diff --git a/helm/values.yaml b/helm/values.yaml
index c45e62aed8126a8b9f20a6dd0ca6083cd162bc2b..6c20f4bab35825e66412381b454df5c9dedec0fc 100644
--- a/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/values.yaml
@@ -155,7 +155,10 @@ cp-helm-charts:
 ###
 kafka-lag-exporter:
   enabled: true
+  image:
+    pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   nodeSelector: {}
+  
   clusters:
     - name: "theodolite-cp-kafka"
       bootstrapBrokers: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
diff --git a/theodolite/crd/crd-execution.yaml b/theodolite/crd/crd-execution.yaml
index 47d0306f5150a8126f021c40bf3c4a4ce0e1abb1..d9cd41903bb2fdc18bd6640bdbe2eb764b2106ab 100644
--- a/theodolite/crd/crd-execution.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/crd/crd-execution.yaml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ spec:
                     description: The type of the resource. It must match one of the resource types specified in the referenced benchmark.
                     type: string
                   resourceValues:
-                    descriptoin:  List of resource values for the specified resource type.
+                    description:  List of resource values for the specified resource type.
                     type: array
                     items:
                       type: integer
diff --git a/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml b/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml
index 2bd75f3299f3504a6d156c185162acad7e19b8cf..0950b2bdc14c3f43c18c853f1c0e56154fde6452 100644
--- a/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ spec:
         numPartitions: 40
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "theodolite-.*"
-        removeOnly: True
\ No newline at end of file
+        removeOnly: True
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/AnalysisExecutor.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/AnalysisExecutor.kt
index 777ea1c0ed43ac3af244dc0aaf770c69c11718cf..a7fe55ec35442b42c48499fa9d697e1491ca06d9 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/AnalysisExecutor.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/AnalysisExecutor.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package theodolite.evaluation
 
 import mu.KotlinLogging
 import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
+import theodolite.util.EvaluationFailedException
 import theodolite.util.IOHandler
 import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
 import theodolite.util.Resource
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ class AnalysisExecutor(
      *  @return true if the experiment succeeded.
      */
     fun analyze(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource, executionIntervals: List<Pair<Instant, Instant>>): Boolean {
-        var result = false
+        var result: Boolean
         var repetitionCounter = 1
 
         try {
@@ -71,8 +72,7 @@ class AnalysisExecutor(
             result = sloChecker.evaluate(prometheusData)
 
         } catch (e: Exception) {
-            // TODO(throw exception in order to make it possible to mark an experiment as unsuccessfully)
-            logger.error { "Evaluation failed for resource '${res.get()}' and load '${load.get()}'. Error: $e" }
+            throw EvaluationFailedException("Evaluation failed for resource '${res.get()}' and load '${load.get()} ", e)
         }
         return result
     }
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/MetricFetcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/MetricFetcher.kt
index 833d7d1e16c2fbc91b58817b319a7d02af7f5b2b..e54d79fe0f95b9f6079bd4295a74e81250b73a90 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/MetricFetcher.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/MetricFetcher.kt
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ class MetricFetcher(private val prometheusURL: String, private val offset: Durat
             } else {
                 val values = parseValues(response)
                 if (values.data?.result.isNullOrEmpty()) {
-                    logger.error { "Empty query result: $values between $start and $end for query $query." }
-                    throw NoSuchFieldException()
+                    throw NoSuchFieldException("Empty query result: $values between $start and $end for query $query.")
                 }
                 return parseValues(response)
             }
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt
index e7b511d8c83b5abccece1204aad2a4a9ecfdfd26..fcc0f3b728ac368ca061d7b0acdc0ffde53398b9 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ abstract class BenchmarkExecutor(
     val repetitions: Int,
     val executionId: Int,
     val loadGenerationDelay: Long,
-    val afterTeardownDelay: Long
+    val afterTeardownDelay: Long,
+    val executionName: String
 ) {
 
     var run: AtomicBoolean = AtomicBoolean(true)
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
index c54d1878d4957a0b8ec6a8fdfb18ec6342d7bfc1..f5f66de96e85dc937e2b4451142ec7327ec633e2 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ import mu.KotlinLogging
 import theodolite.benchmark.Benchmark
 import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
 import theodolite.evaluation.AnalysisExecutor
-import theodolite.util.ConfigurationOverride
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-import theodolite.util.Results
+import theodolite.execution.operator.EventCreator
+import theodolite.util.*
 import java.time.Duration
 import java.time.Instant
 
