diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-samza/uc1-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-samza/uc1-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml
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+apiVersion: theodolite.com/v1
+kind: benchmark
+metadata:
+  name: uc1-beam-samza
+spec:
+  sut:
+    resources:
+      - configMap:
+          name: "benchmark-resources-uc1-beam-samza"
+          files:
+          - "uc1-beam-samza-deployment.yaml"
+          - "uc1-beam-samza-service.yaml"
+          - "uc1-jmx-configmap.yaml"
+          - "uc1-service-monitor.yaml"
+          afterActions:
+      - selector: # delete zookeeper nodes to reset zookeeper
+          pod:
+            matchLabels:
+              app: "cp-zookeeper"
+          container: "cp-zookeeper-server"
+        exec:
+          command: ["zookeeper-shell", "localhost:2181",
+           "deleteall", "/app-theodolite-uc2-application-1"]
+          timeoutSeconds: 60
+  loadGenerator:
+    resources:
+      - configMap:
+          name: "benchmark-resources-uc1-load-generator"
+          files:
+          - "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+          - "uc1-load-generator-service.yaml"
+  resourceTypes:
+    - typeName: "Instances"
+      patchers:
+        - type: "ReplicaPatcher"
+          resource: "uc1-beam-samza-deployment.yaml"
+  loadTypes:
+    - typeName: "NumSensors"
+      patchers:
+        - type: "EnvVarPatcher"
+          resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+          properties:
+            container: "workload-generator"
+            variableName: "NUM_SENSORS"
+        - type: NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher
+          resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+          properties:
+            loadGenMaxRecords: "150000"
+  kafkaConfig:
+    bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
+    topics:
+      - name: "input"
+        numPartitions: 40
+        replicationFactor: 1
+      - name: ".*samza.*"
+        removeOnly: true
+      - name: ".*uc1-application.*"
+        removeOnly: true
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