diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/Benchmark.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/Benchmark.kt
index 1c8b98f81b920797a5831f733ec06bcd738fca42..6373262d8c6b6fce99347abb5eeaebb08d19130c 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/Benchmark.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/Benchmark.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package theodolite.benchmark
 
 import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
+import theodolite.util.OverridePatcherDefinition
 import theodolite.util.Resource
 
 interface Benchmark {
-    fun buildDeployment(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource, override: Map<String, String>): BenchmarkDeployment
+    fun buildDeployment(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource, overrides: List<OverridePatcherDefinition>): BenchmarkDeployment
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkContext.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkContext.kt
index 1680e2173998f4f5a4ed30f0ad5fd4d72d6f3085..596f768f7b864750d23d9971690752f962823c5f 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkContext.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkContext.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package theodolite.benchmark
 
+import theodolite.util.OverridePatcherDefinition
+import theodolite.util.PatcherDefinition
 import kotlin.properties.Delegates
 
 
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ class BenchmarkContext() {
     lateinit var resources: List<Int>
     lateinit var slos: List<Slo>
     lateinit var execution: Execution
-    lateinit var configOverrides: Map<String, String>
+    lateinit var configOverrides: List<OverridePatcherDefinition>
 
     class Execution() {
         lateinit var  strategy: String
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
index ecfe516770f59c0a8b0001a124b71f30b8c37097..61a8dcfc27dc6e3cb97b5a7756a6ec5fcff64fda 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.DefaultKubernetesClient
 import theodolite.k8s.YamlLoader
 import theodolite.patcher.PatcherManager
 import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
+import theodolite.util.OverridePatcherDefinition
 import theodolite.util.Resource
 import theodolite.util.TypeName
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class KubernetesBenchmark(): Benchmark {
 
 
 
-    override fun buildDeployment(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource, override: Map<String, String>): BenchmarkDeployment {
+    override fun buildDeployment(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource, overrides: List<OverridePatcherDefinition>): BenchmarkDeployment {
         // TODO("set node selector")
         val resources = loadKubernetesResources(this.appResource + this.loadGenResource)
         val patcherManager = PatcherManager()
@@ -42,9 +43,10 @@ class KubernetesBenchmark(): Benchmark {
         patcherManager.applyPatcher(res.getType(), this.resourceTypes, resources, res.get())
         patcherManager.applyPatcher(load.getType(), this.loadTypes, resources, load.get().toString())
 
-        resources.forEach {x -> println(x)}
+        // patch overrides
+        overrides.forEach {override ->  patcherManager.applyPatcher(override, resources)}
 
-        // handle overrides (resource, container, variableName, variableValue)
+        resources.forEach {x -> println(x)}
 
         return KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment(emptyList(), hashMapOf<String, Any>(), "", emptyList())
     }
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt
index 4905766d39ffee5bd44e743af3532cc45d3f6a07..714a27885759fa37e0dfc15e500f28b4b9e65047 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@ package theodolite.execution
 import mu.KotlinLogging
 import theodolite.benchmark.Benchmark
 import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
-import theodolite.util.AbstractBenchmark
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-import theodolite.util.Results
+import theodolite.util.*
 import java.time.Duration
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
@@ -19,7 +16,7 @@ private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
  * @property executionDuration
  * @constructor Create empty Benchmark executor
  */
-abstract class BenchmarkExecutor(val benchmark: Benchmark, val results: Results, val executionDuration: Duration, override: Map<String, String>) {
+abstract class BenchmarkExecutor(val benchmark: Benchmark, val results: Results, val executionDuration: Duration, overrides: List<OverridePatcherDefinition>) {
 
     /**
      * Run a experiment for the given parametrization, evaluate the experiment and save the result.
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
index d782ed9a5cf86e16320fbc8a84046b664987b295..c034dd6e9599949240fa0b8137c240254e21eab8 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 package theodolite.execution
 
 import theodolite.benchmark.Benchmark
-import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
-import theodolite.util.AbstractBenchmark
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-import theodolite.util.Results
+import theodolite.util.*
 import java.time.Duration
 
-class BenchmarkExecutorImpl(benchmark: Benchmark, results: Results, executionDuration: Duration, private val overrides: Map<String, String>) : BenchmarkExecutor(benchmark, results, executionDuration, overrides) {
+class BenchmarkExecutorImpl(benchmark: Benchmark, results: Results, executionDuration: Duration, private val overrides: List<OverridePatcherDefinition>) : BenchmarkExecutor(benchmark, results, executionDuration, overrides) {
     override fun runExperiment(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource): Boolean {
         val benchmarkDeployment = benchmark.buildDeployment(load, res, this.overrides)
         benchmarkDeployment.setup()
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
index db2084a850e91db8ead8029b8e4b14a76a83374d..66506055e67a63ae7aa7156c28c83e2186b8b960 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import java.time.Duration
 
