVarPatcher"
   * **resource**: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
-  * **config**:
+  * **properties**:
     * container: "workload-generator"
     * variableName: "NUM_SENSORS"
 
 * **NodeSelectorPatcher**: Changes the node selection field in kubernetes resources.
   * **type**: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
   * **resource**: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
-  * **config**:
+  * **properties**:
     * variableName: "env"
   * **value**: "prod"
 
 * **ResourceLimitPatcher**: Changes the resource limit for a kubernetes resource.
   * **resource**: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
-  * **config**:
+  * **properties**:
     * container: "uc-application"
     * variableName: "cpu" or "memory"
   * **value**:"1000m" or "2Gi"
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ The properties have the following definitions:
 * **ImagePatcher**: Changes the image of a kubernetes resource. Currently not fully implemented.
   * **type**: "ImagePatcher"
   * **resource**: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
-  * **config**: 
+  * **properties**:
     * container: "uc-application"
   * **value**: "dockerhubrepo/imagename"
 
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-benchmark-yaml-resource.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-benchmark-yaml-resource.yaml
index ec788031cc0dc58cf8bc7f6d6373e5b4680756b1..623df71121b11b670584a83e153b4dd2962525e7 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-benchmark-yaml-resource.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-benchmark-yaml-resource.yaml
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ loadTypes:
     patchers:
       - type: "EnvVarPatcher"
         resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
-        config:
+        properties:
           variableName: "NUM_SENSORS"
           container: "workload-generator"
       - type: "NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher"
         resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
-        config:
+        properties:
           loadGenMaxRecords: "15000"
 kafkaConfig:
   bootstrapServer: "localhost:31290"
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-execution-yaml-resource.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-execution-yaml-resource.yaml
index 0f1e0fc030e66aa05573a441d5c51406854eb3e4..e46a6cf417442b851650fe9699f73e1367dcc794 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-execution-yaml-resource.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-execution-yaml-resource.yaml
@@ -24,26 +24,26 @@ configOverrides:
   - patcher:
       type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
       resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
-      config:
+      properties:
         variableName: "env"
     value: "prod"
   - patcher:
       type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
       resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
-      config:
+      properties:
         variableName: "env"
     value: "prod"
   - patcher:
       type: "ResourceLimitPatcher"
       resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
-      config:
+      properties:
         container: "uc-application"
         limitedResource: "cpu"
     value: "1000m"
   - patcher:
       type: "ResourceLimitPatcher"
       resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
-      config:
+      properties:
         container: "uc-application"
         limitedResource: "memory"
     value: "2Gi"
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-benchmark.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-benchmark.yaml
index fcde4a510a4c67a953844f266872071a7d79056a..8f9af3e955fe18de26326b0094578a71517a5aef 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-benchmark.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-benchmark.yaml
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ spec:
         patchers:
           - type: "EnvVarPatcher"
             resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
-            config:
+            properties:
                variableName: "NUM_SENSORS"
                container: "workload-generator"
           - type: "NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher"
             resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
-            config:
+            properties:
               loadGenMaxRecords: "15000"
   kafkaConfig:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-execution.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-execution.yaml
index 168522430478e48bbf4855f186e9ccb80a22b80f..9b2a1facbd8be3411407dfcf3cad39fd9f3de6b6 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-execution.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-execution.yaml
@@ -28,26 +28,26 @@ spec:
     # - patcher:
     #     type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
     #     resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
-    #     config:
+    #     properties:
     #       variableName: "env"
     #     value: "prod"
     # - patcher:
     #     type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
     #     resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
-    #     config:
+    #     properties:
     #       variableName: "env"
     #   value: "prod"
     # - patcher:
     #     type: "ResourceLimitPatcher"
