diff --git a/docs/crd-docu.md b/docs/crd-docu.md
index bb41474ce7891585bcd8203e839dec57fb50e873..ed569f7a7929a17193f29da5486de44b67fb297c 100644
--- a/docs/crd-docu.md
+++ b/docs/crd-docu.md
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ Resource Types:
         <td>string</td>
         <td>
           This field exists only for technical reasons and should not be set by the user. The value of the field will be overwritten.<br/>
+          <br/>
+            <i>Default</i>: <br/>
         </td>
         <td>false</td>
       </tr><tr>
diff --git a/theodolite/crd/crd-benchmark.yaml b/theodolite/crd/crd-benchmark.yaml
index d3c2716659e0707d619901481f79aefec2779b2e..5df23b6bf2746307876307c1b9234ac2ca4c7dae 100644
--- a/theodolite/crd/crd-benchmark.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/crd/crd-benchmark.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ spec:
               name:
                 description: This field exists only for technical reasons and should not be set by the user. The value of the field will be overwritten.
                 type: string
+                default: ""
               resourceTypes:
                 description: A list of resource types that can be scaled for this `benchmark` resource. For each resource type the concrete values are defined in the `execution` object.
                 type: array
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
index cbdaab0d3158990ceff781045134638e8782989f..69eca6b6e3d038889a01723d281418fa0d6cd7b9 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package theodolite.benchmark
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.DefaultKubernetesClient
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ResourceSets.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ResourceSets.kt
index 19c0808093f6729978f98940641031d8e425c349..ba4dc3adbce5f123c924b118dbdaae1ed6beced0 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ResourceSets.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ResourceSets.kt
@@ -14,16 +14,18 @@ import theodolite.util.DeploymentFailedException
 @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
 class ResourceSets: KubernetesResource {
     @JsonProperty("configMap")
-    lateinit var  configMap: ConfigMapResourceSet
+    @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
+    var  configMap: ConfigMapResourceSet? = null
 
     @JsonProperty("fileSystem")
-    lateinit var fileSystem: FileSystemResourceSet
+    @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
+    var fileSystem: FileSystemResourceSet? = null
 
     fun loadResourceSet(client: NamespacedKubernetesClient): Collection<Pair<String, KubernetesResource>> {
-        return if (::configMap.isInitialized) {
-            configMap.getResourceSet(client= client)
-            } else if (::fileSystem.isInitialized) {
-            fileSystem.getResourceSet(client= client )
+        return if (::configMap != null) {
+            configMap?.getResourceSet(client= client) !!
+            } else if (::fileSystem != null) {
+            fileSystem?.getResourceSet(client= client ) !!
             } else {
                 throw  DeploymentFailedException("could not load resourceSet.")
             }