diff --git a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/baselines/http-rest-keyvalue.yaml b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/baselines/http-rest-keyvalue.yaml
index 4d7b853f0..802a89fd4 100644
--- a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/baselines/http-rest-keyvalue.yaml
+++ b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/baselines/http-rest-keyvalue.yaml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ description: |
 scenarios:
   default:
     schema: run driver=http tags==block:schema threads==1 cycles==UNDEF
-    rampup: run driver=http tags==block:"rampup.*" cycles===TEMPLATE(rampup-cycles,10000000) threads=auto
-    main: run driver=http tags==block:"main.*" cycles===TEMPLATE(main-cycles,10000000) threads=auto
+    rampup: run driver=http tags==block:"rampup.*" cycles===TEMPLATE(rampup-cycles,10) threads=auto
+    main: run driver=http tags==block:"main.*" cycles===TEMPLATE(main-cycles,10) threads=auto
 
 bindings:
   # To enable an optional weighted set of hosts in place of a load balancer
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ bindings:
   weighted_hosts: WeightedStrings('<<restapi_host:stargate>>')
 
   request_id: ToHashedUUID(); ToString();
-  request_token: ToString(); TextOfFile(TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,'data/stargate_token.txt'));
+  request_token: ToString(); TextOfFile("TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,data/stargate_token.txt)");
 
   seq_key: Mod(<<keycount:10000000>>); ToString() -> String
   seq_value: Hash(); Mod(<<valuecount:1000000000>>); ToString() -> String
diff --git a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/baselines/http-rest-tabular.yaml b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/baselines/http-rest-tabular.yaml
index 8f9059076..7e87d760d 100644
--- a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/baselines/http-rest-tabular.yaml
+++ b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/baselines/http-rest-tabular.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ bindings:
   #   multiple weighted hosts: restapi_host=host1:3,host2:7
   weighted_hosts: WeightedStrings('<<restapi_host:stargate>>')
   request_id: ToHashedUUID(); ToString();
-  request_token: ToString(); TextOfFile(TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,'data/stargate_token.txt'));
+  request_token: Discard(); TextOfFile("TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,data/stargate_token.txt)");
 
   # for ramp-up and verify
   part_layout: Div(<<partsize:1000000>>); ToString() -> String
diff --git a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/baselines/http-rest-timeseries.yaml b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/baselines/http-rest-timeseries.yaml
index 491536657..8c5fb60bb 100644
--- a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/baselines/http-rest-timeseries.yaml
+++ b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/baselines/http-rest-timeseries.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bindings:
 
   # http request id
   request_id: ToHashedUUID(); ToString();
-  request_token: ToString(); TextOfFile(TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,'data/stargate_token.txt'));
+  request_token: Discard(); TextOfFile("TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,data/stargate_token.txt)");
 
   machine_id: Mod(<<sources:10000>>); ToHashedUUID() -> java.util.UUID
   sensor_name: HashedLineToString('data/variable_words.txt');
diff --git a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/documents-api/http-docsapi-crud-basic.yaml b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/documents-api/http-docsapi-crud-basic.yaml
index 2147aebc4..3f6892978 100644
--- a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/documents-api/http-docsapi-crud-basic.yaml
+++ b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/documents-api/http-docsapi-crud-basic.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ bindings:
   weighted_hosts: WeightedStrings('<<docsapi_host:stargate>>')
   # http request id
   request_id: ToHashedUUID(); ToString();
-  request_token: ToString(); TextOfFile(TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,'data/stargate_token.txt'));
+  request_token: Discard(); TextOfFile("TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,data/stargate_token.txt)");
 
   seq_key: Mod(<<docscount:10000000>>); ToString() -> String
   random_key: Uniform(0,<<docscount:10000000>>); ToString() -> String
diff --git a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/documents-api/http-docsapi-crud-dataset.yaml b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/documents-api/http-docsapi-crud-dataset.yaml
index 345150d7c..156457761 100644
--- a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/documents-api/http-docsapi-crud-dataset.yaml
+++ b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/documents-api/http-docsapi-crud-dataset.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ bindings:
   weighted_hosts: WeightedStrings('<<docsapi_host:stargate>>')
   # http request id
   request_id: ToHashedUUID(); ToString();
-  request_token: Discard(); TextOfFile(TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,'data/stargate_token.txt'));
+  request_token: Discard(); TextOfFile("TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,data/stargate_token.txt)");
 
   seq_key: Mod(<<docscount:10000000>>); ToString() -> String
   random_key: Uniform(0,<<docscount:10000000>>); ToString() -> String
diff --git a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/documents-api/http-docsapi-search-advanced.yaml b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/documents-api/http-docsapi-search-advanced.yaml
index e07d45efb..883eff9fe 100644
--- a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/documents-api/http-docsapi-search-advanced.yaml
+++ b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/documents-api/http-docsapi-search-advanced.yaml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ bindings:
   match3: Identity(); CoinFunc(<<match-ratio>>, FixedValue("true"), FixedValue("false"))
 
   additional_fields: ListSizedStepped(<<docpadding:0>>,Template("\"{}\":{}",Identity(),Identity())); ToString(); ReplaceAll('\[\"', ',\"'); ReplaceAll('\[', ''); ReplaceAll('\]', '') -> String
-  request_token: ToString(); TextOfFile(TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,'data/stargate_token.txt'));
+  request_token: Discard(); TextOfFile("TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,data/stargate_token.txt)");
 
