diff --git a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index dfb6e35546c792eb2acfc9236ba9469c0c763ca4..9c1fc9243318db2d781901e8852d392dfaa47a39 100644
--- a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
         <module name="AvoidStarImport">
             <property name="excludes" value="java.io,java.util,java.util.concurrent,com.google.common.graph,
             org.apache.bcel.classfile,org.mongodb.morphia.annotations,de.ugoe.cs.comfort.data.models,
-            org.apache.bcel.generic,org.jacoco.core.data,com.github.javaparser.ast.stmt" />
+            org.apache.bcel.generic,org.jacoco.core.data,com.github.javaparser.ast.stmt,
+            org.eclipse.cmf.occi.core"/>
         </module>
         <module name="ConstantName"/>
         <module name="EmptyBlock">
@@ -41,12 +42,14 @@
         <module name="LeftCurly"/>
         <module name="RightCurly">
             <property name="id" value="RightCurlySame"/>
-            <property name="tokens" value="LITERAL_TRY, LITERAL_CATCH, LITERAL_FINALLY, LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_ELSE, LITERAL_DO"/>
+            <property name="tokens"
+                      value="LITERAL_TRY, LITERAL_CATCH, LITERAL_FINALLY, LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_ELSE, LITERAL_DO"/>
         </module>
         <module name="RightCurly">
             <property name="id" value="RightCurlyAlone"/>
             <property name="option" value="alone"/>
-            <property name="tokens" value="CLASS_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF, LITERAL_FOR, LITERAL_WHILE, STATIC_INIT, INSTANCE_INIT"/>
+            <property name="tokens"
+                      value="CLASS_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF, LITERAL_FOR, LITERAL_WHILE, STATIC_INIT, INSTANCE_INIT"/>
         </module>
 
         <module name="OneStatementPerLine"/>
diff --git a/de.ugoe.cs.rwm.mocci.connector/build.gradle b/de.ugoe.cs.rwm.mocci.connector/build.gradle
index 1baa0e885575d196aba9fab2139d72aa0f3e4c04..39f14e686fe00b40e8f736fc45786dba9be57fc2 100644
--- a/de.ugoe.cs.rwm.mocci.connector/build.gradle
+++ b/de.ugoe.cs.rwm.mocci.connector/build.gradle
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ dependencies {
     compile group: 'org.modmacao.occi', name: 'platform', version: '1.0.0'
     compile group: 'org.modmacao', name: 'cm', version: '1.0.0'
     compile group: 'org.modmacao', name: 'core', version: '1.0.0'
-    compile group: 'org.modmacao.core', name: 'connector', version : '1.0.0'
+    compile group: 'org.modmacao.core', name: 'connector', version: '1.0.0'
     compile group: 'commons-io', name: 'commons-io', version: '2.6'
-    
+
     //maven
     compile group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '1.7.25'
     compile group: 'org.eclipse.emf', name: 'org.eclipse.emf.ecore', version: '2.15.0'
@@ -21,31 +21,32 @@ sourceSets {
     main {
         java {
             srcDir 'src-gen'
-            }
-        //output.classesDir = "$workDir/client/program"
         }
+        //output.classesDir = "$workDir/client/program"
     }
-    
+}
+
 processResources {
-   from("."){
-    include("plugin.xml")
-   }
+    from(".") {
+        include("plugin.xml")
+        include("mocci.properties")
+    }
 }
-   
-    
+
+
 uploadArchives {
     repositories {
-       mavenDeployer {
-             repository(url: "https://nexus.informatik.uni-goettingen.de/content/repositories/rwm/") {
-             authentication(userName: System.getenv('NEXUSUSER'), password: System.getenv('NEXUSPASSWORD'))
+        mavenDeployer {
+            repository(url: "https://nexus.informatik.uni-goettingen.de/content/repositories/rwm/") {
+                authentication(userName: System.getenv('NEXUSUSER'), password: System.getenv('NEXUSPASSWORD'))
             }
-                         if (System.getenv('VERSION') != null) {
-                  pom.version = System.getenv('VERSION')
-                  println "Version is set to: " + System.getenv('VERSION')
-             }
-             pom.version = "SNAPSHOT"
-             pom.artifactId = "connector"
-             pom.groupId = "de.ugoe.cs.rwm.mocci"
-       }
+            if (System.getenv('VERSION') != null) {
+                pom.version = System.getenv('VERSION')
+                println "Version is set to: " + System.getenv('VERSION')
+            }
+            pom.version = "SNAPSHOT"
+            pom.artifactId = "connector"
+            pom.groupId = "de.ugoe.cs.rwm.mocci"
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/de.ugoe.cs.rwm.mocci.connector/mocci.properties b/de.ugoe.cs.rwm.mocci.connector/mocci.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a165cd72248c47cd4b1de98d0e3b874125ae74bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/de.ugoe.cs.rwm.mocci.connector/mocci.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+default_endpoint=172.19.0.1:8080
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/de.ugoe.cs.rwm.mocci.connector/src-gen/de/ugoe/cs/rwm/mocci/connector/ResultproviderConnector.java b/de.ugoe.cs.rwm.mocci.connector/src-gen/de/ugoe/cs/rwm/mocci/connector/ResultproviderConnector.java
index a3f6c7ebf744700f7be876c98ced0c289e2a3aca..ffaba2605155658584118d2a1ace8ee6cd2fd912 100644
--- a/de.ugoe.cs.rwm.mocci.connector/src-gen/de/ugoe/cs/rwm/mocci/connector/ResultproviderConnector.java
+++ b/de.ugoe.cs.rwm.mocci.connector/src-gen/de/ugoe/cs/rwm/mocci/connector/ResultproviderConnector.java
@@ -19,14 +19,12 @@ import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
 
