diff --git a/prometheus/docker-compose-prometheus.yml b/prometheus/docker-compose-prometheus.yml
index efb5fde..210c380 100644
--- a/prometheus/docker-compose-prometheus.yml
+++ b/prometheus/docker-compose-prometheus.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ services:
 
   prometheus:
     image: 'prom/prometheus:latest'
+    container_name: prometheus
     ports:
       - '9090:9090'
     command: '--config.file=/etc/prometheus/config.yml'
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ services:
 
   grafana:
     image: 'grafana/grafana:latest'
+    container_name: grafana
     ports:
       - '3000:3000'
     depends_on:
diff --git a/shutdownController.sh b/shutdownController.sh
index 9d71f8e..f910d16 100755
--- a/shutdownController.sh
+++ b/shutdownController.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-echo "Running compose down.."
-sudo docker compose -f ./prometheus/docker-compose-prometheus.yml down
-sudo docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f ./prometheus/docker-compose-prometheus.yml down
+# This script shuts down (ONLY!) the Controller, by stopping and killing the related containers.
+# It is used during testing.
+# It does not shuts down the whole service! The workers will keep running and their work will be lost.
 
+echo "Running compose down.."
+sudo docker compose -f docker-compose.yml down
+sudo docker compose -f ./prometheus/docker-compose-prometheus.yml down
 
 # In case we need to hard-remove the containers, use the following commands:
 #sudo docker stop $(sudo docker ps -aqf "name=^(?:urlscontroller-urls_controller|prometheus-(?:prometheus|grafana))-1$") || true # There may be no active containers
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/services/StatsService.java b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/services/StatsService.java
index 5fa3014..894255e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/services/StatsService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/services/StatsService.java
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 
 public interface StatsService {
 
-    ResponseEntity<?> getNumberOfPayloads(String getPayloadsNumberQuery, String extraMsg, int retryNum);
+    ResponseEntity<?> getNumberOfPayloads(String getPayloadsNumberQuery, String extraMsg, int retryCount);
 
-    ResponseEntity<?> getNumberOfRecordsInspectedByServiceThroughCrawling(int retryNum);
+    ResponseEntity<?> getNumberOfRecordsInspectedByServiceThroughCrawling(int retryCount);
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/services/StatsServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/services/StatsServiceImpl.java
index cdfa422..cbb033d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/services/StatsServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/services/StatsServiceImpl.java
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ public class StatsServiceImpl implements StatsService {
     // Thus, we need to have an "error-detection-and-retry" mechanism, in order to avoid returning error that we know will exist in certain times and we can overcome them.
     // The final time-to-return of the results-retrieval methods may be somewhat large, but the alternative of returning predictable errors or locking the DB and slowing down the aggregation system are even worse.
 
-    public ResponseEntity<?> getNumberOfPayloads(String getNumberQuery, String message, int retryNum)
+    public ResponseEntity<?> getNumberOfPayloads(String getNumberQuery, String message, int retryCount)
     {
-        if ( retryNum > 10 ) {
-            String errorMsg = "Could not find the requested payload-type table in an non-merging state, after " + retryNum + " retries!";
+        if ( retryCount > 10 ) {
+            String errorMsg = "Could not find the requested payload-type table in an non-merging state, after " + retryCount + " retries!";
             logger.error(errorMsg);
             return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(errorMsg);
         }
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class StatsServiceImpl implements StatsService {
             String exMsg = e.getMessage();
             if ( (exMsg != null) && (exMsg.contains("Could not resolve table reference") || exMsg.contains("Failed to open HDFS file")) ) {
                 sleep1min();
-                return getNumberOfPayloads(getNumberQuery, message, (++retryNum));
+                return getNumberOfPayloads(getNumberQuery, message, (++retryCount));
             }
             String errorMsg = "Problem when executing \"getNumberQuery\": " + getNumberQuery;
             logger.error(errorMsg, e);
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ public class StatsServiceImpl implements StatsService {
     }
 
 
-    public ResponseEntity<?> getNumberOfRecordsInspectedByServiceThroughCrawling(int retryNum)
+    public ResponseEntity<?> getNumberOfRecordsInspectedByServiceThroughCrawling(int retryCount)
     {
-        if ( retryNum > 10 ) {
-            String errorMsg = "Could not find the requested attempt table in an non-merging state, after " + retryNum + " retries!";
+        if ( retryCount > 10 ) {
+            String errorMsg = "Could not find the requested attempt table in an non-merging state, after " + retryCount + " retries!";
             logger.error(errorMsg);
             return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(errorMsg);
         }
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class StatsServiceImpl implements StatsService {
             String exMsg = e.getMessage();
             if ( (exMsg != null) && (exMsg.contains("Could not resolve table reference") || exMsg.contains("Failed to open HDFS file")) ) {
                 sleep1min();
-                return getNumberOfRecordsInspectedByServiceThroughCrawling(++retryNum);
+                return getNumberOfRecordsInspectedByServiceThroughCrawling(++retryCount);
             }
             String errorMsg = "Problem when executing \"getInspectedRecordsNumberQuery\": " + getInspectedRecordsNumberQuery;
             logger.error(errorMsg, e);
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/services/UrlsServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/services/UrlsServiceImpl.java
index ce13c1b..5768c8b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/services/UrlsServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/services/UrlsServiceImpl.java
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public class UrlsServiceImpl implements UrlsService {
                 assignment.setAssignmentsBatchCounter(curAssignmentsBatchCounter);
                 assignment.setTimestamp(timestamp);
                 Datasource datasource = new Datasource();
-                try {   // For each of the 4 columns returned. The indexing starts from  1
+                try {   // For each of the 4 columns returned, do the following. The column-indexing starts from  1
                     assignment.setId(rs.getString(1));
                     assignment.setOriginalUrl(rs.getString(2));
                     datasource.setId(rs.getString(3));