@@ -24,7 +22,8 @@ class BenchmarkExecutorImpl(
     repetitions: Int,
     executionId: Int,
     loadGenerationDelay: Long,
-    afterTeardownDelay: Long
+    afterTeardownDelay: Long,
+    executionName: String
 ) : BenchmarkExecutor(
     benchmark,
     results,
@@ -34,15 +33,19 @@ class BenchmarkExecutorImpl(
     repetitions,
     executionId,
     loadGenerationDelay,
-    afterTeardownDelay
+    afterTeardownDelay,
+    executionName
 ) {
+    private val eventCreator = EventCreator()
+    private val mode = Configuration.EXECUTION_MODE
+
     override fun runExperiment(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource): Boolean {
         var result = false
         val executionIntervals: MutableList<Pair<Instant, Instant>> = ArrayList()
 
         for (i in 1.rangeTo(repetitions)) {
-            logger.info { "Run repetition $i/$repetitions" }
             if (this.run.get()) {
+                logger.info { "Run repetition $i/$repetitions" }
                 executionIntervals.add(runSingleExperiment(load, res))
             } else {
                 break
@@ -61,6 +64,11 @@ class BenchmarkExecutorImpl(
                 )
             this.results.setResult(Pair(load, res), result)
         }
+
+        if(!this.run.get()) {
+            throw ExecutionFailedException("The execution was interrupted")
+        }
+
         return result
     }
 
@@ -73,22 +81,49 @@ class BenchmarkExecutorImpl(
             this.afterTeardownDelay
         )
         val from = Instant.now()
-        // TODO(restructure try catch in order to throw exceptions if there are significant problems by running a experiment)
+
         try {
             benchmarkDeployment.setup()
             this.waitAndLog()
+            if (mode == ExecutionModes.OPERATOR.value) {
+                eventCreator.createEvent(
+                    executionName = executionName,
+                    type = "NORMAL",
+                    reason = "Start experiment",
+                    message = "load: ${load.get()}, resources: ${res.get()}")
+            }
         } catch (e: Exception) {
-            logger.error { "Error while setup experiment." }
-            logger.error { "Error is: $e" }
             this.run.set(false)
+
+            if (mode == ExecutionModes.OPERATOR.value) {
+                eventCreator.createEvent(
+                    executionName = executionName,
+                    type = "WARNING",
+                    reason = "Start experiment failed",
+                    message = "load: ${load.get()}, resources: ${res.get()}")
+            }
+            throw ExecutionFailedException("Error during setup the experiment", e)
         }
         val to = Instant.now()
         try {
             benchmarkDeployment.teardown()
+            if (mode == ExecutionModes.OPERATOR.value) {
+                eventCreator.createEvent(
+                    executionName = executionName,
+                    type = "NORMAL",
+                    reason = "Stop experiment",
+                    message = "Teardown complete")
+            }
         } catch (e: Exception) {
-            logger.warn { "Error while tearing down the benchmark deployment." }
-            logger.debug { "Teardown failed, caused by: $e" }
+            if (mode == ExecutionModes.OPERATOR.value) {
+                eventCreator.createEvent(
+                    executionName = executionName,
+                    type = "WARNING",
+                    reason = "Stop experiment failed",
+                    message = "Teardown failed: ${e.message}")
+            }
+            throw ExecutionFailedException("Error during teardown the experiment", e)
         }
         return Pair(from, to)
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/ExecutionModes.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/ExecutionModes.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bf947be01b534fd000d3967f0b72ef25978d4110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/ExecutionModes.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package theodolite.execution
+
+enum class ExecutionModes(val value: String) {
+    OPERATOR("operator"),
+    YAML_EXECUTOR("yaml-executor"),
+    STANDALONE("standalone")
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Main.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Main.kt
index 7d5fca859422a194e81468d9766a9e7ba29fb998..11f696ddd739e987e92ecec724390948714d898b 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Main.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Main.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package theodolite.execution
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.QuarkusMain
 import mu.KotlinLogging
 import theodolite.execution.operator.TheodoliteOperator
+import theodolite.util.Configuration
 import kotlin.system.exitProcess
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
@@ -13,13 +14,12 @@ object Main {
     @JvmStatic
     fun main(args: Array<String>) {
 