     #     resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
-    #     config:
+    #     properties:
     #       container: "uc-application"
     #       limitedResource: "cpu"
     #   value: "1000m"
     # - patcher:
     #     type: "ResourceLimitPatcher"
     #     resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
-    #     config:
+    #     properties:
     #       container: "uc-application"
     #       limitedResource: "memory"
     #   value: "2Gi"
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 90b1362659b54eaa0452fdc364e4fcb408a9151f..3053c364e2d6d9bc9797c190f0a87d861089b556 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteController.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteController.kt
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class TheodoliteController(
                 val configurationOverride = ConfigurationOverride()
                 configurationOverride.patcher = PatcherDefinition()
                 configurationOverride.patcher.type = "LabelPatcher"
-                configurationOverride.patcher.config = mutableMapOf("variableName" to labelName)
+                configurationOverride.patcher.properties = mutableMapOf("variableName" to labelName)
                 configurationOverride.patcher.resource = it
                 configurationOverride.value = labelValue
                 additionalConfigOverrides.add(configurationOverride)
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherFactory.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherFactory.kt
index be9a0424560daf5762d0f174a45b4f03c5f3f314..45e50113c964d671962fadc718994a29b2da81f4 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherFactory.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherFactory.kt
@@ -41,38 +41,38 @@ class PatcherFactory {
                 )
                 "NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher" -> NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher(
                     k8sResource = resource,
-                    loadGenMaxRecords = patcherDefinition.config["loadGenMaxRecords"] !!,
-                    numSensors = patcherDefinition.config["numSensors"] !!
+                    loadGenMaxRecords = patcherDefinition.properties["loadGenMaxRecords"] !!,
+                    numSensors = patcherDefinition.properties["numSensors"] !!
                 )
                 "NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher" -> NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher(
                     k8sResource = resource,
-                    loadGenMaxRecords = patcherDefinition.config["loadGenMaxRecords"] !!
+                    loadGenMaxRecords = patcherDefinition.properties["loadGenMaxRecords"] !!
                 )
                 "EnvVarPatcher" -> EnvVarPatcher(
                     k8sResource = resource,
-                    container = patcherDefinition.config["container"] !!,
-                    variableName = patcherDefinition.config["variableName"] !!
+                    container = patcherDefinition.properties["container"] !!,
+                    variableName = patcherDefinition.properties["variableName"] !!
                 )
                 "NodeSelectorPatcher" -> NodeSelectorPatcher(
                     k8sResource = resource,
-                    variableName = patcherDefinition.config["variableName"] !!
+                    variableName = patcherDefinition.properties["variableName"] !!
                 )
                 "ResourceLimitPatcher" -> ResourceLimitPatcher(
                     k8sResource = resource,
-                    container = patcherDefinition.config["container"] !!,
-                    limitedResource = patcherDefinition.config["limitedResource"] !!
+                    container = patcherDefinition.properties["container"] !!,
+                    limitedResource = patcherDefinition.properties["limitedResource"] !!
                 )
                 "ResourceRequestPatcher" -> ResourceRequestPatcher(
                     k8sResource = resource,
-                    container = patcherDefinition.config["container"] !!,
-                    requestedResource = patcherDefinition.config["requestedResource"] !!
+                    container = patcherDefinition.properties["container"] !!,
+                    requestedResource = patcherDefinition.properties["requestedResource"] !!
                 )
                 "SchedulerNamePatcher" -> SchedulerNamePatcher(
                     k8sResource = resource
                 )
                 "LabelPatcher" -> LabelPatcher(
                     k8sResource = resource,
-                    variableName = patcherDefinition.config["variableName"] !!
+                    variableName = patcherDefinition.properties["variableName"] !!
                 )
                 else -> throw InvalidPatcherConfigurationException("Patcher type ${patcherDefinition.type} not found.")
             }
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PatcherDefinition.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PatcherDefinition.kt
index 62625b6dad5e09be216c6841100346eeb61371cd..6ec0cce36751ec0343d40aa49fefa44f4c7fc918 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PatcherDefinition.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PatcherDefinition.kt
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ class PatcherDefinition {
     lateinit var resource: String
 
