diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-benchmark-yaml-resource.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-benchmark-yaml-resource.yaml
index cdc2122d9e6b568f1a75b0d55eff8a0af6450983..9c04a94c5084d5b3b0bfb030b204041ae5f957a6 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-benchmark-yaml-resource.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-benchmark-yaml-resource.yaml
@@ -17,12 +17,18 @@ loadTypes:
     patchers:
       - type: "EnvVarPatcher"
         resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
-        container: "workload-generator"
-        variableName: "NUM_SENSORS"
+        config:
+          - key: "variableName"
+            value: "NUM_SENSORS"
+          - key: "container"
+            value: "workload-generator"
       - type: "NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher"
         resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+        config:
+          - key: "loadGenMaxRecords"
+            value: "15000"
 kafkaConfig:
-  bootstrapServer: "localhost:31290"
+  bootstrapServer: "localhost:9092"
   topics:
     - name: "input"
       numPartitions: 40
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-execution-yaml-resource.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-execution-yaml-resource.yaml
index e0b327a022099410fea8028fb5d37fee5672a857..099347641f614113dbeba140d2d481562b692193 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-execution-yaml-resource.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-execution-yaml-resource.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ load:
   loadValues: [25000, 50000, 75000, 100000, 125000, 150000]
 resources:
   resourceType: "Instances"
-  resourceValues: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+  resourceValues: [7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
 slos:
   - sloType: "lag trend"
     threshold: 2000
@@ -20,29 +20,39 @@ execution:
   loadGenerationDelay: 30 # in seconds, optional field, default is 0 seconds
   restrictions:
     - "LowerBound"
-configOverrides: []
-#  - patcher:
-#      type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
-#      resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
-#      variableName: "env"
-#    value: "prod"
-#  - patcher:
-#      type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
-#      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
-#      variableName: "env"
-#    value: "prod"
-#  - patcher:
-#      type: "ResourceLimitPatcher"
-#      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
-#      container: "uc-application"
-#      variableName: "cpu"
-#    value: "1000m"
-#  - patcher:
-#      type: "ResourceLimitPatcher"
-#      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
-#      container: "uc-application"
-#      variableName: "memory"
-#    value: "2Gi"
+configOverrides:
+  - patcher:
+      type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
+      resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+      config:
+        - key: "variableName"
+          value: "env"
+    value: "prod"
+  - patcher:
+      type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
+      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+      config:
+        - key: "variableName"
+          value: "env"
+    value: "prod"
+  - patcher:
+      type: "ResourceLimitPatcher"
+      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+      config: 
+        - key: "container" 
+          value: "uc-application"
+        - key: "limitedResource"
+          value:  "cpu"
+    value: "1000m"
+  - patcher:
+      type: "ResourceLimitPatcher"
+      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+      config:
+        - key: "container"
+          value: "uc-application"
+        - key: "limitedResource"
+          value: "memory"
+    value: "2Gi"
 #  - patcher:
 #      type: "SchedulerNamePatcher"
 #      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-benchmark.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-benchmark.yaml
index 5cf39492a8d88dc0260db8bf98a966b4ce1bccb7..1e93972d2b7b091cc3fcad49eda8f6098b853e0b 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-benchmark.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-benchmark.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ spec:
     - "jmx-configmap.yaml"
     - "uc1-service-monitor.yaml"
   loadGenResource:
-    - "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+      - "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
     - "uc1-load-generator-service.yaml"
   resourceTypes:
     - typeName: "Instances"
@@ -17,14 +17,20 @@ spec:
         - type: "ReplicaPatcher"
           resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
   loadTypes:
-    - typeName: "NumSensors"
-      patchers:
-        - type: "EnvVarPatcher"
-          resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
-          container: "workload-generator"
-          variableName: "NUM_SENSORS"
-        - type: "NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher"
-          resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+      - typeName: "NumSensors"
+        patchers:
+          - type: "EnvVarPatcher"
+            resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+            config:
+              - key: "variableName"
+                value: "NUM_SENSORS"
+              - key: "container"
+                value: "workload-generator"
+          - type: "NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher"
+            resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+            config:
+              - key: "loadGenMaxRecords"
+                value: "15000"
   kafkaConfig:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
     topics:
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-execution.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-execution.yaml
index e01ea377e0762a56132a709a73fb418e4c914e26..10927fb830145554a6bc36e061347fc848e9e7c5 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-execution.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-execution.yaml
@@ -25,29 +25,37 @@ spec:
     restrictions:
       - "LowerBound"
   configOverrides: []
-  #  - patcher:
-  #      type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
-  #      resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
-  #      variableName: "env"
-  #    value: "prod"
-  #  - patcher:
-  #      type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
-  #      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
-  #      variableName: "env"
-  #    value: "prod"
-  #  - patcher:
-  #      type: "ResourceLimitPatcher"
-  #      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
-  #      container: "uc-application"
-  #      variableName: "cpu"
-  #    value: "1000m"
-  #  - patcher:
-  #      type: "ResourceLimitPatcher"
-  #      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
-  #      container: "uc-application"
-  #      variableName: "memory"
-  #    value: "2Gi"
-  #  - patcher:
-  #      type: "SchedulerNamePatcher"
-  #      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
-  #    value: "random-scheduler"
+#   - patcher:
+#       type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
+#       resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment123.yaml"
+#       variableName: "env"
+#     value: "prod"
+#  - patcher:
+#      type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
+#      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+#      config:
+#       - key: "variableName"
+#         value: "env"
+#    value: "prod"
+#  - patcher:
+#      type: "ResourceLimitPatcher"
+#      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+#      config: 
+#       - key: "container" 
+#         value: "uc-application"
+#       - key: "variableName"
+#         value:  "cpu"
+#    value: "1000m"
+#  - patcher:
+#      type: "ResourceLimitPatcher"
+#      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+#      config:
+#       - key: "container"
+#         value: "uc-application"
+#       - key: "variableName"
+#         value: "memory"
+#    value: "2Gi"
+#  - patcher:
+#      type: "SchedulerNamePatcher"
+#      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+#    value: "random-scheduler"
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/example-benchmark-k8s-resource.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/example-benchmark-k8s-resource.yaml
index e0df9e462642f279a35e788e1649fcee03ff8fc4..f6a7dc3335018708492dd2777fe3fc8ac8a8f2e8 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/example-benchmark-k8s-resource.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/example-benchmark-k8s-resource.yaml
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ spec:
         - type: "EnvVarPatcher"
           resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
           config:
-            - key: container
+            - key: "container"
               value: "workload-generator"
-            - key: variableName
+            - key: "variableName"
               value: "NUM_SENSORS"
   kafkaConfig:
     bootstrapServer: "localhost:31290"
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/example-execution-k8s-resource.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/example-execution-k8s-resource.yaml
index 5d759666323f350f62d561fa508f2a7efb6e25eb..b81bbcd442834136283dc080f5f6a79bbc1cd415 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/example-execution-k8s-resource.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/operator/example-execution-k8s-resource.yaml
@@ -26,11 +26,4 @@ spec:
     loadGenerationDelay: 30 # in seconds
     restrictions:
       - "LowerBound"
-  configOverrides:
-    - patcher:
-        type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
-        resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
-        config: 
-          - key: variableName
-            value: env
-      value: "prod"
+  configOverrides: []
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt
index 4f4308a35df598dc4932a8ac89a6c07fb967e416..12f7c68965ee3f10efcfe4a887db9344851996b6 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt
@@ -31,27 +31,40 @@ class ResourceLimitPatcherTest {
         val k8sResource = loader.loadK8sResource("Deployment", testPath + fileName) as Deployment
 