-        val mode = System.getenv("MODE") ?: "standalone"
+        val mode = Configuration.EXECUTION_MODE
         logger.info { "Start Theodolite with mode $mode" }
 
-        when (mode) {
-            "standalone" -> TheodoliteStandalone().start()
-            "yaml-executor" -> TheodoliteStandalone().start() // TODO remove (#209)
-            "operator" -> TheodoliteOperator().start()
+        when (mode.toLowerCase()) {
+            ExecutionModes.STANDALONE.value, ExecutionModes.YAML_EXECUTOR.value -> TheodoliteStandalone().start()  // TODO remove standalone (#209)
+            ExecutionModes.OPERATOR.value -> TheodoliteOperator().start()
             else -> {
                 logger.error { "MODE $mode not found" }
                 exitProcess(1)
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Shutdown.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Shutdown.kt
index e795ada3e3bcb2dba19f1e088f426f38a824f4a7..6dedc94af864269d7d15929c69ec54aa384fc8e3 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Shutdown.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Shutdown.kt
@@ -34,16 +34,15 @@ class Shutdown(private val benchmarkExecution: BenchmarkExecution, private val b
                     afterTeardownDelay = 5L
                 )
             deployment.teardown()
+            logger.info {
+                "Finished teardown of all benchmark resources."
+            }
         } catch (e: Exception) {
-            // TODO(throw exception in order to make it possible to mark an experiment as unsuccessfully)
             logger.warn {
                 "Could not delete all specified resources from Kubernetes. " +
                         "This could be the case, if not all resources are deployed and running."
             }
 
         }
-        logger.info {
-            "Finished teardown of all benchmark resources."
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteExecutor.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteExecutor.kt
index addf30acde31ee8e3e53c20a5e2b57a03587d08e..fc312888131a35f3004c37df228cebebce16530f 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteExecutor.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteExecutor.kt
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ class TheodoliteExecutor(
                 repetitions = config.execution.repetitions,
                 executionId = config.executionId,
                 loadGenerationDelay = config.execution.loadGenerationDelay,
-                afterTeardownDelay = config.execution.afterTeardownDelay
+                afterTeardownDelay = config.execution.afterTeardownDelay,
+                executionName = config.name
             )
 
         if (config.load.loadValues != config.load.loadValues.sorted()) {
@@ -123,15 +124,18 @@ class TheodoliteExecutor(
 
         val config = buildConfig()
         // execute benchmarks for each load
-        for (load in config.loads) {
-            if (executor.run.get()) {
-                config.compositeStrategy.findSuitableResource(load, config.resources)
+        try {
+            for (load in config.loads) {
+                if (executor.run.get()) {
+                    config.compositeStrategy.findSuitableResource(load, config.resources)
+                }
             }
+        } finally {
+            ioHandler.writeToJSONFile(
+                config.compositeStrategy.benchmarkExecutor.results,
+                "${resultsFolder}exp${this.config.executionId}-result"
+            )
         }
-        ioHandler.writeToJSONFile(
-            config.compositeStrategy.benchmarkExecutor.results,
-            "${resultsFolder}exp${this.config.executionId}-result"
-        )
     }
 
     private fun getAndIncrementExecutionID(fileURL: String): Int {
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteStandalone.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteStandalone.kt
index 76fd7f707a3e190ff6c61052ae4b5aaf50459418..1160132fdc4a7130a05861d72c5f688f0fb5af9b 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteStandalone.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteStandalone.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package theodolite.execution
 import mu.KotlinLogging
 import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
 import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
+import theodolite.util.EvaluationFailedException
+import theodolite.util.ExecutionFailedException
 import theodolite.util.YamlParser
 import kotlin.concurrent.thread
 import kotlin.system.exitProcess
@@ -49,8 +51,14 @@ class TheodoliteStandalone {
         val shutdown = thread(start = false) { Shutdown(benchmarkExecution, benchmark).run() }
         Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(shutdown)
 
