diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ab42bdf9c800c37c2934a71d38989bd6202f8423..ac1f11cd25eaec6818a8270957e5a5756865b2d9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 	<artifactId>org.etsi.osl.metrico</artifactId>
 	<name>org.etsi.osl.metrico</name>
-<!--	<version>${org.etsi.osl.cridge.version}</version>-->
+<!--	<version>${org.etsi.osl.metrico.version}</version>-->
 	<url>http://openslice.io</url>
 
 	<organization>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/etsi/osl/metrico/prometheus/PrometheusQueries.java b/src/main/java/org/etsi/osl/metrico/prometheus/PrometheusQueries.java
index aadbc05bef4669745b54cf13de7ac7d6b300b397..7f2d14a547eeb45b27ddcfa3ad12ce3179b670c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/etsi/osl/metrico/prometheus/PrometheusQueries.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/etsi/osl/metrico/prometheus/PrometheusQueries.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.etsi.osl.metrico.prometheus;
 
-
 import org.etsi.osl.metrico.model.Job;
 import org.etsi.osl.metrico.services.JobService;
 import org.etsi.osl.tmf.pm628.model.ExecutionStateType;
@@ -8,7 +7,6 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
 
@@ -16,9 +14,6 @@ import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-/**
- * This class contains the Prometheus Queries for the metrics.
- */
 @Component
 public class PrometheusQueries {
 
@@ -29,7 +24,7 @@ public class PrometheusQueries {
         this.jobService = jobService;
     }
 
-    public String sendQueryToPrometheus(String prometheusUrl, String query){
+    public String sendQueryToPrometheus(String prometheusUrl, String query) {
         RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
 
         UriComponentsBuilder builder = UriComponentsBuilder.fromHttpUrl(prometheusUrl)
@@ -39,25 +34,18 @@ public class PrometheusQueries {
 
         ResponseEntity<String> response = restTemplate.getForEntity(builder.toUriString(), String.class);
         logger.atDebug().log("Received " + response.getBody());
-        return response.getBody();  // This will be sent to the MQ
+        return response.getBody();
     }
 
     public Job startPeriodicQuery(String prometheusUrl, String query, OffsetDateTime startDateTime, OffsetDateTime endDateTime, Integer executionInterval) {
 
-        final Runnable queryHandler = new Runnable() {
-            public void run() {
-                new Thread(() -> {
-
-                    sendQueryToPrometheus(prometheusUrl, query);
+        final Runnable queryHandler = () -> sendQueryToPrometheus(prometheusUrl, query);
 
-                }).start();
-            }
-        };
         Job job = jobService.startJob(queryHandler, startDateTime, endDateTime, executionInterval);
-        if(job.getState() == ExecutionStateType.FAILED){
+        if (job.getState() == ExecutionStateType.FAILED) {
             return job;
         }
-        // Schedule a task to stop the job after the specified delay
+
         if (endDateTime != null) {
             long stopAfterSeconds = Duration.between(OffsetDateTime.now(), endDateTime).getSeconds();
             JobService.getScheduler().schedule(() -> {
@@ -65,8 +53,9 @@ public class PrometheusQueries {
                 job.setState(ExecutionStateType.COMPLETED);
             }, stopAfterSeconds, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
         }
+
         return job;
     }
+}
 
 
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/etsi/osl/metrico/services/JobService.java b/src/main/java/org/etsi/osl/metrico/services/JobService.java
index 4c5e3cac941ea005a660032003e18343c208bb52..128a9bf5111f5765c45560f7d375917f160179ad 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/etsi/osl/metrico/services/JobService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/etsi/osl/metrico/services/JobService.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import org.etsi.osl.tmf.pm628.model.ExecutionStateType;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
@@ -22,8 +23,10 @@ public class JobService {
     @Getter
     private static final Map<UUID, Job> jobs = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
+    @Value("${METRICO_THREAD_POOL_SIZE}")
+    private static int threadPoolSize;
     @Getter
-    private static final ScheduledExecutorService scheduler = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1);
+    private static final ScheduledExecutorService scheduler = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(threadPoolSize);
 
     private final JobRepoService jobRepoService;
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yml b/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 07b2eaca893fda440a4b0c79a853f411a53487c8..22ba8008e42de14e7c17283c3bf0ba2fff70db67 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ logging:
     
 scheduling.enabled: true
 
+#NUMBER OF THREADS FOR THE METRICO THREAD POOL
+METRICO_THREAD_POOL_SIZE: 10
+
 #TMF QUEUES
 PM_GET_MEASUREMENT_COLLECTION_JOB_BY_ID: "jms:queue:PM.GET.MEASUREMENTCOLLECTIONJOB_BY_ID"
 PM_GET_MEASUREMENT_COLLECTION_JOBS: "jms:queue:PM.GET.MEASUREMENTCOLLECTIONJOBS"
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/etsi/osl/metrico/services/MetricoServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/org/etsi/osl/metrico/services/MetricoServiceTest.java
index e0830f7034d0140a33a0c33b9711f8ca654b87c4..f4001103080a03b8571d2ac92b78a40cbea2a1b5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/etsi/osl/metrico/services/MetricoServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/etsi/osl/metrico/services/MetricoServiceTest.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class MetricoServiceTest {
         mcj = new MeasurementCollectionJob();
         mcj.setUuid("123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000");
 
-        mcj.granularity(Granularity.G_1M);
+        mcj.granularity(Granularity.G_10SEC);
 
         DataAccessEndpoint dae = new DataAccessEndpoint();
         dae.setApiType("PROMETHEUS");
@@ -48,11 +48,13 @@ public class MetricoServiceTest {
     public void testQueryToPrometheus() {
         String[] result = metricoService.queryToPrometheus(mcj);
         System.out.println(Arrays.toString(result));
+
         //assertEquals("OK", result);
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testStartPeriodicQueryToPrometheus(){
+    public void testStartPeriodicQueryToPrometheus() throws InterruptedException {
         metricoService.startPeriodicQueryToPrometheus(mcj);
+        Thread.sleep(60000);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/resources/application.yml b/src/test/resources/application.yml
index 4e3970ab7ad3736fb0f3611e3a80ede4379b68c5..35e904d5ad6a64bd8e7868c6fbcf46bad9afaaf2 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/application.yml
+++ b/src/test/resources/application.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,8 @@ spring:
     username: sa
     password: password
   jpa:
-    database-platform: org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
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+    database-platform: org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
+
+
+#NUMBER OF THREADS FOR THE METRICO THREAD POOL
+METRICO_THREAD_POOL_SIZE: 10
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