     @JsonSerialize
-    lateinit var config: MutableMap<String, String>
+    lateinit var properties: MutableMap<String, String>
 }
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/benchmarkCRD.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/benchmarkCRD.yaml
index 56dec9bb76b0713bd5b0688014093ff54958abcb..b76821f6e7cca5408f604ba9bbf83cf1b43a37de 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/benchmarkCRD.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/benchmarkCRD.yaml
@@ -54,12 +54,11 @@ spec:
                           resource:
                             type: string
                             default: ""
-                          config:
+                          properties:
                             type: object
                             additionalProperties: true
                             x-kubernetes-map-type: "granular"
-                            default:
-                              "": ""
+                            default: {}
               loadTypes:
                 type: array
                 minItems: 1
@@ -80,12 +79,11 @@ spec:
                           resource:
                             type: string
                             default: ""
-                          config:
+                          properties:
                             type: object
                             additionalProperties: true
                             x-kubernetes-map-type: "granular"
-                            default:
-                              "": ""
+                            default: {}
               kafkaConfig:
                 type: object
                 properties:
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
index 0118fcd841bdc8f30e6de5a1b611094714bff54b..7a728d97c52a84d81bcc44fd9f20c56e6b574527 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/example-benchmark-k8s-resource.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/example-benchmark-k8s-resource.yaml
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ spec:
       patchers:
         - type: "EnvVarPatcher"
           resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
-          config:
+          properties:
             container: "workload-generator"
             variableName: "NUM_SENSORS"
         - type: "NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher"
           resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
-          config:
+          properties:
             loadGenMaxRecords: "15000"
   kafkaConfig:
     bootstrapServer: "localhost:31290"
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/executionCRD.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/executionCRD.yaml
index bf2eb127995758d4ac15c34a57c8d59c9a1abbe3..b984f3ebe5ca7c8868adb9d3593e5d87d73fc2bd 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/executionCRD.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/executionCRD.yaml
@@ -95,12 +95,11 @@ spec:
                         resource:
                           type: string
                           default: ""
-                        config:
+                        properties:
                           type: object
                           additionalProperties: true
                           x-kubernetes-map-type: "granular"
-                          default:
-                            "": ""
+                          default: {}
                     value:
                       type: string
           status:
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt
index 1e947ed81c2356036d94902da4cd5b7c81154551..4ae9ce23b31204b366dce7bcf000e4114d7f3f8f 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class ResourceLimitPatcherTest {
         val defCPU = PatcherDefinition()
         defCPU.resource = "cpu-memory-deployment.yaml"
         defCPU.type = "ResourceLimitPatcher"
-        defCPU.config = mutableMapOf(
+        defCPU.properties = mutableMapOf(
             "limitedResource" to "cpu",
             "container" to "application"
         )
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class ResourceLimitPatcherTest {
         val defMEM = PatcherDefinition()
         defMEM.resource = "cpu-memory-deployment.yaml"
         defMEM.type = "ResourceLimitPatcher"
-        defMEM.config = mutableMapOf(
+        defMEM.properties = mutableMapOf(
             "limitedResource" to "memory",
             "container" to "uc-application"
         )
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class ResourceLimitPatcherTest {
             k8sResources = listOf(Pair("cpu-memory-deployment.yaml", k8sResource))
         ).patch(value = memValue)
 
-        k8sResource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == defCPU.config["container"] !! }
+        k8sResource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == defCPU.properties["container"] !! }
             .forEach {
                 assertTrue(it.resources.limits["cpu"].toString() == cpuValue)
                 assertTrue(it.resources.limits["memory"].toString() == memValue)
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt
index 1c3f37ac3f5e02e3f5f0b251c46ce17acb2fe5a7..6f232961871c9d11929fc912a483e6e805cc7daf 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class ResourceRequestPatcherTest {
         val defCPU = PatcherDefinition()
         defCPU.resource = "cpu-memory-deployment.yaml"
         defCPU.type = "ResourceRequestPatcher"
-        defCPU.config = mutableMapOf(
+        defCPU.properties = mutableMapOf(
             "requestedResource" to "cpu",
             "container" to "application"
         )
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class ResourceRequestPatcherTest {
         val defMEM = PatcherDefinition()
         defMEM.resource = "cpu-memory-deployment.yaml"
         defMEM.type = "ResourceRequestPatcher"
-        defMEM.config = mutableMapOf(
+        defMEM.properties = mutableMapOf(
             "requestedResource" to "memory",
             "container" to "application"
         )
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class ResourceRequestPatcherTest {
             k8sResources = listOf(Pair("cpu-memory-deployment.yaml", k8sResource))
         ).patch(value = memValue)
 
-        k8sResource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == defCPU.config["container"] !! }
+        k8sResource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == defCPU.properties["container"] !! }
             .forEach {
                 assertTrue(it.resources.requests["cpu"].toString() == cpuValue)
                 assertTrue(it.resources.requests["memory"].toString() == memValue)