diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteCRDExecutor.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteCRDExecutor.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..55b9765c51dd49772f8ad28a45213c7747a96994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteCRDExecutor.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package theodolite.execution
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.DefaultKubernetesClient
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.QuarkusMain
+import mu.KotlinLogging
+import kotlin.system.exitProcess
+
+private var DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = "default"
+private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
+
+@QuarkusMain(name = "TheodoliteCRDExecutor")
+object TheodoliteCRDExecutor {
+    @JvmStatic
+    fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+
+        val namespace = System.getenv("NAMESPACE") ?: DEFAULT_NAMESPACE
+        logger.info { "Using $namespace as namespace." }
+
+        val client = DefaultKubernetesClient().inNamespace(namespace)
+
+        println("hello there")
+
+        exitProcess(0)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteYamlExecutor.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteYamlExecutor.kt
index d5f73338718af26c49ff86d63c16a4fa5a903646..c3a98ef63a9a4755133580aeefb59688e8cc3460 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteYamlExecutor.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteYamlExecutor.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
 import theodolite.util.YamlParser
 import kotlin.system.exitProcess
 
+private var DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = "default"
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
 @QuarkusMain(name = "TheodoliteYamlExecutor")
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/application.properties b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 869bd94cea974d0303a6f6a9f12f2f084f1d7c7e..397f64e02d59e0619db5da05d44f37096450c960 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-quarkus.package.main-class=TheodoliteYamlExecutor
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+quarkus.package.main-class=TheodoliteCRDExecutor
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diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/yaml/BenchmarkExecutionCRD.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/yaml/BenchmarkExecutionCRD.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a91d123628a03bb7fd82821d6f34d7bf1239c154
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/yaml/BenchmarkExecutionCRD.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: "Theodolite Test Context"
+benchmark: "benchmarkType"
+load:
+  loadType: "NumSensors"
+  loadValues:
+    - 50000
+resources:
+  resourceType: "Instances"
+  resourceValues:
+    - 1
+slos:
+  - sloType: "lag trend"
+    threshold: 1000
+    prometheusUrl: "http://localhost:32656"
+    externalSloUrl: "http://localhost:80/evaluate-slope"
+    offset: 0
+    warmup: 0
+execution:
+  strategy: "LinearSearch"
+  duration: 60
+  repetitions: 1
+  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"
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diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/yaml/BenchmarkExecutionCRDShema.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/yaml/BenchmarkExecutionCRDShema.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6ad7993a1c914053d4543ff4f6289e0d11ba8ade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/resources/yaml/BenchmarkExecutionCRDShema.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  name: Theodolite-Test-Context
+spec:
+  name: string
+  benchmark: string
+  load:
+    loadType: string
+    loadValues:
+      - 50000
+  resources:
+    resourceType: "Instances"
+    resourceValues:
+      - 1
+  slos:
+    - sloType: "lag trend"
+      threshold: 1000
+      prometheusUrl: "http://localhost:32656"
+      externalSloUrl: "http://localhost:80/evaluate-slope"
+      offset: 0
+      warmup: 0
+  execution:
+    strategy: "LinearSearch"
+    duration: 60
+    repetitions: 1
+    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"
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