diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b81d1333a5cc2957dcdf69718d1ef07b115be612..312bbd2ee4c92e382838430d697ddcdaa225f81f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -34,10 +34,16 @@ default:
   script:
     - mkdir -p /kaniko/.docker
     - echo "{\"auths\":{\"${CR_HOST}\":{\"auth\":\"$(printf "%s:%s" "${CR_USER}" "${CR_PW}" | base64 | tr -d '\n')\"}}}" > /kaniko/.docker/config.json
-    - DOCKER_TAG_NAME=$(echo $CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG- | sed 's/^master-$//')
-    - "[ ! $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && KANIKO_D=\"$KANIKO_D -d $CR_HOST/$CR_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:${DOCKER_TAG_NAME}latest\""
-    - "[ ! $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && KANIKO_D=\"$KANIKO_D -d $CR_HOST/$CR_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:$DOCKER_TAG_NAME$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA\""
-    - "[ $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && KANIKO_D=\"$KANIKO_D -d $CR_HOST/$CR_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_TAG\""
+    - >
+      if [ $IMAGE_TAG ]; then
+        KANIKO_D="$KANIKO_D -d $CR_HOST/$CR_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_TAG"
+      elif [ $CI_COMMIT_TAG ]; then
+        KANIKO_D="$KANIKO_D -d $CR_HOST/$CR_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG"
+      else
+        DOCKER_TAG_NAME=$(echo $CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG- | sed 's/^master-$//')
+        KANIKO_D="$KANIKO_D -d $CR_HOST/$CR_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:${DOCKER_TAG_NAME}latest"
+        KANIKO_D="$KANIKO_D -d $CR_HOST/$CR_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:$DOCKER_TAG_NAME$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"
+      fi
     - "[ $DOCKERFILE ] && KANIKO_DOCKERFILE=\"--dockerfile $DOCKERFILE\""
     - /kaniko/executor --context `pwd`/$CONTEXT $KANIKO_DOCKERFILE $KANIKO_D
     - echo "PUBLISHED_IMAGE_TAG=${CI_COMMIT_TAG-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}" >> build.env
@@ -609,4 +615,19 @@ deploy-random-scheduler:
     - if: "$CR_HOST && $CR_ORG && $CR_USER && $CR_PW"
       when: manual
       allow_failure: true
-      
\ No newline at end of file
+
+deploy-buildimage-docker-compose-jq:
+  stage: deploy
+  extends:
+    - .kaniko-push
+  needs: []
+  variables:
+    DOCKER_VERSION: 20.10.12
+    IMAGE_TAG: $DOCKER_VERSION
+  rules:
+    - changes:
+      - buildimages/docker-compose-jq/Dockerfile
+      if: "$CR_HOST && $CR_ORG && $CR_USER && $CR_PW"
+    - if: "$CR_HOST && $CR_ORG && $CR_USER && $CR_PW && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'web'"
+      when: manual
+      allow_failure: true
diff --git a/buildimages/docker-compose-jq/Dockerfile b/buildimages/docker-compose-jq/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cd3f60ba3e75ab5767acff788c3bb69c8640cd4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildimages/docker-compose-jq/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+FROM docker:${DOCKER_VERSION:-latest}
+
+RUN apk update && \
+    apk add jq && \
+    apk add py-pip python3-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev gcc libc-dev rust cargo make && \
+    pip install docker-compose
diff --git a/docs/creating-a-benchmark.md b/docs/creating-a-benchmark.md
index 2b1d93bbec0afb3a8897a77439388538fc75c4a6..fde8ba0759407ddea8befc18e244784a9ba34c1f 100644
--- a/docs/creating-a-benchmark.md
+++ b/docs/creating-a-benchmark.md
@@ -115,15 +115,13 @@ If a benchmark is [executed by an Execution](running-benchmarks), these patchers
 
 ## Kafka Configuration
 
-Theodolite allows to automatically create and remove Kafka topics for each SLO experiment.
-Use the `removeOnly: True` property for topics which are created automatically by the SUT.
-For those topics, also wildcards are allowed in the topic name.
+Theodolite allows to automatically create and remove Kafka topics for each SLO experiment by setting a `kafkaConfig`.
+It `bootstrapServer` needs to point your Kafka cluster and `topics` configures the list of Kafka topics to be created/removed.
+For each topic, you configure its name, the number of partitions and the replication factor.
 
-If no Kafka topics should be created, simply set:
-
-```yaml
-kafkaConfig: []
-```
+With the `removeOnly: True` property, you can also instruct Theodolite to only remove topics and not create them.
+This is useful when benchmarking SUTs, which create topics on their own (e.g., Kafka Streams and Samza applications).
+For those topics, also wildcards are allowed in the topic name and, of course, no partition count or replication factor must be provided.
 
 
 <!-- Further information: API Reference -->