diff --git a/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/recordReader/RecordReaderConfiguration.java b/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/recordReader/RecordReaderConfiguration.java
index 3cd2b2072416365c3aaf681570eb6a4b8549c6d5..f50b52208325806eafa34f92f4d230ebd6f1e173 100644
--- a/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/recordReader/RecordReaderConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/recordReader/RecordReaderConfiguration.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class RecordReaderConfiguration extends Configuration {
 
 	private void buildConfiguration() {
 		final Stage producerPipeline = this.buildProducerPipeline();
-		addThreadableStage(producerPipeline);
+		declareActive(producerPipeline);
 	}
 
 	private Stage buildProducerPipeline() {
diff --git a/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReading/TcpTraceLoggingExtAnalysisConfiguration.java b/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReading/TcpTraceLoggingExtAnalysisConfiguration.java
index 5b8c52a0f239212cf69e7806d473115e78ff9af9..1e145c27f2d2a16cb0c28630437dc5d0a48efab0 100644
--- a/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReading/TcpTraceLoggingExtAnalysisConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReading/TcpTraceLoggingExtAnalysisConfiguration.java
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ public class TcpTraceLoggingExtAnalysisConfiguration extends Configuration {
 
 	private void init() {
 		final Pipeline<Distributor<Long>> clockPipeline = this.buildClockPipeline(1000);
-		addThreadableStage(clockPipeline.getFirstStage());
+		declareActive(clockPipeline.getFirstStage());
 		final Stage tcpPipeline = this.buildTcpPipeline(clockPipeline.getLastStage());
-		addThreadableStage(tcpPipeline);
+		declareActive(tcpPipeline);
 	}
 
 	private Pipeline<Distributor<Long>> buildClockPipeline(final long intervalDelayInMs) {
diff --git a/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReconstruction/TcpTraceReconstructionConf.java b/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReconstruction/TcpTraceReconstructionConf.java
index b5e54e10ae5c2c5496b0143b2ca3b3a686905c91..c05eb5a65729e20d4d07c2612b7ea6ae8d0376f7 100644
--- a/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReconstruction/TcpTraceReconstructionConf.java
+++ b/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReconstruction/TcpTraceReconstructionConf.java
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ public class TcpTraceReconstructionConf extends Configuration {
 
 	private void init() {
 		Pipeline<Distributor<Long>> clockStage = this.buildClockPipeline(1000);
-		addThreadableStage(clockStage.getFirstStage());
+		declareActive(clockStage.getFirstStage());
 
 		Pipeline<Distributor<Long>> clock2Stage = this.buildClockPipeline(2000);
-		addThreadableStage(clock2Stage.getFirstStage());
+		declareActive(clock2Stage.getFirstStage());
 
 		Stage pipeline = this.buildPipeline(clockStage.getLastStage(), clock2Stage.getLastStage());
-		addThreadableStage(pipeline);
+		declareActive(pipeline);
 	}
 
 	private Pipeline<Distributor<Long>> buildClockPipeline(final long intervalDelayInMs) {
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ public class TcpTraceReconstructionConf extends Configuration {
 		// connect stages
 		connectPorts(tcpReader.getOutputPort(), this.recordCounter.getInputPort(), TCP_RELAY_MAX_SIZE);
 		connectPorts(this.recordCounter.getOutputPort(), instanceOfFilter.getInputPort());
-		// connectIntraThreads(instanceOfFilter.getOutputPort(), this.recordThroughputFilter.getInputPort());
-		// connectIntraThreads(this.recordThroughputFilter.getOutputPort(), traceReconstructionFilter.getInputPort());
+		// connectPorts(instanceOfFilter.getOutputPort(), this.recordThroughputFilter.getInputPort());
+		// connectPorts(this.recordThroughputFilter.getOutputPort(), traceReconstructionFilter.getInputPort());
 		connectPorts(instanceOfFilter.getMatchedOutputPort(), traceReconstructionFilter.getInputPort());
 		connectPorts(traceReconstructionFilter.getTraceValidOutputPort(), this.traceThroughputFilter.getInputPort());
 		connectPorts(this.traceThroughputFilter.getOutputPort(), this.traceCounter.getInputPort());
-		// connectIntraThreads(traceReconstructionFilter.getTraceValidOutputPort(), this.traceCounter.getInputPort());
+		// connectPorts(traceReconstructionFilter.getTraceValidOutputPort(), this.traceCounter.getInputPort());
 		connectPorts(this.traceCounter.getOutputPort(), endStage.getInputPort());
 