-        val executor = TheodoliteExecutor(benchmarkExecution, benchmark)
-        executor.run()
+        try {
+            TheodoliteExecutor(benchmarkExecution, benchmark).run()
+        } catch (e: EvaluationFailedException) {
+            logger.error { "Evaluation failed with error: ${e.message}" }
+        }catch (e: ExecutionFailedException) {
+            logger.error { "Execution failed with error: ${e.message}" }
+        }
+
         logger.info { "Theodolite finished" }
         Runtime.getRuntime().removeShutdownHook(shutdown)
         exitProcess(0)
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ClusterSetup.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ClusterSetup.kt
index c3a2b7b25ed71e797c45d8b497bad6cad15e21e8..6987372f96a6d956378a928011be9b5406590a16 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ClusterSetup.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ClusterSetup.kt
@@ -54,11 +54,8 @@ class ClusterSetup(
                     benchmark.spec.name = benchmark.metadata.name
                     Shutdown(execution.spec, benchmark.spec).start()
                 } else {
-                    logger.error {
-                        "Execution with state ${States.RUNNING.value} was found, but no corresponding benchmark. " +
-                                "Could not initialize cluster."
-                    }
-                    throw IllegalStateException("Cluster state is invalid, required Benchmark for running execution not found.")
+                    throw IllegalStateException("Execution with state ${States.RUNNING.value} was found, but no corresponding benchmark. " +
+                            "Could not initialize cluster.")
                 }
             }
     }
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/EventCreator.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/EventCreator.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fab098ebd5fe765a455d787ddb7fcbfbb6c9ffc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/EventCreator.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package theodolite.execution.operator
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.EventBuilder
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.EventSource
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ObjectReference
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.DefaultKubernetesClient
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
+import mu.KotlinLogging
+import theodolite.util.Configuration
+import java.time.Instant
+import java.util.*
+import kotlin.NoSuchElementException
+private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
+
+class EventCreator {
+    val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient = DefaultKubernetesClient().inNamespace(Configuration.NAMESPACE)
+
+    fun createEvent(executionName: String, type: String, message: String, reason: String) {
+        val uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString()
+        try {
+            val objectRef = buildObjectReference(executionName)
+            val event = EventBuilder()
+                .withNewMetadata()
+                .withName(uuid)
+                .endMetadata()
+                .withMessage(message)
+                .withReason(reason)
+                .withType(type)
+                .withFirstTimestamp(Instant.now().toString()) // TODO change datetime format
+                .build()
+
+            val source =  EventSource()
+            source.component = Configuration.COMPONENT_NAME
+            event.source = source
+
+            event.involvedObject = objectRef
+            client.v1().events().inNamespace(Configuration.NAMESPACE).createOrReplace(event)
+        } catch (e: NoSuchElementException) {
+                logger.warn {"Could not create event: type: $type, message: $message, reason: $reason, no corresponding execution found."}
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun buildObjectReference(executionName: String): ObjectReference {
+        val exec = TheodoliteOperator()
+            .getExecutionClient(client = client)
+            .list()
+            .items
+            .first{it.metadata.name == executionName}
+
+        val objectRef = ObjectReference()
+        objectRef.apiVersion = exec.apiVersion
+        objectRef.kind = exec.kind
+        objectRef.uid = exec.metadata.uid
+        objectRef.name = exec.metadata.name
+        objectRef.namespace = exec.metadata.namespace
+        objectRef.resourceVersion = exec.metadata.resourceVersion
+
+        return objectRef
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteController.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteController.kt
index eb51a445ee05f1811a8780ff64c570f0bbdff4d0..3f8fe1495e88a08a99710b1b360fb8c392b0aacb 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteController.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteController.kt
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.Resource
 import mu.KotlinLogging
 import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
 import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
+import theodolite.execution.ExecutionModes
 import theodolite.execution.TheodoliteExecutor
 import theodolite.model.crd.*
 import theodolite.patcher.ConfigOverrideModifier
+import theodolite.util.ExecutionFailedException
 import theodolite.util.ExecutionStateComparator
 import java.lang.Thread.sleep
 