 blocks:
   schema:
diff --git a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/documents-api/http-docsapi-search-basic.yaml b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/documents-api/http-docsapi-search-basic.yaml
index 02cb01660..c934489dc 100644
--- a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/documents-api/http-docsapi-search-basic.yaml
+++ b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/documents-api/http-docsapi-search-basic.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ bindings:
   weighted_hosts: WeightedStrings('<<docsapi_host:stargate>>')
   # http request id
   request_id: ToHashedUUID(); ToString();
-  request_token: ToString(); TextOfFile(TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,'data/stargate_token.txt'));
+  request_token: Discard(); TextOfFile("TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,data/stargate_token.txt)");
 
   seq_key: Mod(<<docscount:10000000>>); ToString() -> String
   random_key: Uniform(0,<<docscount:10000000>>); ToString() -> String
diff --git a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-cql-first/http-graphql-cql-keyvalue.yaml b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-cql-first/http-graphql-cql-keyvalue.yaml
index bf1c0d0f3..62c7e32f2 100644
--- a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-cql-first/http-graphql-cql-keyvalue.yaml
+++ b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-cql-first/http-graphql-cql-keyvalue.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ bindings:
   weighted_hosts: WeightedStrings('<<graphql_host:stargate>>')
   # http request id
   request_id: ToHashedUUID(); ToString();
-  request_token: Discard(); TextOfFile(TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,'data/stargate_token.txt'));
+  request_token: Discard(); TextOfFile("TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,data/stargate_token.txt)");
 
   seq_key: Mod(<<keycount:10000000>>); ToString() -> String
   seq_value: Hash(); Mod(<<valuecount:1000000000>>); ToString() -> String
diff --git a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-cql-first/http-graphql-cql-tabular.yaml b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-cql-first/http-graphql-cql-tabular.yaml
index 55797f7a3..441c44b62 100644
--- a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-cql-first/http-graphql-cql-tabular.yaml
+++ b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-cql-first/http-graphql-cql-tabular.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ bindings:
   weighted_hosts: WeightedStrings('<<graphql_host:stargate>>')
   # http request id
   request_id: ToHashedUUID(); ToString();
-  request_token: Discard(); TextOfFile(TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,'data/stargate_token.txt'));
+  request_token: Discard(); TextOfFile("TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,data/stargate_token.txt)");
   # for ramp-up and verify
   part_layout: Div(<<partsize:1000000>>); ToString() -> String
   clust_layout: Mod(<<partsize:1000000>>); ToString() -> String
diff --git a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-cql-first/http-graphql-cql-timeseries.yaml b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-cql-first/http-graphql-cql-timeseries.yaml
index 08551de6d..6fd795fd2 100644
--- a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-cql-first/http-graphql-cql-timeseries.yaml
+++ b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-cql-first/http-graphql-cql-timeseries.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ bindings:
 
   # http request id
   request_id: ToHashedUUID(); ToString();
-  request_token: Discard(); TextOfFile(TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,'data/stargate_token.txt'));
+  request_token: Discard(); TextOfFile("TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,data/stargate_token.txt)");
 
   machine_id: Mod(<<sources:10000>>); ToHashedUUID() -> java.util.UUID
   sensor_name: HashedLineToString('data/variable_words.txt')
diff --git a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-schema-first/http-graphql-keyvalue.yaml b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-schema-first/http-graphql-keyvalue.yaml
index 0664ba34b..b80b27ed1 100644
--- a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-schema-first/http-graphql-keyvalue.yaml
+++ b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-schema-first/http-graphql-keyvalue.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ bindings:
   # http request id
 
   request_id: ToHashedUUID(); ToString();
-  request_token: Discard(); TextOfFile(TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,'data/stargate_token.txt'));
+  request_token: Discard(); TextOfFile("TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,data/stargate_token.txt)");
 
   seq_key: Mod(<<keycount:10000000>>); ToString() -> String
   seq_value: Hash(); Mod(<<valuecount:1000000000>>); ToString() -> String
diff --git a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-schema-first/http-graphql-tabular.yaml b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-schema-first/http-graphql-tabular.yaml
index 8a2d05f52..a5a83205a 100644
--- a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-schema-first/http-graphql-tabular.yaml
+++ b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-schema-first/http-graphql-tabular.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ bindings:
 
   # http request id
   request_id: ToHashedUUID(); ToString();
-  request_token: Discard(); TextOfFile(TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,'data/stargate_token.txt'));
+  request_token: Discard(); TextOfFile("TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,data/stargate_token.txt)");
 
   # for ramp-up and verify
   part_layout: Div(<<partsize:1000000>>); ToString() -> String
diff --git a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-schema-first/http-graphql-timeseries.yaml b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-schema-first/http-graphql-timeseries.yaml
index 6430dcde0..3bf005d80 100644
--- a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-schema-first/http-graphql-timeseries.yaml
+++ b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/activities/graphql-schema-first/http-graphql-timeseries.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ bindings:
 
   # http request id
   request_id: ToHashedUUID(); ToString();
-  request_token: Discard(); TextOfFile(TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,'data/stargate_token.txt'));
+  request_token: Discard(); TextOfFile("TEMPLATE(stargate_tokenfile,data/stargate_token.txt)");
 
   machine_id: Mod(<<sources:10000>>); ToHashedUUID() -> java.util.UUID
   sensor_name: HashedLineToString('data/variable_words.txt')
diff --git a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/data/stargate_token.txt b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/data/stargate_token.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 5695fae63..000000000
--- a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/data/stargate_token.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<<your-token-here>>
\ No newline at end of file