 		connectPorts(clockStage.getNewOutputPort(), this.recordThroughputFilter.getTriggerInputPort(), 10);
diff --git a/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReconstruction/TraceReconstructionConf.java b/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReconstruction/TraceReconstructionConf.java
index 9210ee16c354490db202c54bfc73a2125ce27fba..0afcb0504113fdb7cd703cb0428844697b55890c 100644
--- a/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReconstruction/TraceReconstructionConf.java
+++ b/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReconstruction/TraceReconstructionConf.java
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ public class TraceReconstructionConf extends Configuration {
 
 	private void init() {
 		Clock clockStage = this.buildClockPipeline();
-		addThreadableStage(clockStage);
+		declareActive(clockStage);
 
 		Stage pipeline = this.buildPipeline(clockStage);
-		addThreadableStage(pipeline);
+		declareActive(pipeline);
 	}
 
 	private Clock buildClockPipeline() {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public class TraceReconstructionConf extends Configuration {
 		connectPorts(stringBufferFilter.getOutputPort(), instanceOfFilter.getInputPort());
 		connectPorts(instanceOfFilter.getMatchedOutputPort(), this.throughputFilter.getInputPort());
 		connectPorts(this.throughputFilter.getOutputPort(), traceReconstructionFilter.getInputPort());
-		// connectIntraThreads(instanceOfFilter.getOutputPort(), traceReconstructionFilter.getInputPort());
+		// connectPorts(instanceOfFilter.getOutputPort(), traceReconstructionFilter.getInputPort());
 		connectPorts(traceReconstructionFilter.getTraceValidOutputPort(), merger.getNewInputPort());
 		connectPorts(traceReconstructionFilter.getTraceInvalidOutputPort(), merger.getNewInputPort());
 		connectPorts(merger.getOutputPort(), this.traceCounter.getInputPort());
diff --git a/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReconstructionWithThreads/TcpTraceReconstructionAnalysisWithThreadsConfiguration.java b/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReconstructionWithThreads/TcpTraceReconstructionAnalysisWithThreadsConfiguration.java
index b7ca516ce5358d383dc223a81617117afc700591..6484124baa62987c0d606cdca3ad0510fb571a2f 100644
--- a/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReconstructionWithThreads/TcpTraceReconstructionAnalysisWithThreadsConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReconstructionWithThreads/TcpTraceReconstructionAnalysisWithThreadsConfiguration.java
@@ -92,17 +92,17 @@ public class TcpTraceReconstructionAnalysisWithThreadsConfiguration extends Conf
 
 	private void init() {
 		Pipeline<Distributor<IMonitoringRecord>> tcpPipeline = this.buildTcpPipeline();
-		addThreadableStage(tcpPipeline.getFirstStage());
+		declareActive(tcpPipeline.getFirstStage());
 
 		Pipeline<Distributor<Long>> clockStage = this.buildClockPipeline(1000);
-		addThreadableStage(clockStage.getFirstStage());
+		declareActive(clockStage.getFirstStage());
 
 		Pipeline<Distributor<Long>> clock2Stage = this.buildClockPipeline(2000);
-		addThreadableStage(clock2Stage.getFirstStage());
+		declareActive(clock2Stage.getFirstStage());
 
