diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/commons/flink/ConfigurationKeys.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/commons/flink/ConfigurationKeys.java
index cbe2e993d66d1824117169e7986311b2663038ee..750f11ab50c5f22edf35c8dd1d0b07b739d7155a 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/commons/flink/ConfigurationKeys.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/commons/flink/ConfigurationKeys.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public final class ConfigurationKeys {
 
   public static final String CHECKPOINTING = "checkpointing";
 
-  public static final String CHECKPOINTING_INTERVAL_MS = "commit.interval.ms";
+  public static final String CHECKPOINTING_INTERVAL_MS = "checkpointing.interval.ms";
 
   public static final String FLINK_STATE_BACKEND = "flink.state.backend";
 
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-flink/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-flink/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
index 905e501b8cb66712f2b245470d96803987a9b93b..4c5a921ce6775e355138e25de2146eec82dc4a18 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-flink/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-flink/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@ kafka.output.topic=output
 
 schema.registry.url=http://localhost:8081
 
-num.threads=1
-commit.interval.ms=1000
-cache.max.bytes.buffering=-1
+# Flink configuration
+checkpointing.interval.ms=1000
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-flink/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-flink/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
index f971390984ee41be1fce54e62f4f43ee2b9c02da..3e8b8e08eacb61a92bc40d16d0c30a65bd1161f8 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-flink/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-flink/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ kafka.bootstrap.servers=localhost:9092
 kafka.input.topic=input
 kafka.output.topic=output
 schema.registry.url=http://localhost:8081
-num.threads=1
-commit.interval.ms=100
-cache.max.bytes.buffering=-1
-kafka.window.duration.minutes=1
\ No newline at end of file
+
+kafka.window.duration.minutes=1
+
+# Flink configuration
+checkpointing.interval.ms=100
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-flink/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-flink/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
index 4423cd38c867a50f758437aa8eac8b12c7f10e62..24fb0b0b7044df51e44a7291dfc53ced89008e5f 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-flink/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-flink/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ schema.registry.url=http://localhost:8081
 aggregation.duration.days=30
 aggregation.advance.days=1
 aggregation.trigger.interval.seconds=15
-num.threads=1
-commit.interval.ms=100
-cache.max.bytes.buffering=-1
-time.zone=Europe/Paris
\ No newline at end of file
+
+time.zone=Europe/Paris
+
+# Flink configuration
+checkpointing.interval.ms=1000
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-flink/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-flink/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
index de85fdb88c0462edc9fba58409918470fcb8cb6c..f48b6c6ef1ae747474da54cc43e0c88207f7464e 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-flink/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-flink/src/main/resources/META-INF/application.properties
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ kafka.output.topic=output
 schema.registry.url=http://localhost:8081
 window.size.ms=1000
 window.grace.ms=0
-num.threads=1
-commit.interval.ms=1000
-cache.max.bytes.buffering=-1
+
+# Flink configuration
+checkpointing.interval.ms=1000