diff --git a/prometheus/README.md b/prometheus/README.md
index d40a6ba..4ac6f11 100644
--- a/prometheus/README.md
+++ b/prometheus/README.md
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@
 
 
 ### Check the metrics
-- To check the raw metrics hit this url in your browser: http://<IP>:1880/api/actuator/prometheus
-- To check the metrics though GUI, with some graphs, hit: http://<IP>:9090
+- To check the raw metrics check the output of this url, in your browser: http://\<IP\>:1880/api/actuator/prometheus
+- To check the metrics though GUI, with some graphs, check: http://\<IP\>:9090
 
 
 ### Visualize metrics in Grafana
-- Access grafana in:  http://<IP>:3000/
+- Access grafana in:  http://\<IP\>:3000/
 - Give the default username and password: "admin" (for both).
 - Specify the new password.
 - Then, add a "Prometheus" datasource.
-- Specify the prometheus url: http://<IP>:9090
+- Specify the prometheus url: http://\<IP\>:9090
 - Save the datasource.
 - Go to "dashboards", click "import", add the number "12900" in the input and click "load" and "next".
 - Then select the "prometheus" datasource and click "import".
diff --git a/prometheus/prometheus.yml b/prometheus/prometheus.yml
index 72101e3..c8bd3b0 100644
--- a/prometheus/prometheus.yml
+++ b/prometheus/prometheus.yml
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ scrape_configs:
     metrics_path: '/api/actuator/prometheus' # Job to scrape application metrics
     scrape_interval: 15s
     scrape_timeout: 10s
-    static_configs: # TODO - Find a way to automatically apply the publicIP of the host machine it is running on.
+    static_configs: # TODO -  Check if there is a way to automatically apply the publicIP of the host machine it is running on.
       - targets: [ '<SERVER_IP>:1880' ]
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/controllers/UrlsController.java b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/controllers/UrlsController.java
index 0de7c2d..b003d72 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/controllers/UrlsController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/controllers/UrlsController.java
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ public class UrlsController {
             if ( savedWorkerIp.equals(remoteAddr) ) {
                 logger.warn("The worker with id \"" + workerId + "\" has changed IP from \"" + savedWorkerIp + "\" to \"" + remoteAddr + "\".");
                 workerInfo.setWorkerIP(remoteAddr); // Set the new IP. The update will be reflected in the map.
+            }   // In this case, the worker may has previously informed the Controller it has shutdown or it may have crashed.
+
+            if ( workerInfo.getHasShutdown() ) {
+                logger.info("The worker with id \"" + workerId + "\" was restarted.");
+                workerInfo.setHasShutdown(false);
             }
         } else {
             logger.info("The worker \"" + workerId + "\" is requesting assignments for the first time. Going to store its IP and create the remote parquet subdirectories (in HDFS).");