diff --git a/execution/theodolite.yaml b/execution/theodolite.yaml
index ff8eecb312d052eab6f2e66a0bd57d8a983d38e1..749c94b12736b2d8546fa3cb46559ec1b4ea0f27 100644
--- a/execution/theodolite.yaml
+++ b/execution/theodolite.yaml
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ spec:
         runAsUser: 0 # Set the permissions for write access to the volumes.
       containers:
         - name: lag-analysis
-          image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite-slo-checker-lag-trend:theodolite-kotlin-latest
+          image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite-slo-checker-lag-trend:latest
           ports:
           - containerPort: 80
             name: analysis
         - name: theodolite
-          image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite:theodolite-kotlin-latest
+          image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite:latest
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           env:
             - name: NAMESPACE
diff --git a/helm/templates/theodolite/random-scheduler/deployment.yaml b/helm/templates/theodolite/random-scheduler/deployment.yaml
index 35a6ad027b93446a2bb97e2ebd67f2e27652e99a..a1ea535d52d3dce971806dd638a90e9acb81c5d0 100644
--- a/helm/templates/theodolite/random-scheduler/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/templates/theodolite/random-scheduler/deployment.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccount: {{ include "theodolite.fullname" . }}-random-scheduler
       containers:
         - name: random-scheduler
-          image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite-random-scheduler:theodolite-kotlin-latest
+          image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite-random-scheduler:latest
           #imagePullPolicy: Always
           env:
             - name: TARGET_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/helm/values.yaml b/helm/values.yaml
index 4b970bf868092bca5571cb1ea0ba2360945c8ebf..917ec5cdbda7541b56b366aff2412ccf7d856f3b 100644
--- a/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/values.yaml
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ operator:
   enabled: true
   
   image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite
-  imageTag: theodolite-kotlin-latest
+  imageTag: latest
   imagePullPolicy: Always
 
   executionCRD:
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ operator:
     lagTrend:
       enabled: true
       image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite-slo-checker-lag-trend
-      imageTag: theodolite-kotlin-latest
+      imageTag: latest
       imagePullPolicy: Always
 
   resultsVolume:
diff --git a/slope-evaluator/requirements.txt b/slope-evaluator/requirements.txt
index 670815f35b18361951a2fa7b2142eee6bc86b01d..8b6c3863226c2bd5e8bcd7982b2674dee593f192 100644
--- a/slope-evaluator/requirements.txt
+++ b/slope-evaluator/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-fastapi==0.55.1
+fastapi==0.65.2
 scikit-learn==0.20.3
 pandas==1.0.3
 uvicorn
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-flink/uc1-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-flink/uc1-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
index 30e2d6bcae0156d08aa71c428934f420b4085e38..3e16e486446d568d2cac0fe5196ab7446be25978 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-flink/uc1-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-flink/uc1-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ spec:
             variableName: "NUM_SENSORS"
         - type: NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher
           resource: "uc1-kstreams/uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+          properties:
+            loadGenMaxRecords: "150000"
   kafkaConfig:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
     topics:
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-kstreams/uc1-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-kstreams/uc1-benchmark-operator.yaml
index 4ec3b08d8f20b6b4e4f108b43c9375179b7aee81..8bcc7d5a1d750eed140527e7c6176a881bc9e6e1 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-kstreams/uc1-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-kstreams/uc1-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ spec:
           properties:
             container: "workload-generator"
             variableName: "NUM_SENSORS"
-        - type: "NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher"
+        - type: NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher
           resource: "uc1-kstreams/uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
           properties:
-            loadGenMaxRecords: "15000"
+            loadGenMaxRecords: "150000"
   kafkaConfig:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
     topics:
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-flink/uc2-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-flink/uc2-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
index 4bc67808c5f4ba391650a2f9884444c2dca20cc6..ab335cc4f9f8413dd7871fc2184491235aad67e4 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-flink/uc2-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-flink/uc2-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ spec:
             variableName: "NUM_SENSORS"
         - type: NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher
           resource: "uc2-kstreams/uc2-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+          properties:
+            loadGenMaxRecords: "150000"
   kafkaConfig:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
     topics:
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/uc2-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/uc2-benchmark-operator.yaml
index aa25c53d793fd319ba16e15f8e8a152f177e799e..c71318c95ceb9d462f64e19b135ce59b43b03099 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/uc2-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/uc2-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ spec:
         - type: NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher
           resource: "uc2-kstreams/uc2-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
           properties:
-            loadGenMaxRecords: "15000"
+            loadGenMaxRecords: "150000"
   kafkaConfig:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
     topics:
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-flink/uc3-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-flink/uc3-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
index f7a05c1371089126d5e39b91f48ac9df42ef05e1..bc881d83d622f49409c4b2023b7fd9445038c2e8 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-flink/uc3-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-flink/uc3-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ spec:
             variableName: "NUM_SENSORS"
         - type: NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher
           resource: "uc3-kstreams/uc3-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+          properties:
+            loadGenMaxRecords: "150000"
   kafkaConfig:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
     topics:
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/uc3-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/uc3-benchmark-operator.yaml
index e2679ed864d4b8673bf0d44a96683ccb86f44090..cc10020b17c7a31b61f5fdaf6963be9fda75865f 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/uc3-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/uc3-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ spec:
         - type: NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher
           resource: "uc3-kstreams/uc3-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
           properties:
-            loadGenMaxRecords: "15000"
+            loadGenMaxRecords: "150000"
   kafkaConfig:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
     topics:
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-flink/uc4-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-flink/uc4-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
index 523167286f04e3ec0a66a43eabda618908ae3f11..9979f540ae343a065d8ca483fa9c5934fc550a46 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-flink/uc4-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-flink/uc4-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -37,8 +37,11 @@ spec:
           properties:
             container: "workload-generator"
             variableName: "NUM_NESTED_GROUPS"
-        - type: "NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher"
+        - type: NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher
           resource: "uc4-kstreams/uc4-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+          properties:
+            loadGenMaxRecords: "150000"
+            numSensors: "4.0"
   kafkaConfig:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
     topics:
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/uc4-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/uc4-benchmark-operator.yaml
index 3e10fd1aebf071e854cb31501030a50c11eab01d..61cdfeeea5298d05cca5f5a44cdb4bdf9f108b7c 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/uc4-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/uc4-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ spec:
         - type: NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher
           resource: "uc4-kstreams/uc4-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
           properties:
-            loadGenMaxRecords: "15000"
+            loadGenMaxRecords: "150000"
             numSensors: "4.0"
   kafkaConfig:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherFactory.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherFactory.kt
index 29723355ce23810c709fe4537242d1fd7e195d25..566335a660d14a0fb5fec3f8a244d4be321f3043 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherFactory.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherFactory.kt
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ class PatcherFactory {
                     k8sResource = resource,
                     container = patcherDefinition.properties["container"]!!
                 )
+                "ImagePatcher" -> ImagePatcher(
+                    k8sResource = resource,
+                    container = patcherDefinition.properties["container"]!!
+                )
                 else -> throw InvalidPatcherConfigurationException("Patcher type ${patcherDefinition.type} not found.")
             }
         } catch (e: Exception) {