         val defCPU = PatcherDefinition()
-        defCPU.variableName = "cpu"
         defCPU.resource = "cpu-memory-deployment.yaml"
-        defCPU.container = "uc-application"
         defCPU.type = "ResourceLimitPatcher"
+        defCPU.config =mutableListOf(
+            hashMapOf(
+                "key" to "limitedResource",
+                "value" to "cpu"),
+            hashMapOf(
+                "key" to "container",
+                "value" to "uc-application"
+            ))
 
         val defMEM = PatcherDefinition()
-        defMEM.variableName = "memory"
         defMEM.resource = "cpu-memory-deployment.yaml"
-        defMEM.container = "uc-application"
         defMEM.type = "ResourceLimitPatcher"
+        defMEM.config =mutableListOf(
+            hashMapOf(
+                "key" to "limitedResource",
+                "value" to "memory"),
+            hashMapOf(
+                "key" to "container",
+                "value" to "uc-application"
+            ))
 
         patcherFactory.createPatcher(
             patcherDefinition = defCPU,
             k8sResources = listOf(Pair("cpu-memory-deployment.yaml", k8sResource))
         ).patch(value = cpuValue)
+
         patcherFactory.createPatcher(
             patcherDefinition = defMEM,
             k8sResources = listOf(Pair("cpu-memory-deployment.yaml", k8sResource))
         ).patch(value = memValue)
 
-        k8sResource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == defCPU.container }
+        k8sResource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == defCPU.getValueByKey("container") }
             .forEach {
                 assertTrue(it.resources.limits["cpu"].toString() == cpuValue)
                 assertTrue(it.resources.limits["memory"].toString() == memValue)
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt
index 7214422705a64f507a196a4b5f9b334665407422..5dc2764d86d543a94eee7966b3870eeedff1f4b3 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt
@@ -31,16 +31,32 @@ class ResourceRequestPatcherTest {
         val k8sResource = loader.loadK8sResource("Deployment", testPath + fileName) as Deployment
 
         val defCPU = PatcherDefinition()
-        defCPU.variableName = "cpu"
         defCPU.resource = "cpu-memory-deployment.yaml"
-        defCPU.container = "uc-application"
         defCPU.type = "ResourceRequestPatcher"
+        defCPU.config = mutableListOf(
+            hashMapOf(
+                "key" to "requestedResource",
+                "value" to "cpu"
+            ),
+            hashMapOf(
+                "key" to "container",
+                "value" to "uc-application"
+            )
+        )
 
         val defMEM = PatcherDefinition()
-        defMEM.variableName = "memory"
         defMEM.resource = "cpu-memory-deployment.yaml"
-        defMEM.container = "uc-application"
         defMEM.type = "ResourceRequestPatcher"
+        defMEM.config = mutableListOf(
+            hashMapOf(
+                "key" to "requestedResource",
+                "value" to "memory"
+            ),
+            hashMapOf(
+                "key" to "container",
+                "value" to "uc-application"
+            )
+        )
 
         patcherFactory.createPatcher(
             patcherDefinition = defCPU,
@@ -51,7 +67,7 @@ class ResourceRequestPatcherTest {
             k8sResources = listOf(Pair("cpu-memory-deployment.yaml", k8sResource))
         ).patch(value = memValue)
 
-        k8sResource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == defCPU.container }
+        k8sResource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == defCPU.getValueByKey("container") }
             .forEach {
                 assertTrue(it.resources.requests["cpu"].toString() == cpuValue)
                 assertTrue(it.resources.requests["memory"].toString() == memValue)