diff --git a/src/monitoring/.gitlab-ci.yml b/src/monitoring/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 24f81d16e566bef01ebcd705f7f7d16205cff58b..073288f705e10a85f5b00b642c613e4044ff8e6d 100644
--- a/src/monitoring/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/src/monitoring/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,41 +1,42 @@
-# # build, tag and push the Docker image to the gitlab registry
-# build monitoring:
-#   variables:
-#     IMAGE_NAME: 'monitoring' # name of the microservice
-#     IMAGE_TAG: 'latest' # tag of the container image (production, development, etc)
-#   stage: build
-#   before_script:
-#     - docker login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" $CI_REGISTRY
-#   script:
-#     - docker build --build-arg user={$INFLUXDB_USER} --build-arg pass={$INFLUXDB_PASSWORD} --build-arg db={$INFLUXDB_DATABASE} -t "$IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG" -f ./src/$IMAGE_NAME/Dockerfile ./src/
-#     - docker tag "$IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG" "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG"
-#     - docker push "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG"
-#   after_script:
-#     - docker rmi $(docker images --quiet --filter=dangling=true)
-#   rules:
-#     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event" && ($CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == "develop" || $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH)'
-#     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "develop"' 
-#     - changes:
-#       - src/$IMAGE_NAME/**/*.{py,in,yml}
-#       - src/$IMAGE_NAME/Dockerfile
-#       - src/$IMAGE_NAME/tests/*.py
-#       - src/$IMAGE_NAME/tests/Dockerfile
-#       - manifests/$IMAGE_NAME.yaml
-#       - .gitlab-ci.yml
+# build, tag and push the Docker image to the gitlab registry
+build monitoring:
+  variables:
+    IMAGE_NAME: 'monitoring' # name of the microservice
+    IMAGE_TAG: 'latest' # tag of the container image (production, development, etc)
+  stage: build
+  before_script:
+    - docker login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" $CI_REGISTRY
+  script:
+    - echo $INFLUXDB_USER
+    - docker build --build-arg user={$INFLUXDB_USER} --build-arg pass={$INFLUXDB_PASSWORD} --build-arg db={$INFLUXDB_DATABASE} -t "$IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG" -f ./src/$IMAGE_NAME/Dockerfile ./src/
+    - docker tag "$IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG" "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG"
+    - docker push "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG"
+  after_script:
+    - docker rmi $(docker images --quiet --filter=dangling=true)
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event" && ($CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == "develop" || $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH)'
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "develop"' 
+    - changes:
+      - src/$IMAGE_NAME/**/*.{py,in,yml}
+      - src/$IMAGE_NAME/Dockerfile
+      - src/$IMAGE_NAME/tests/*.py
+      - src/$IMAGE_NAME/tests/Dockerfile
+      - manifests/$IMAGE_NAME.yaml
+      - .gitlab-ci.yml
 
 kubernetes test:
   stage: build
   script:
     # - kubectl version
     # - kubectl get all
-    # - kubectl delete -f "manifests/monitoring.yaml"
-    # - sleep 15
-    # - kubectl apply -f "manifests/monitoring.yaml"
-    # - sleep 30
-    # - kubectl get all
-    - kubectl --namespace gitlab-ci describe pod monitoring-595c885c6c-7gcbf
-    - kubectl --namespace gitlab-ci logs monitoring-595c885c6c-7gcbf influxdb
-    - kubectl --namespace gitlab-ci logs monitoring-595c885c6c-7gcbf server
+    - kubectl delete -f "manifests/monitoring.yaml"
+    - sleep 15
+    - kubectl apply -f "manifests/monitoring.yaml"
+    - sleep 30
+    - kubectl get all
+    # - kubectl --namespace gitlab-ci describe pod monitoring-595c885c6c-7gcbf
+    # - kubectl --namespace gitlab-ci logs monitoring-595c885c6c-7gcbf influxdb
+    # - kubectl --namespace gitlab-ci logs monitoring-595c885c6c-7gcbf server
 
 # # test if the Docker image can be pulled from the gitlab registry
 # test monitoring pull:
diff --git a/src/monitoring/Dockerfile b/src/monitoring/Dockerfile
index 19d9cf503b2eca6ce553198b6d80acf48af2168d..e36585f28d3c5f844903c44bf21122105db3b150 100644
--- a/src/monitoring/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/monitoring/Dockerfile
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ ENV PORT=7070
 ARG user
 ARG pass
 ARG db
-ENV INFLUXDB_USER = ${user}
-ENV INFLUXDB_PASSWORD = ${pass}
-ENV INFLUXDB_DATABASE = ${db}
+ENV INFLUXDB_USER=$user
+ENV INFLUXDB_PASSWORD=$pass
+ENV INFLUXDB_DATABASE=$db
 RUN echo $INFLUXDB_USER
 RUN echo $INFLUXDB_PASSWORD
 RUN echo $INFLUXDB_DATABASE
diff --git a/src/monitoring/service/MonitoringServiceServicerImpl.py b/src/monitoring/service/MonitoringServiceServicerImpl.py
index fb89e7b1621c001b312c15e872d54ff58c361794..34fe706c277a8247e9f376d9029746b61827d319 100644
--- a/src/monitoring/service/MonitoringServiceServicerImpl.py
+++ b/src/monitoring/service/MonitoringServiceServicerImpl.py
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ class MonitoringServiceServicerImpl(monitoring_pb2_grpc.MonitoringServiceService
         LOGGER.info('Init monitoringService')
         # Init sqlite monitoring db
         self.sql_db = sqlite_tools.SQLite('monitoring.db')
+
+        # Create influx_db client
+        self.influx_db = influx_tools.Influx("localhost","8086",INFLUXDB_USER,INFLUXDB_PASS,INFLUXDB_DB)
         LOGGER.info(INFLUXDB_USER)
         LOGGER.info(INFLUXDB_PASS)
         LOGGER.info(INFLUXDB_DB)
-        # Create influx_db client
-        self.influx_db = influx_tools.Influx("localhost","8086",INFLUXDB_USER,INFLUXDB_PASS,INFLUXDB_DB)
 
     # CreateKpi (CreateKpiRequest) returns (KpiId) {}
     def CreateKpi(self, request : monitoring_pb2.CreateKpiRequest, context) -> monitoring_pb2.KpiId :