diff --git a/uc4-application/src/main/java/theodolite/uc4/application/HistoryService.java b/uc4-application/src/main/java/theodolite/uc4/application/HistoryService.java
index a27ea6711a5ee734d4b925bde49cbba8837137f2..b119857c99a01a35032b6abbdd7da2dd653d5c9b 100644
--- a/uc4-application/src/main/java/theodolite/uc4/application/HistoryService.java
+++ b/uc4-application/src/main/java/theodolite/uc4/application/HistoryService.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.configuration2.Configuration;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.KafkaStreams;
 import theodolite.commons.kafkastreams.ConfigurationKeys;
 import theodolite.uc4.streamprocessing.Uc4KafkaStreamsBuilder;
-import titan.ccp.common.configuration.Configurations;
+import titan.ccp.common.configuration.ServiceConfigurations;
 
 /**
  * A microservice that manages the history and, therefore, stores and aggregates incoming
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import titan.ccp.common.configuration.Configurations;
  */
 public class HistoryService {
 
-  private final Configuration config = Configurations.create();
+  private final Configuration config = ServiceConfigurations.createWithDefaults();
 
   private final CompletableFuture<Void> stopEvent = new CompletableFuture<>();
 
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public class HistoryService {
     // Configuration of the stream application
     final KafkaStreams kafkaStreams = uc4KafkaStreamsBuilder
         .bootstrapServers(this.config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS))
+        .schemaRegistry(this.config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL))
         .numThreads(this.config.getInt(ConfigurationKeys.NUM_THREADS))
         .commitIntervalMs(this.config.getInt(ConfigurationKeys.COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS))
         .cacheMaxBytesBuffering(this.config.getInt(ConfigurationKeys.CACHE_MAX_BYTES_BUFFERING))
diff --git a/uc4-application/src/main/java/theodolite/uc4/streamprocessing/TopologyBuilder.java b/uc4-application/src/main/java/theodolite/uc4/streamprocessing/TopologyBuilder.java
index b4632aaf15ee5f2572c795458f4bfded5c8cfbcd..a92abae6e11c4bf66a5d8d8dee0f10b088e8274b 100644
--- a/uc4-application/src/main/java/theodolite/uc4/streamprocessing/TopologyBuilder.java
+++ b/uc4-application/src/main/java/theodolite/uc4/streamprocessing/TopologyBuilder.java
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.Produced;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.TimeWindows;
 import theodolite.uc4.streamprocessing.util.StatsFactory;
 import titan.ccp.common.kafka.GenericSerde;
-import titan.ccp.common.kieker.kafka.IMonitoringRecordSerde;
-import titan.ccp.models.records.ActivePowerRecordFactory;
+import titan.ccp.common.kafka.avro.SchemaRegistryAvroSerdeFactory;
+import titan.ccp.model.records.ActivePowerRecord;
 
 /**
  * Builds Kafka Stream Topology for the History microservice.
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public class TopologyBuilder {
 
   private final String inputTopic;
   private final String outputTopic;
+  private final SchemaRegistryAvroSerdeFactory srAvroSerdeFactory;
   private final Duration aggregtionDuration;
   private final Duration aggregationAdvance;
 
@@ -41,9 +42,11 @@ public class TopologyBuilder {
    * Create a new {@link TopologyBuilder} using the given topics.
    */
   public TopologyBuilder(final String inputTopic, final String outputTopic,
+      final SchemaRegistryAvroSerdeFactory srAvroSerdeFactory,
       final Duration aggregtionDuration, final Duration aggregationAdvance) {
     this.inputTopic = inputTopic;
     this.outputTopic = outputTopic;
+    this.srAvroSerdeFactory = srAvroSerdeFactory;
     this.aggregtionDuration = aggregtionDuration;
     this.aggregationAdvance = aggregationAdvance;
   }
@@ -58,14 +61,14 @@ public class TopologyBuilder {
     this.builder
         .stream(this.inputTopic,
             Consumed.with(Serdes.String(),
-                IMonitoringRecordSerde.serde(new ActivePowerRecordFactory())))
+                this.srAvroSerdeFactory.<ActivePowerRecord>forValues()))
         .selectKey((key, value) -> {
           final Instant instant = Instant.ofEpochMilli(value.getTimestamp());
           final LocalDateTime dateTime = LocalDateTime.ofInstant(instant, this.zone);
           return keyFactory.createKey(value.getIdentifier(), dateTime);
         })
         .groupByKey(
-            Grouped.with(keySerde, IMonitoringRecordSerde.serde(new ActivePowerRecordFactory())))
+            Grouped.with(keySerde, this.srAvroSerdeFactory.forValues()))
         .windowedBy(TimeWindows.of(this.aggregtionDuration).advanceBy(this.aggregationAdvance))
         .aggregate(
             () -> Stats.of(),
diff --git a/uc4-application/src/main/java/theodolite/uc4/streamprocessing/Uc4KafkaStreamsBuilder.java b/uc4-application/src/main/java/theodolite/uc4/streamprocessing/Uc4KafkaStreamsBuilder.java
index 8220f4cd36b0639cd69ac102177a53b1ed90e5b6..7c9e2c4f790cf1fbb7dd34db573576d1e64077db 100644
--- a/uc4-application/src/main/java/theodolite/uc4/streamprocessing/Uc4KafkaStreamsBuilder.java
+++ b/uc4-application/src/main/java/theodolite/uc4/streamprocessing/Uc4KafkaStreamsBuilder.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.Topology;
 import theodolite.commons.kafkastreams.KafkaStreamsBuilder;
+import titan.ccp.common.kafka.avro.SchemaRegistryAvroSerdeFactory;
 
 /**
  * Builder for the Kafka Streams configuration.
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ public class Uc4KafkaStreamsBuilder extends KafkaStreamsBuilder {
     final TopologyBuilder topologyBuilder = new TopologyBuilder(
         this.inputTopic,
         this.outputTopic,
+        new SchemaRegistryAvroSerdeFactory(this.schemaRegistryUrl),
         this.aggregtionDuration,
         this.aggregationAdvance);