diff --git a/adapter-cqld4/src/main/resources/activities/baselines/cql-starter.yaml b/adapter-cqld4/src/main/resources/activities/baselines/cql-starter.yaml
index 67dc38be7..f838444e5 100644
--- a/adapter-cqld4/src/main/resources/activities/baselines/cql-starter.yaml
+++ b/adapter-cqld4/src/main/resources/activities/baselines/cql-starter.yaml
@@ -7,21 +7,24 @@ description: |
 scenarios:
   default:
     schema: run driver=cql tags==block:schema threads==1 cycles==UNDEF
-    rampup: run driver=cql tags==block:rampup cycles===TEMPLATE(rampup-cycles,10) threads=auto
+    rampup: run driver=cql tags==block:rampup cycles===TEMPLATE(rampup-cycles,1) threads=auto
     main: run driver=cql tags==block:"main.*" cycles===TEMPLATE(main-cycles,10) threads=auto
+    # rampdown: run driver=cql tags==block:rampdown threads==1 cycles==UNDEF
   astra:
     schema: run driver=cql tags==block:schema-astra threads==1 cycles==UNDEF
     rampup: run driver=cql tags==block:rampup cycles===TEMPLATE(rampup-cycles,10) threads=auto
     main: run driver=cql tags==block:"main.*" cycles===TEMPLATE(main-cycles,10) threads=auto
 
 params:
-  a-param: aparam-value
+  a_param: "value"
 
 bindings:
-  machine_id: Mod(<<sources:10000>>); ToHashedUUID() -> java.util.UUID
-  message: Discard(); TextOfFile('data/cql-starter-message.txt')
-  time: Mul(100L); Div(10000L); ToJavaInstant()
-  timestamp: Mul(<<timespeed:100>>L); Div(<<sources:10000>>L); Mul(1000L);
+  machine_id: ElapsedNanoTime(); ToHashedUUID() -> java.util.UUID
+  message: Discard(); TextOfFile('data/cql-starter-message.txt');
+  rampup_message: ToString();
+  time: ElapsedNanoTime(); Mul(1000); ToJavaInstant();
+  ts: ElapsedNanoTime(); Mul(1000);
+
 
 blocks:
   schema:
@@ -39,8 +42,7 @@ blocks:
         time timestamp,          
         PRIMARY KEY ((machine_id), time)
         ) WITH CLUSTERING ORDER BY (time DESC);
-      truncate-table: |
-        truncate table TEMPLATE(keyspace,starter).TEMPLATE(table,cqlstarter);
+
   schema-astra:
     params:
       prepared: false
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ blocks:
         time timestamp, 
         PRIMARY KEY ((machine_id), time)
         ) WITH CLUSTERING ORDER BY (time DESC);
+
   rampup:
     params:
       cl: <<write_cl:LOCAL_QUORUM>>
@@ -59,7 +62,13 @@ blocks:
     ops:
       insert-rampup: |
         insert into  <<keyspace:starter>>.<<table:cqlstarter>> (machine_id, message, time) 
-        values ({machine_id}, {message}, {time}) using timestamp {timestamp};
+        values ({machine_id}, {rampup_message}, {time}) using timestamp {ts};
+
+  rampdown:
+    ops:
+      truncate-table: |
+        truncate table <<keyspace:starter>>.<<table:cqlstarter>>;
+
   main-read:
     params:
       ratio: <<read_ratio:1>>
@@ -76,4 +85,4 @@ blocks:
     ops:
       insert-main: |
         insert into <<keyspace:starter>>.<<table:cqlstarter>>
-        (machine_id, message, time) values ({machine_id}, {message}, {time}) using timestamp {timestamp};
\ No newline at end of file
+        (machine_id, message, time) values ({machine_id}, {message}, {time}) using timestamp {ts};
\ No newline at end of file