diff --git a/slo-violation-detector/src/main/java/slo_violation_detector_engine/detector/DetectorSubcomponent.java b/slo-violation-detector/src/main/java/slo_violation_detector_engine/detector/DetectorSubcomponent.java
index 73d7d2d..4b776b9 100644
--- a/slo-violation-detector/src/main/java/slo_violation_detector_engine/detector/DetectorSubcomponent.java
+++ b/slo-violation-detector/src/main/java/slo_violation_detector_engine/detector/DetectorSubcomponent.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class DetectorSubcomponent extends SLOViolationDetectorSubcomponent {
             detector_name = "detector_"+application_name+"_"+current_detector_id;
         }
         for (String metric_string : unbounded_metric_strings) {
-            subcomponent_state.getMonitoring_attributes_bounds_representation().put(metric_string.split(";")[0], metric_string.split(";", 2)[1]); //TODO delete once this information is successfully received from the AMQP broker
+            subcomponent_state.getMonitoring_attributes_bounds_representation().put(metric_string.split(";")[0], metric_string.split(";", 2)[1]); //TODO delete once this information is successfully received from the AMQP broker - this is alternative functionality to receiving the metrics list containing the metric boundaries
         }
         if (characterized_thread_run_mode.equals(attached)) {
             DetectorSubcomponentUtilities.run_slo_violation_detection_engine(this);
diff --git a/slo-violation-detector/src/main/java/slo_violation_detector_engine/director/DirectorSubcomponent.java b/slo-violation-detector/src/main/java/slo_violation_detector_engine/director/DirectorSubcomponent.java
index 5dcd7f7..8b6ec9c 100644
--- a/slo-violation-detector/src/main/java/slo_violation_detector_engine/director/DirectorSubcomponent.java
+++ b/slo-violation-detector/src/main/java/slo_violation_detector_engine/director/DirectorSubcomponent.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public class DirectorSubcomponent extends SLOViolationDetectorSubcomponent {
 
             BrokerSubscriber device_lost_subscriber = new BrokerSubscriber(topic_for_lost_device_announcement, broker_ip, broker_port, broker_username, broker_password, amq_library_configuration_location,EMPTY);
              BiFunction<BrokerSubscriptionDetails, String, String> device_lost_subscriber_function = (broker_details, message) -> {
-                BrokerPublisher persistent_publisher = new BrokerPublisher(topic_for_severity_announcement, broker_ip, broker_port, broker_username, broker_password, amq_library_configuration_location);
+                BrokerPublisher persistent_publisher = new BrokerPublisher(topic_for_severity_announcement, broker_ip, broker_port, broker_username, broker_password, amq_library_configuration_location, true);
 
                 Clock clock = Clock.systemUTC();
                 Long current_time_seconds = (long) Math.floor(clock.millis()/1000.0);
diff --git a/slo-violation-detector/src/main/resources/application.properties b/slo-violation-detector/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 1f29ada..7089a15 100644
--- a/slo-violation-detector/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/slo-violation-detector/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 spring.profiles.active=production
 spring.mvc.view.prefix=/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/
 spring.mvc.view.suffix=.jsp
-logging.level.org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver=DEBUG
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+logging.level.org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver=DEBUG
+server.port: 8010
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