diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-docker-compose/docker-compose.yml b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
index cdc9df40257362934a93fcbe2de24b6035d40bca..41d981bc4a2d770d42da39c96005d3ed6fcefef5 100755
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ services:
       SCHEMA_REGISTRY_HOST_NAME: schema-registry
       SCHEMA_REGISTRY_KAFKASTORE_CONNECTION_URL: 'zookeeper:2181'
   uc-app:
-    image: theodolite/theodolite-uc1-kstreams-app:latest
+    image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite-uc1-kstreams-app:latest
     depends_on:
       - schema-registry
       - kafka
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ services:
       KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: kafka:9092
       SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL: http://schema-registry:8081
   uc-wg: 
-    image: theodolite/theodolite-uc1-workload-generator:latest
+    image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite-uc1-workload-generator:latest
     depends_on:
       - schema-registry
       - kafka
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc2-docker-compose/docker-compose.yml b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc2-docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
index 613553fcfa53122205b6e58d85fb7225eae90d7c..6bb0c1e7d5afccab7724c40eabc30d4c01d59cb6 100755
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc2-docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc2-docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ services:
       SCHEMA_REGISTRY_HOST_NAME: schema-registry
       SCHEMA_REGISTRY_KAFKASTORE_CONNECTION_URL: 'zookeeper:2181'
   uc-app:
-    image: theodolite/theodolite-uc2-kstreams-app:latest
+    image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite-uc2-kstreams-app:latest
     depends_on:
       - schema-registry
       - kafka
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ services:
       SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL: http://schema-registry:8081
       KAFKA_WINDOW_DURATION_MINUTES: 60
   uc-wg: 
-    image: theodolite/theodolite-uc2-workload-generator:latest
+    image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite-uc2-workload-generator:latest
     depends_on:
       - schema-registry
       - kafka
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc3-docker-compose/docker-compose.yml b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc3-docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
index d321318b4024b678cf8f37007e90dc62a2042ece..b4ae8c16f9fc21164134aad62e6ef776225fc7db 100755
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc3-docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc3-docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ services:
       SCHEMA_REGISTRY_HOST_NAME: schema-registry
       SCHEMA_REGISTRY_KAFKASTORE_CONNECTION_URL: 'zookeeper:2181'
   uc-app:
-    image: theodolite/theodolite-uc3-kstreams-app:latest
+    image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite-uc3-kstreams-app:latest
     depends_on:
       - schema-registry
       - kafka
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ services:
       KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: kafka:9092
       SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL: http://schema-registry:8081
   uc-wg: 
-    image: theodolite/theodolite-uc3-workload-generator:latest
+    image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite-uc3-workload-generator:latest
     depends_on:
       - schema-registry
       - kafka
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-docker-compose/docker-compose.yml b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
index d478d74e55a1b5423a390c624848b20f5faf2969..14b1c1ad38379f45682c8fffa263ca9c9ada2d4d 100755
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ services:
       SCHEMA_REGISTRY_HOST_NAME: schema-registry
       SCHEMA_REGISTRY_KAFKASTORE_CONNECTION_URL: 'zookeeper:2181'
   uc-app:
-    image: theodolite/theodolite-uc4-kstreams-app:latest
+    image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite-uc4-kstreams-app:latest
     depends_on:
       - schema-registry
       - kafka
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ services:
       KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: kafka:9092
       SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL: http://schema-registry:8081
   uc-wg: 
-    image: theodolite/theodolite-uc4-workload-generator:latest
+    image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite-uc4-workload-generator:latest
     depends_on:
       - schema-registry
       - kafka
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-workload-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-workload-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
index fa98ca63d77bdee891150bd6713f70197a75cefc..4d01df75552c562406705858b6368ecf59d6e82f 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-workload-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-workload-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ignorelowercasenames=true
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.importorder=;
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=99
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.staticondemandthreshold=99
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.custom_code_templates=
 sp_cleanup.add_default_serial_version_id=true
 sp_cleanup.add_generated_serial_version_id=false
 sp_cleanup.add_missing_annotations=true
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-workload-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-workload-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
index fa98ca63d77bdee891150bd6713f70197a75cefc..4d01df75552c562406705858b6368ecf59d6e82f 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-workload-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-workload-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ignorelowercasenames=true
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.importorder=;
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=99
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.staticondemandthreshold=99
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.custom_code_templates=
 sp_cleanup.add_default_serial_version_id=true
 sp_cleanup.add_generated_serial_version_id=false
 sp_cleanup.add_missing_annotations=true
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/workload-generator-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/KafkaRecordSender.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/workload-generator-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/KafkaRecordSender.java
index dd17234bf1adb1f0fcf3ff3ab134a0743b917369..6e4a43271fbf1e0193c2d39569a0814d1f7935cd 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/workload-generator-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/KafkaRecordSender.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/workload-generator-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/KafkaRecordSender.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificRecord;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.KafkaProducer;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.Producer;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.SerializationException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -116,7 +117,13 @@ public class KafkaRecordSender<T extends SpecificRecord> implements RecordSender
             this.keyAccessor.apply(monitoringRecord), monitoringRecord);
 
     LOGGER.debug("Send record to Kafka topic {}: {}", this.topic, record);
-    this.producer.send(record);
+    try {
+      this.producer.send(record);
+    } catch (final SerializationException e) {
+      LOGGER.warn(
+          "Record could not be serialized and thus not sent to Kafka due to exception. Skipping this record.", // NOCS
+          e);
+    }
   }
 
   public void terminate() {