-import org.eclipse.cmf.occi.core.AttributeState;
-import org.eclipse.cmf.occi.core.Link;
-import org.eclipse.cmf.occi.core.MixinBase;
-import org.eclipse.cmf.occi.core.Resource;
+import org.eclipse.cmf.occi.core.*;
 import org.eclipse.cmf.occi.core.impl.OCCIFactoryImpl;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import de.ugoe.cs.rwm.mocci.connector.util.PropertiesHelper;
 import monitoring.Monitorableproperty;
 import monitoring.Occiresultprovider;
 import monitoring.Sensor;
@@ -70,6 +68,14 @@ public class ResultproviderConnector extends monitoring.impl.ResultproviderImpl
 	@Override
 	public void occiCreate() {
 		LOGGER.debug("occiCreate() called on " + this);
+
+		// check for default provider endpoint
+		if (rspIsDefined() == false) {
+			MixinBase mixB = getMartMixin();
+			Occiresultprovider orp = (Occiresultprovider) mixB;
+			orp.setResultProviderEndpoint(getDefaultEndpoint());
+			getEndpointAttribute(orp).setValue(getDefaultEndpoint());
+		}
 		// TODO: Implement this callback or remove this method.
 	}
 	// End of user code
@@ -238,6 +244,52 @@ public class ResultproviderConnector extends monitoring.impl.ResultproviderImpl
 		workaround.add(monObjectAttr);
 	}
 
+	private AttributeState getEndpointAttribute(Occiresultprovider orp) {
+		for (AttributeState as : orp.getAttributes()) {
+			if (as.getName().equals("result.provider.endpoint")) {
+				return as;
+			}
+		}
+		AttributeState as = OCCIFactory.eINSTANCE.createAttributeState();
+		as.setName("result.provider.endpoint");
+		orp.getAttributes().add(as);
+		return as;
+	}
+
+	private boolean rspIsDefined() {
+		MixinBase mixB = getMartMixin();
+		if (mixB != null) {
+			Occiresultprovider orp = (Occiresultprovider) mixB;
+			if (orp.getResultProviderEndpoint() == null || orp.getResultProviderEndpoint().equals("")) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			for (AttributeState as : this.getAttributes()) {
+				if (as.getName().equals("occi.result.provider.endpoint")) {
+					if (as.getValue() == null || as.getValue().equals("")) {
+						return false;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			for (AttributeState as : orp.getAttributes()) {
+				if (as.getName().equals("occi.result.provider.endpoint")) {
+					if (as.getValue() == null || as.getValue().equals("")) {
+						return false;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	private String getDefaultEndpoint() {
+		String defaultEndpoint = new PropertiesHelper().getProperties().getProperty("default_endpoint");
+		if (defaultEndpoint == null || defaultEndpoint.equals("")) {
+			return "localhost";
+		}
+		System.out.println("Using default endpoint: " + defaultEndpoint);
+		return defaultEndpoint;
+	}
+
 	private Sensor getSensor() {
 		for (Link link : this.getRlinks()) {
 			if (link.getSource() instanceof Sensor) {