diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/commons/flink/AbstractFlinkService.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/commons/flink/AbstractFlinkService.java
index c858941d87df23fb5301f5b4414304c9ef0cde3a..ac4e30352c83c2b2a0fae9be6362c725ae02b3c7 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/commons/flink/AbstractFlinkService.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/commons/flink/AbstractFlinkService.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import org.apache.flink.runtime.state.StateBackend;
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.environment.StreamExecutionEnvironment;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import rocks.theodolite.benchmarks.commons.flink.StateBackends;
 import titan.ccp.common.configuration.ServiceConfigurations;
 
 /**
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFlinkService {
 
     this.env = StreamExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 
-    this.configureEnv();
+    this.configureEnv(); //NOPMD
 
     this.buildPipeline();
   }
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFlinkService {
   /**
    * Configures the service using environment variables.
    */
-  public void configureEnv() {
+  protected void configureEnv() {
     this.configureCheckpointing();
     this.configureParallelism();
     this.configureStateBackend();
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/commons/flink/ConfigurationKeys.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/commons/flink/ConfigurationKeys.java
index a25c0418c642f7c578647c2d87d1755736c2ab8f..9eb143c3c07f879de37eafa2fbe6729bf182d45e 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/commons/flink/ConfigurationKeys.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/commons/flink/ConfigurationKeys.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public final class ConfigurationKeys {
   public static final String CHECKPOINTING = "checkpointing";
 
   public static final String PARALLELISM = "parallelism";
+
   private ConfigurationKeys() {}
 
 }
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-flink/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/uc1/flink/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-flink/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/uc1/flink/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java
index 04f14017b4ded27d792fefa545916422a1a43266..c1b3278c34583a69ece2b505599d8f338ac93d89 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-flink/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/uc1/flink/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-flink/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/uc1/flink/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ package rocks.theodolite.benchmarks.uc1.flink;
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeinfo.Types;
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.datastream.DataStream;
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.connectors.kafka.FlinkKafkaConsumer;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import rocks.theodolite.benchmarks.commons.flink.AbstractFlinkService;
 import rocks.theodolite.benchmarks.commons.flink.KafkaConnectorFactory;
 import rocks.theodolite.benchmarks.uc1.commons.DatabaseAdapter;
@@ -16,24 +14,21 @@ import titan.ccp.model.records.ActivePowerRecord;
  */
 public final class HistoryServiceFlinkJob extends AbstractFlinkService {
 
-  private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HistoryServiceFlinkJob.class);
-  private static final DatabaseAdapter<String> databaseAdapter = LogWriterFactory.forJson();
-
-  /**
-   * Create a new instance of the {@link HistoryServiceFlinkJob}.
-   */
-  public HistoryServiceFlinkJob() {
-    super();
-  }
+  private static final DatabaseAdapter<String> DATABASE_ADAPTER = LogWriterFactory.forJson();
 
+  @Override
   public void configureEnv() {
     super.configureCheckpointing();
     super.configureParallelism();
   }
 
+  @Override
   protected void configureSerializers() {
+  // No serializers needed here
   }
 
+
+  @Override
   protected void buildPipeline() {
     final String kafkaBroker = this.config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS);
     final String schemaRegistryUrl = this.config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL);
@@ -50,9 +45,9 @@ public final class HistoryServiceFlinkJob extends AbstractFlinkService {
 
     stream
         // .rebalance()
-        .map(new ConverterAdapter<>(this.databaseAdapter.getRecordConverter()))
+        .map(new ConverterAdapter<>(this.DATABASE_ADAPTER.getRecordConverter()))
         .returns(Types.STRING)
-        .flatMap(new WriterAdapter<>(this.databaseAdapter.getDatabaseWriter()))
+        .flatMap(new WriterAdapter<>(this.DATABASE_ADAPTER.getDatabaseWriter()))
         .returns(Types.VOID); // Will never be used
   }
 
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-flink/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/uc2/flink/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-flink/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/uc2/flink/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java
index 8b8d00ff0a14938a69aff7b09464a6b7788455ee..1109fb7bb431811dde4c448b445990599bc6d626 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-flink/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/uc2/flink/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-flink/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/uc2/flink/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java
@@ -24,13 +24,7 @@ public final class HistoryServiceFlinkJob extends AbstractFlinkService {
   private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HistoryServiceFlinkJob.class);
 
 
-  /**
-   * Create a new instance of the {@link HistoryServiceFlinkJob}.
-   */
-  public HistoryServiceFlinkJob() {
-    super();
-  }
-
+  @Override
   protected void configureSerializers() {
     this.env.getConfig().registerTypeWithKryoSerializer(Stats.class, new StatsSerializer());
     this.env.getConfig().getRegisteredTypesWithKryoSerializers()
@@ -39,7 +33,7 @@ public final class HistoryServiceFlinkJob extends AbstractFlinkService {
 
   }
 
-
+  @Override
   protected void buildPipeline() {
     final String kafkaBroker = this.config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS);
     final String schemaRegistryUrl = this.config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL);
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-flink/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/uc3/flink/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-flink/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/uc3/flink/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java
index e0c25c83f5d1678f8171943dd5426f0e994579f4..ad38303b4f8957bcb6de23608451be2da4ae41ac 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-flink/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/uc3/flink/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-flink/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/uc3/flink/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java
@@ -30,13 +30,7 @@ public final class HistoryServiceFlinkJob extends AbstractFlinkService {
 
   private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HistoryServiceFlinkJob.class);
 
-  /**
-   * Create a new instance of the {@link HistoryServiceFlinkJob}.
-   */
-  public HistoryServiceFlinkJob() {
-    super();
-  }
-
+  @Override
   protected void configureSerializers() {
     this.env.getConfig().registerTypeWithKryoSerializer(HourOfDayKey.class,
         new HourOfDayKeySerde());
@@ -49,6 +43,7 @@ public final class HistoryServiceFlinkJob extends AbstractFlinkService {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
   protected void buildPipeline() {
     // Configurations
     final String kafkaBroker = this.config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS);
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-flink/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/uc4/flink/AggregationServiceFlinkJob.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-flink/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/uc4/flink/AggregationServiceFlinkJob.java
index 583ff36a6aa8ead2e6442b2422422adadc396bf8..35ef7dd1426f287c7529ca12f00c7c1d23606ab1 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-flink/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/uc4/flink/AggregationServiceFlinkJob.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-flink/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/uc4/flink/AggregationServiceFlinkJob.java
@@ -38,13 +38,7 @@ public final class AggregationServiceFlinkJob extends AbstractFlinkService {
 
   private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AggregationServiceFlinkJob.class);
 
-  /**
-   * Create a new {@link AggregationServiceFlinkJob}.
-   */
-  public AggregationServiceFlinkJob() {
-    super();
-  }
-
+  @Override
   protected void configureSerializers() {
     this.env.getConfig().registerTypeWithKryoSerializer(ImmutableSensorRegistry.class,
         new ImmutableSensorRegistrySerializer());
@@ -65,6 +59,7 @@ public final class AggregationServiceFlinkJob extends AbstractFlinkService {
             s.getSerializer().getClass().getName()));
   }
 
+  @Override
   protected void buildPipeline() {
     // Get configurations
     final String kafkaBroker = this.config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS);