diff --git a/eraser.starter/src/main/java/de/tudresden/inf/st/eraser/starter/DummyMachineLearningHandlerFactory.java b/eraser.starter/src/main/java/de/tudresden/inf/st/eraser/starter/DummyMachineLearningHandlerFactory.java
index f8eacb3bdb340706478bdbc3664299d2615bc2c6..f72cda5f2fc2c1fa4b2016d62f29b70925419c09 100644
--- a/eraser.starter/src/main/java/de/tudresden/inf/st/eraser/starter/DummyMachineLearningHandlerFactory.java
+++ b/eraser.starter/src/main/java/de/tudresden/inf/st/eraser/starter/DummyMachineLearningHandlerFactory.java
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ import java.net.URL;
  */
 public class DummyMachineLearningHandlerFactory extends MachineLearningHandlerFactory {
 
-  private DummyMachineLearningModel model;
+  private final DummyMachineLearningModel model = DummyMachineLearningModel.createDefault();
 
   @Override
   public void initializeFor(MachineLearningHandlerFactoryTarget target, URL configUrl) {
-    model = DummyMachineLearningModel.createDefault();
+    // not needed
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/eraser.starter/src/main/resources/starter.eraser b/eraser.starter/src/main/resources/starter.eraser
index e5a685fafce1e53c1999bab2fb812bc5a7e93c8c..42580e822d3cefe1463f96a7e8adf3cb4f4a8ce9 100644
--- a/eraser.starter/src/main/resources/starter.eraser
+++ b/eraser.starter/src/main/resources/starter.eraser
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ Group: id="Datetime" items=["datetime_month", "datetime_day", "datetime_hour", "
 Mqtt: incoming="oh2/out/" outgoing="oh2/in/" host="localhost:1883" ;
 //Mqtt: incoming="oh2/out/" outgoing="oh2/in/" host="192.168.1.250" ;
 
-Influx: host="172.22.1.152" ;
+//Influx: host="172.22.1.152" ;
+
 //"working", "walking", "dancing", "lying", "getting up", "reading"
 ML: activities={
   0: "working",
diff --git a/eraser.starter/starter-setting.yaml b/eraser.starter/starter-setting.yaml
index 1326620d62ae4d0f93972989fbdc11fab2e9b9fa..49909e91e4fe5c0e73e3a3f3ca8ffa175f496e72 100644
--- a/eraser.starter/starter-setting.yaml
+++ b/eraser.starter/starter-setting.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ preference:
   file: src/main/resources/loaded_learner_preferences_brightness_iris.json
   external: true
   # Use dummy model in which the current activity is directly editable. Default: false.
-  dummy: false
+  dummy: true
   # Model id. Default: 1.
   id: 1
   abortOnError: true