 		for (int i = 0; i < this.numWorkerThreads; i++) {
 			Stage pipeline = this.buildPipeline(tcpPipeline.getLastStage(), clockStage.getLastStage(), clock2Stage.getLastStage());
-			addThreadableStage(pipeline);
+			declareActive(pipeline);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ public class TcpTraceReconstructionAnalysisWithThreadsConfiguration extends Conf
 		connectPorts(traceMetadataCounter.getOutputPort(), instanceOfFilter.getInputPort());
 		connectPorts(instanceOfFilter.getMatchedOutputPort(), traceReconstructionFilter.getInputPort());
 		connectPorts(traceReconstructionFilter.getTraceValidOutputPort(), traceCounter.getInputPort());
-		// connectIntraThreads(traceReconstructionFilter.getOutputPort(), traceThroughputFilter.getInputPort());
-		// connectIntraThreads(traceThroughputFilter.getOutputPort(), traceCounter.getInputPort());
+		// connectPorts(traceReconstructionFilter.getOutputPort(), traceThroughputFilter.getInputPort());
+		// connectPorts(traceThroughputFilter.getOutputPort(), traceCounter.getInputPort());
 		connectPorts(traceCounter.getOutputPort(), endStage.getInputPort());
 
 		return relay;
diff --git a/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReductionWithThreads/TcpTraceReductionAnalysisWithThreadsConfiguration.java b/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReductionWithThreads/TcpTraceReductionAnalysisWithThreadsConfiguration.java
index 1f4a36bbd80280b948d2ad48da46e765ea34dbb7..ebea3fcdabeb5be84c6c2dc468a4064e639663a4 100644
--- a/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReductionWithThreads/TcpTraceReductionAnalysisWithThreadsConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/performancetest/java/teetime/examples/traceReductionWithThreads/TcpTraceReductionAnalysisWithThreadsConfiguration.java
@@ -88,17 +88,17 @@ public class TcpTraceReductionAnalysisWithThreadsConfiguration extends Configura
 
 	private void init() {
 		final Pipeline<Distributor<IMonitoringRecord>> tcpPipeline = this.buildTcpPipeline();
-		addThreadableStage(tcpPipeline.getFirstStage());
+		declareActive(tcpPipeline.getFirstStage());
 
 		final Pipeline<Distributor<Long>> clockStage = this.buildClockPipeline(1000);
-		addThreadableStage(clockStage.getFirstStage());
+		declareActive(clockStage.getFirstStage());
 
 		final Pipeline<Distributor<Long>> clock2Stage = this.buildClockPipeline(5000);
-		addThreadableStage(clock2Stage.getFirstStage());
+		declareActive(clock2Stage.getFirstStage());
 
 		for (int i = 0; i < this.numWorkerThreads; i++) {
 			final Stage pipeline = this.buildPipeline(tcpPipeline, clockStage, clock2Stage);
-			addThreadableStage(pipeline);
+			declareActive(pipeline);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ public class TcpTraceReductionAnalysisWithThreadsConfiguration extends Configura
 		connectPorts(traceCounter.getOutputPort(), traceThroughputFilter.getInputPort());
 		connectPorts(traceThroughputFilter.getOutputPort(), endStage.getInputPort());
 
-		// connectIntraThreads(traceReconstructionFilter.getOutputPort(), traceThroughputFilter.getInputPort());
-		// connectIntraThreads(traceThroughputFilter.getOutputPort(), endStage.getInputPort());
+		// connectPorts(traceReconstructionFilter.getOutputPort(), traceThroughputFilter.getInputPort());
+		// connectPorts(traceThroughputFilter.getOutputPort(), endStage.getInputPort());
 
 		connectPorts(clock2Stage.getLastStage().getNewOutputPort(), traceReductionFilter.getTriggerInputPort(), 10);
 		connectPorts(clockStage.getLastStage().getNewOutputPort(), traceThroughputFilter.getTriggerInputPort(), 10);
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/stage/io/filesystem/Dir2RecordsFilterTest.java b/src/test/java/teetime/stage/io/filesystem/Dir2RecordsFilterTest.java
index b9191f99d743c9804693d6556f018f5deacb3687..dc3f1d3242f1b3dd6159d5348f5b11172dc2f409 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/stage/io/filesystem/Dir2RecordsFilterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/stage/io/filesystem/Dir2RecordsFilterTest.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class Dir2RecordsFilterTest {
 			this.reader = new Dir2RecordsFilter(new ClassNameRegistryRepository());
 
 			connectPorts(this.producer.getOutputPort(), this.reader.getInputPort());
-			addThreadableStage(producer);
+			declareActive(producer);
 		}
 
 		public OutputPort<IMonitoringRecord> getOutputPort() {