@@ -93,9 +95,18 @@ class TheodoliteController(
                 States.RUNNING -> {
                     executionStateHandler.setExecutionState(execution.name, States.FINISHED)
                     logger.info { "Execution of ${execution.name} is finally stopped." }
+                    }
+                else -> {
+                    executionStateHandler.setExecutionState(execution.name, States.FAILURE)
+                    logger.warn { "Unexpected execution state, set state to ${States.FAILURE.value}" }
                 }
             }
         } catch (e: Exception) {
+                EventCreator().createEvent(
+                executionName = execution.name,
+                type = "WARNING",
+                reason = "Execution failed",
+                message = "An error occurs while executing:  ${e.message}")
             logger.error { "Failure while executing execution ${execution.name} with benchmark ${benchmark.name}." }
             logger.error { "Problem is: $e" }
             executionStateHandler.setExecutionState(execution.name, States.FAILURE)
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt
index 2aaba77c03884d94c4d5745db270e84324482878..cbce5749f39577a5e99bb773eff9ff8a3541ad8b 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import theodolite.model.crd.BenchmarkCRD
 import theodolite.model.crd.BenchmarkExecutionList
 import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
 import theodolite.model.crd.KubernetesBenchmarkList
+import theodolite.util.Configuration
 
 
 private const val DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = "default"
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
  * **See Also:** [Kubernetes Operator Pattern](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/extend-kubernetes/operator/)
  */
 class TheodoliteOperator {
-    private val namespace = System.getenv("NAMESPACE") ?: DEFAULT_NAMESPACE
+    private val namespace = Configuration.NAMESPACE
 
     private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient = DefaultKubernetesClient().inNamespace(namespace)
     private lateinit var controller: TheodoliteController
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ class TheodoliteOperator {
     fun start() {
         LeaderElector(
             client = client,
-            name = "theodolite-operator" // TODO(make leaslock name configurable via env var)
+            name = Configuration.COMPONENT_NAME
         )
             .getLeadership(::startOperator)
     }
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ class TheodoliteOperator {
         return this.controller
     }
 
-    private fun getExecutionClient(client: NamespacedKubernetesClient): MixedOperation<
+    fun getExecutionClient(client: NamespacedKubernetesClient): MixedOperation<
             ExecutionCRD,
             BenchmarkExecutionList,
             Resource<ExecutionCRD>> {
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/CustomResourceWrapper.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/CustomResourceWrapper.kt
index ab355677ec53216072fb58a170610aa5f12dba28..dd416ccd90166fa570aad2f9ed8095e6a20dea02 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/CustomResourceWrapper.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/CustomResourceWrapper.kt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class CustomResourceWrapper(
             client.customResource(this.context)
                 .delete(client.configuration.namespace, this.getName())
         } catch (e: Exception) {
-            logger.warn { "Could not delete service monitor" }
+            logger.warn { "Could not delete custom resource" }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sResourceLoader.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sResourceLoader.kt
index faae5ade28deb579df6a463007cbdfbc9cc7706e..3fa727bc92720059e9a65dcbd1fa90a3b88cfd58 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sResourceLoader.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sResourceLoader.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.CustomResourceDefinitionContext
 import mu.KotlinLogging
+import theodolite.util.DeploymentFailedException
 import theodolite.util.YamlParser
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
@@ -120,10 +121,8 @@ class K8sResourceLoader(private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) {
         try {
             resource = f(path)
         } catch (e: Exception) {
-            logger.warn { "You potentially misspelled the path: $path" }
-            logger.warn { e }
+            throw IllegalArgumentException("The Resource at path: $path could not be loaded", e)
         }
-
         if (resource == null) {
             throw IllegalArgumentException("The Resource at path: $path could not be loaded")
         }
@@ -147,10 +146,7 @@ class K8sResourceLoader(private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) {
             "StatefulSet" -> loadStatefulSet(path)
             "Execution" -> loadExecution(path)
             "Benchmark" -> loadBenchmark(path)
-            else -> {
-                logger.error { "Error during loading of unspecified resource Kind" }
-                throw IllegalArgumentException("error while loading resource with kind: $kind")
-            }
+            else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("error while loading resource with kind: $kind")
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/TopicManager.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/TopicManager.kt
index 8e83883fc881db0f7e2b1b75b2fb7c7322a11a00..f2afd71f6e4b4cf8e7106a8fc8a9bd113d9f36e6 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/TopicManager.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/TopicManager.kt
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ class TopicManager(private val kafkaConfig: Map<String, Any>) {
                 result = kafkaAdmin.createTopics(newTopics)
                 result.all().get() // wait for the future to be completed
             } catch (e: Exception) { // TopicExistsException
-                logger.warn(e) { "Error during topic creation." }
-                logger.debug { e } // TODO remove due to attached exception to warn log?
+                logger.warn { "Error during topic creation. Error is: ${e.message}" }
                 logger.info { "Remove existing topics." }
                 delete(newTopics.map { topic -> topic.name() }, kafkaAdmin)
                 logger.info { "Will retry the topic creation in ${RETRY_TIME / 1000} seconds." }
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ class TopicManager(private val kafkaConfig: Map<String, Any>) {
                     }"
                 }
             } catch (e: Exception) {
-                logger.error(e) { "Error while removing topics: $e" }
+                logger.error { "Error while removing topics: ${e.message}" }
                 logger.info { "Existing topics are: ${kafkaAdmin.listTopics().names().get()}." }
             }
 