 class TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl(private val mockResults: Array<Array<Boolean>>, benchmark: Benchmark, results: Results):
     BenchmarkExecutor(benchmark, results, executionDuration = Duration.ofSeconds(1),
-        override = emptyMap<String,String>()
+        overrides = emptyList()
     ) {
 
     override fun runExperiment(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource): Boolean {
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherManager.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherManager.kt
index 774d6d389cb63a5b6daef9e98b3be3976034f520..b7e35b578d0f18c7a608050531813f90d012a5de 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherManager.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherManager.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package theodolite.patcher
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
+import theodolite.util.OverridePatcherDefinition
 import theodolite.util.PatcherDefinition
 import theodolite.util.TypeName
 import java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
@@ -16,17 +17,28 @@ class PatcherManager {
         }
     }
 
-    private fun getPatcherDef(requiredType: String, resourceTypes: List<TypeName>): List<PatcherDefinition> {
-        return resourceTypes
+    private fun getPatcherDef(requiredType: String, patcherTypes: List<TypeName>): List<PatcherDefinition> {
+        return patcherTypes
             .filter { type -> type.typeName == requiredType}
             .flatMap { type -> type.patchers}
     }
 
-    fun applyPatcher(type: String, resourceTypes: List<TypeName>, resources: List<Pair<String, KubernetesResource>>, value: Any) {
-        this.getPatcherDef(type, resourceTypes)
+    fun applyPatcher(type: String, patcherTypes: List<TypeName>, resources: List<Pair<String, KubernetesResource>>, value: Any) {
+        this.getPatcherDef(type, patcherTypes)
             .forEach {patcherDef ->
                 createK8sPatcher(patcherDef, resources).patch(value) }
-
     }
 
+
+   fun applyPatcher(overrides: OverridePatcherDefinition, resources: List<Pair<String, KubernetesResource>>){
+       var pdef = PatcherDefinition()
+       pdef.type = overrides.type
+       pdef.container = overrides.container
+       pdef.resource = overrides.resource
+       overrides.overrides.forEach{ override ->
+           pdef.variableName = override.key
+           this.createK8sPatcher(pdef, resources).patch(override.value)
+       }
+   }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/OverridePatcherDefinition.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/OverridePatcherDefinition.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c996fbe90246d0ab0013dfacbf33d12f64e68d94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/OverridePatcherDefinition.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package theodolite.util
+
+class OverridePatcherDefinition() {
+    lateinit var type: String
+    lateinit var resource: String
+    lateinit var container: String
+    lateinit var overrides: Map<String, String>
+}
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PatcherDefinition.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PatcherDefinition.kt
index e1bbc64bd21dc4d194212237fd54bec6d0f82f05..1b4b274370a6b713e623fd503896fd8f2949179f 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PatcherDefinition.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PatcherDefinition.kt
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ class PatcherDefinition() {
         lateinit var resource: String
         lateinit var container: String
         lateinit var variableName: String
+        lateinit var value: String
 }
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/TestBenchmark.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/TestBenchmark.kt
index a5bc49c6caaa1ffa97303a8a97f376a6df549bfd..9f386ba8634b3104ba54be60cef220f2f3f84e66 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/TestBenchmark.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/TestBenchmark.kt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class TestBenchmark : AbstractBenchmark(
     override fun buildDeployment(
         load: LoadDimension,
         res: Resource,
-        override: Map<String, String>
+        override: List<OverridePatcherDefinition>
     ): BenchmarkDeployment {
         TODO("Not yet implemented")
     }
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/yaml/testBenchmarkType.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/yaml/testBenchmarkType.yaml
index 57c3e2b66498e2b66d07930485d37cac47423d65..f8c9d3fffd61b29f0e56ddbb7e7963f3ccdd62c4 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/yaml/testBenchmarkType.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/yaml/testBenchmarkType.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,4 @@ loadTypes:
       - type: "EnvVarPatcher"
         resource: "workloadGenerator.yaml"
         container: "workload-generator"
-        variableName: "NUM_SENSORS"
-EnvVars:
-  - typeName: "override"
-    patchers:
-      - type: "EnvVarPatcher"
\ No newline at end of file
+        variableName: "NUM_SENSORS"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/yaml/testContext.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/yaml/testContext.yaml
index fc5cc40571ddf52ddd7132325220c1c6883b06a7..6073f8de61df312aa2a33544ca2afd45f84ddd53 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/yaml/testContext.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/yaml/testContext.yaml
@@ -16,4 +16,9 @@ execution:
   restrictions:
     - "LowerBound"
 configOverrides:
-    key: "value"
\ No newline at end of file
+  - type: "EnvVarPatcher"
+    resource: "workloadGenerator.yaml"
+    container: "workload-generator"
+    overrides:
+      overrideTestA: "8888"
+      overrideTestB: "6666"