diff --git a/manifests/pathcompservice.yaml b/manifests/pathcompservice.yaml
index 138191e2a619a3b7c67d2fbdcbebaa284e00fbc8..679552e2fbaf14ceb7e1a190f11adb6877efa386 100644
--- a/manifests/pathcompservice.yaml
+++ b/manifests/pathcompservice.yaml
@@ -51,27 +51,18 @@ spec:
       - name: backend
         image: registry.gitlab.com/teraflow-h2020/controller/pathcomp-backend:latest
         imagePullPolicy: Always
-        # not working; to be investigated
-        #readinessProbe:
-        #  exec:
-        #    command:
-        #      - curl -X POST -0
-        #      - -H 'Expect:'
-        #      - -H 'Content-Type:\ application/json'
-        #      - -d '{}'
-        #      - http://127.0.0.1:8081/pathComp/api/v1/compRoute
-        #  initialDelaySeconds: 5
-        #  timeoutSeconds: 5
-        #livenessProbe:
-        #  exec:
-        #    command:
-        #      - curl -X POST -0
-        #      - -H 'Expect:'
-        #      - -H 'Content-Type:\ application/json'
-        #      - -d '{}'
-        #      - http://127.0.0.1:8081/pathComp/api/v1/compRoute
-        #  initialDelaySeconds: 5
-        #  timeoutSeconds: 5
+        readinessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /health
+            port: 8081
+          initialDelaySeconds: 5
+          timeoutSeconds: 5
+        livenessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /health
+            port: 8081
+          initialDelaySeconds: 5
+          timeoutSeconds: 5
         resources:
           requests:
             cpu: 250m
diff --git a/src/pathcomp/.gitignore b/src/pathcomp/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..48a680bf0f45eb556108c349bc45be896f4219aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pathcomp/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+backend/wireshark
diff --git a/src/pathcomp/.gitlab-ci.yml b/src/pathcomp/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d8ab40fda138723a3e7771005125b0dccce71b1f..aaed7f8fee849e5015b585b2e979eda09b9d1073 100644
--- a/src/pathcomp/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/src/pathcomp/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ build pathcomp-frontend:
       - src/common/**/*.py
       - proto/*.proto
       - src/$IMAGE_NAME/.gitlab-ci.yml
+      - src/$IMAGE_NAME/backend/**/*.{c,h,conf}
+      - src/$IMAGE_NAME/backend/Makefile
+      - src/$IMAGE_NAME/backend/Dockerfile
       - src/$IMAGE_NAME/frontend/**/*.{py,in,yml}
       - src/$IMAGE_NAME/frontend/Dockerfile
       - src/$IMAGE_NAME/frontend/tests/*.py
diff --git a/src/pathcomp/backend/Dockerfile b/src/pathcomp/backend/Dockerfile
index c7c8d796512ec4bb5ff59d3d48ae62d86df761af..128085f902df61acad7493ae6c085031a7aac568 100644
--- a/src/pathcomp/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/pathcomp/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@ COPY --from=builder /var/teraflow/config/pathcomp.conf ./config
 COPY --from=builder /var/teraflow/tests/. ./tests
 
 # release entrypoint:
-ENTRYPOINT [ "./pathComp", "config/pathcomp.conf", "pathcomp.log" ]
+ENTRYPOINT [ "./pathComp", "config/pathcomp.conf", "screen_only" ]
diff --git a/src/pathcomp/backend/Dockerfile-gdb b/src/pathcomp/backend/Dockerfile-gdb
index 13af33006504095204878b465bdee7f84f549d20..dcf2dbd2fefb22618677b746d1a6cc82a5412e13 100644
--- a/src/pathcomp/backend/Dockerfile-gdb
+++ b/src/pathcomp/backend/Dockerfile-gdb
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ RUN make
 
 EXPOSE 8081
 
-ENTRYPOINT [ "gdb", "--args", "./pathComp", "config/pathcomp.conf", "pathcomp.log" ] 
+ENTRYPOINT [ "gdb", "--args", "./pathComp", "config/pathcomp.conf", "screen_only" ] 
diff --git a/src/pathcomp/backend/wireshark/restAPI_20220727.pcap b/src/pathcomp/backend/wireshark/restAPI_20220727.pcap
deleted file mode 100644
index e5e4ece2d4b1b2588961b47f16761b71749ac8f4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Binary files a/src/pathcomp/backend/wireshark/restAPI_20220727.pcap and /dev/null differ