diff --git a/execution/uc1-application/jobmanager-job.yaml b/execution/uc1-application/jobmanager-job.yaml
index 4665f296fa9575d1d69468c4de3d509995f7d7a5..acdfc9fcffb09a3cadc7ea0870c834b61f965e0f 100644
--- a/execution/uc1-application/jobmanager-job.yaml
+++ b/execution/uc1-application/jobmanager-job.yaml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ spec:
               value: "my-confluent-cp-kafka:9092"
             - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
               value: "{{KAFKA_STREAMS_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS}}"
-            #- name: CHECKPOINTING
-            #  value: "false"
-            #- name: "FLINK_STATE_BACKEND"
-            #  value: "rocksdb"
+            - name: CHECKPOINTING
+              value: "false"
+            - name: "FLINK_STATE_BACKEND"
+              value: "rocksdb"
             - name: JOB_MANAGER_RPC_ADDRESS
               value: "flink-jobmanager"
             - name: FLINK_PROPERTIES
diff --git a/execution/uc1-application/taskmanager-job-deployment.yaml b/execution/uc1-application/taskmanager-job-deployment.yaml
index d029edd50ce2404af76e90f6cdc8517443d32b1e..97ad8cc9290d056435e7fd0b6b22a39d86b6449c 100644
--- a/execution/uc1-application/taskmanager-job-deployment.yaml
+++ b/execution/uc1-application/taskmanager-job-deployment.yaml
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ spec:
               value: "my-confluent-cp-kafka:9092"
             - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
               value: "{{KAFKA_STREAMS_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS}}"
-            #- name: CHECKPOINTING
-            #  value: "false"
-            #- name: "FLINK_STATE_BACKEND"
-            #  value: "rocksdb"
+            - name: CHECKPOINTING
+              value: "false"
+            - name: "FLINK_STATE_BACKEND"
+              value: "rocksdb"
             - name: JOB_MANAGER_RPC_ADDRESS
               value: "flink-jobmanager"
             - name: TASK_MANAGER_NUMBER_OF_TASK_SLOTS
diff --git a/execution/uc2-application/jobmanager-job.yaml b/execution/uc2-application/jobmanager-job.yaml
index 10d92d07fe48287fe3d66fadcdbf4b1fe99e292e..7da5b47caaf647789ff152e0a6579d0e4ff23992 100644
--- a/execution/uc2-application/jobmanager-job.yaml
+++ b/execution/uc2-application/jobmanager-job.yaml
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ spec:
             - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
               value: "{{KAFKA_STREAMS_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS}}"
             - name: CHECKPOINTING
-              value: "true"
-            #- name: "FLINK_STATE_BACKEND"
-            #  value: "rocksdb"
+              value: "false"
+            - name: FLINK_STATE_BACKEND
+              value: "rocksdb"
             - name: JOB_MANAGER_RPC_ADDRESS
               value: "flink-jobmanager"
             - name: DEBUG
diff --git a/execution/uc2-application/taskmanager-job-deployment.yaml b/execution/uc2-application/taskmanager-job-deployment.yaml
index 26e9cdca9a6b17639c8b9a44cf1d39a0caa610d1..aed2224490a5cc179736bdc8e3b21e4bbe83fe65 100644
--- a/execution/uc2-application/taskmanager-job-deployment.yaml
+++ b/execution/uc2-application/taskmanager-job-deployment.yaml
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ spec:
             - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
               value: "{{KAFKA_STREAMS_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS}}"
             - name: CHECKPOINTING
-              value: "true"
-            #- name: "FLINK_STATE_BACKEND"
-            #  value: "rocksdb"
+              value: "false"
+            - name: FLINK_STATE_BACKEND
+              value: "rocksdb"
             - name: JOB_MANAGER_RPC_ADDRESS
               value: "flink-jobmanager"
             - name: TASK_MANAGER_NUMBER_OF_TASK_SLOTS
diff --git a/execution/uc3-application/jobmanager-job.yaml b/execution/uc3-application/jobmanager-job.yaml
index 8c025e4356d8cb68d25b96379bc8568b8f559c6e..6a48978704743ff805706d0e1c23be2dda6000cc 100644
--- a/execution/uc3-application/jobmanager-job.yaml
+++ b/execution/uc3-application/jobmanager-job.yaml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ spec:
               value: "my-confluent-cp-kafka:9092"
             - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
               value: "{{KAFKA_STREAMS_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS}}"
-            #- name: CHECKPOINTING
-            #  value: "false"
-            #- name: "FLINK_STATE_BACKEND"
-            #  value: "rocksdb"
+            - name: CHECKPOINTING
+              value: "false"
+            - name: FLINK_STATE_BACKEND
+              value: "rocksdb"
             - name: JOB_MANAGER_RPC_ADDRESS
               value: "flink-jobmanager"
             - name: FLINK_PROPERTIES
diff --git a/execution/uc3-application/taskmanager-job-deployment.yaml b/execution/uc3-application/taskmanager-job-deployment.yaml
index 4d0abe00861447cfcfbd471dbdf0dd5e0747d293..4725b30b9c281cdc616d755f926119b424fbfe56 100644
--- a/execution/uc3-application/taskmanager-job-deployment.yaml
+++ b/execution/uc3-application/taskmanager-job-deployment.yaml
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ spec:
               value: "my-confluent-cp-kafka:9092"
             - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
               value: "{{KAFKA_STREAMS_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS}}"
-            #- name: CHECKPOINTING
-            #  value: "false"
-            #- name: "FLINK_STATE_BACKEND"
-            #  value: "rocksdb"
+            - name: CHECKPOINTING
+              value: "false"
+            - name: FLINK_STATE_BACKEND
+              value: "rocksdb"
             - name: JOB_MANAGER_RPC_ADDRESS
               value: "flink-jobmanager"
             - name: TASK_MANAGER_NUMBER_OF_TASK_SLOTS
diff --git a/execution/uc4-application/jobmanager-job.yaml b/execution/uc4-application/jobmanager-job.yaml
index 4225ece4c190fc84557a5310c7aab5ff40b9e901..f5a1dd24ba9e38f96247024961c0c13b8ca5387b 100644
--- a/execution/uc4-application/jobmanager-job.yaml
+++ b/execution/uc4-application/jobmanager-job.yaml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ spec:
               value: "my-confluent-cp-kafka:9092"
             - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
               value: "{{KAFKA_STREAMS_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS}}"
-            #- name: CHECKPOINTING
-            #  value: "false"
+            - name: CHECKPOINTING
+              value: "false"
             - name: FLINK_STATE_BACKEND
               value: "rocksdb"
             - name: FLINK_STATE_BACKEND_PATH
diff --git a/execution/uc4-application/taskmanager-job-deployment.yaml b/execution/uc4-application/taskmanager-job-deployment.yaml
index 8bad5b567ffdca12e0361c64a5f1e0bc17a1e914..a94a38596073c8d29ff80fcfdcf9080bbd50a57f 100644
--- a/execution/uc4-application/taskmanager-job-deployment.yaml
+++ b/execution/uc4-application/taskmanager-job-deployment.yaml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ spec:
               value: "my-confluent-cp-kafka:9092"
             - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
               value: "{{KAFKA_STREAMS_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS}}"
-            #- name: CHECKPOINTING
-            #  value: "false"
+            - name: CHECKPOINTING
+              value: "false"
             - name: FLINK_STATE_BACKEND
               value: "rocksdb"
             - name: FLINK_STATE_BACKEND_PATH