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/Configuration.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/Configuration.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dac3b943e69bd7e208d318f2a788275f19db11e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/Configuration.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package theodolite.util
+
+import theodolite.execution.ExecutionModes
+
+// Defaults
+private const val DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = "default"
+private const val DEFAULT_COMPONENT_NAME = "theodolite-operator"
+
+
+class Configuration(
+) {
+    companion object {
+        val NAMESPACE = System.getenv("NAMESPACE") ?: DEFAULT_NAMESPACE
+        val COMPONENT_NAME = System.getenv("COMPONENT_NAME") ?: DEFAULT_COMPONENT_NAME
+        val EXECUTION_MODE = System.getenv("MODE") ?: ExecutionModes.STANDALONE.value
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/DeploymentFailedException.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/DeploymentFailedException.kt
index 639a7c86c641cbdcba361410cf5e25fa56dd795f..6fbb5e768c4ef65a7b50345818aecd9050afd0b7 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/DeploymentFailedException.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/DeploymentFailedException.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 package theodolite.util
 
 
-class DeploymentFailedException(message: String) : Exception(message)
\ No newline at end of file
+open class DeploymentFailedException(message: String, e: Exception? = null) : TheodoliteException(message,e)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/EvaluationFailedException.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/EvaluationFailedException.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c67ed7ffd79afc733a97dae05c3203f8e78722ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/EvaluationFailedException.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package theodolite.util
+
+class EvaluationFailedException(message: String, e: Exception? = null) : ExecutionFailedException(message,e) {
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/ExecutionFailedException.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/ExecutionFailedException.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6566a451a3e273214f59962531b6bd17b33a850d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/ExecutionFailedException.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package theodolite.util
+
+open class ExecutionFailedException(message: String, e: Exception? = null) : TheodoliteException(message,e) {
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/InvalidPatcherConfigurationException.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/InvalidPatcherConfigurationException.kt
index 81ea227d0d9871c2420a414d81749a34b97676b8..d02948ad341207051c4653ba9400ac0ffe5b03aa 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/InvalidPatcherConfigurationException.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/InvalidPatcherConfigurationException.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 package theodolite.util
 
-class InvalidPatcherConfigurationException(message: String, e: Exception? = null) : Exception(message, e)
-
+class InvalidPatcherConfigurationException(message: String, e: Exception? = null) : DeploymentFailedException(message,e)
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/TheodoliteException.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/TheodoliteException.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fc7453bae6aaa4c5c526eee72c006562ea887eb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/TheodoliteException.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package theodolite.util
+
+open class TheodoliteException (message: String, e: Exception? = null) : Exception(message,e)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
index cbd2d5926d61b0bfd4de6fab0c14422ddf88f190..948b60c66043dc78e0dc9800b4211d3f891779a3 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ class TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl(
         repetitions = 1,
         executionId = executionId,
         loadGenerationDelay = loadGenerationDelay,
-        afterTeardownDelay = afterTeardownDelay
+        afterTeardownDelay = afterTeardownDelay,
+        executionName = "test-execution"
     ) {
 
     override fun runExperiment(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource): Boolean {