diff --git a/docker/runner/config/application.tmpl b/docker/runner/config/application.tmpl
index b31eb71f92592257a250e62af349883ac0017309..6e5eb6791010e1d62c8d64c56a8cfba113ee7257 100644
--- a/docker/runner/config/application.tmpl
+++ b/docker/runner/config/application.tmpl
@@ -84,4 +84,7 @@ services:
     miningExaremeUrl: {{ default .Env.EXAREME_URL "http://hbps2.chuv.ch:9090" }}/mining/query
 
 akka:
-  woken-path: {{ default .Env.WOKEN_PATH "akka.tcp://woken@127.0.0.1:8088/user/entrypoint" }}
+  woken:
+    host: {{ default .Env.WOKEN_HOST "woken" }}
+    port: {{ default .Env.WOKEN_PORT "8088" }}
+    path: {{ default .Env.WOKEN_PATH "/user/entrypoint" }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 95258a4b9c5e955142aa066b9255ea15d9650e0d..1181417d529c3c53a2928ec6e02798a9b53c73b8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@
         <bootstrap.version>3.3.7</bootstrap.version>
         <h2.version>1.4.192</h2.version>
         <postgresql.version>9.4-1206-jdbc42</postgresql.version>
-        <springfox-swagger2.version>2.5.0</springfox-swagger2.version>
-        <springfox-swagger-ui.version>2.5.0</springfox-swagger-ui.version>
+        <springfox-swagger.version>2.5.0</springfox-swagger.version>
         <gson.version>2.7</gson.version>
         <slugify.version>2.1.5</slugify.version>
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-resources-plugin.version>
@@ -44,15 +43,13 @@
         <hibernate4-maven-plugin.version>1.1.0</hibernate4-maven-plugin.version>
         <flyway-core.version>4.0.3</flyway-core.version>
         <hibernate-jpa-2.1-api.version>1.0.0.Final</hibernate-jpa-2.1-api.version>
-        <hibernate-core.version>4.3.8.Final</hibernate-core.version>
-        <hibernate-entitymanager.version>4.3.8.Final</hibernate-entitymanager.version>
+        <hibernate.version>4.3.8.Final</hibernate.version>
         <spring-data-jpa.version>1.10.2.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
         <spring-boot-starter-actuator.version>1.4.0.RELEASE</spring-boot-starter-actuator.version>
         <aspectjweaver.version>1.8.9</aspectjweaver.version>
-        <woken-messages.version>d455fa0</woken-messages.version>
+        <woken-messages.version>76f49ed</woken-messages.version>
         <javax-inject.version>1</javax-inject.version>
-        <akka-actor.version>2.4.11</akka-actor.version>
-        <akka-remote.version>2.4.11</akka-remote.version>
+        <akka.version>2.3.14</akka.version>
         <spring-context.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</spring-context.version>
         <protobuf-java.version>3.1.0</protobuf-java.version>
     </properties>
@@ -124,12 +121,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${hibernate-core.version}</version>
+            <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
-            <version>${hibernate-entitymanager.version}</version>
+            <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
@@ -144,12 +141,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
             <artifactId>springfox-swagger2</artifactId>
-            <version>${springfox-swagger2.version}</version>
+            <version>${springfox-swagger.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
             <artifactId>springfox-swagger-ui</artifactId>
-            <version>${springfox-swagger-ui.version}</version>
+            <version>${springfox-swagger.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
@@ -193,12 +190,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.typesafe.akka</groupId>
             <artifactId>akka-actor_2.11</artifactId>
-            <version>${akka-actor.version}</version>
+            <version>${akka.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.typesafe.akka</groupId>
             <artifactId>akka-remote_2.11</artifactId>
-            <version>${akka-remote.version}</version>
+            <version>${akka.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/akka/ExperimentActor.java b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/akka/ExperimentActor.java
index f5bb666c7e3853ec240e78e6468e60bd1320ec94..597cca20da8dff7e28ab4e3d5d48f2f07846e8ad 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/akka/ExperimentActor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/akka/ExperimentActor.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class ExperimentActor extends UntypedActor {
 
 
     @Override
-    public void onReceive(Object message) throws Throwable {
+    public void onReceive(Object message) {
         UUID uuid = UUID.fromString(this.getSelf().path().name());
         if (message instanceof QueryResult) {
             QueryResult queryResult = (QueryResult) message;
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/akka/SimpleActor.java b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/akka/SimpleActor.java
index 3e5981047ebf7781dfba222c2b24e50079b25ac1..5e5a70cfa4c8866a928c7ec2ccb81951cecf7354 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/akka/SimpleActor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/akka/SimpleActor.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class SimpleActor extends UntypedActor {
     LoggingAdapter log = Logging.getLogger(getContext().system(), this);
 
     @Override
-    public void onReceive(Object message) throws Throwable {
+    public void onReceive(Object message) {
         if (message instanceof Methods) {
             Methods methods = (Methods) message;
             log.info("received methods");
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/AkkaConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/AkkaConfiguration.java
index 63a5905bfe60e969f1d983511d732ca08c68b73b..67320795a5d9790c04d9381f9171dbaca20e7187 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/AkkaConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/AkkaConfiguration.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package eu.hbp.mip.configuration;
 
 import akka.actor.ActorSystem;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
@@ -20,6 +21,15 @@ class AkkaConfiguration {
     @Autowired
     private ApplicationContext applicationContext;
 
+    @Value("#{'${akka.woken.host:woken}'}")
+    private String wokenHost;
+
+    @Value("#{'${akka.woken.port:8088}'}")
+    private String wokenPort;
+
+    @Value("#{'${akka.woken.path:/user/entrypoint}'}")
+    private String wokenPath;
+
     @Bean
     public ActorSystem actorSystem() {
         ActorSystem system = ActorSystem.create("AkkaActorSystem");
@@ -27,4 +37,8 @@ class AkkaConfiguration {
         return system;
     }
 
+    @Bean String wokenRefPath() {
+        return "akka.tcp://woken@"+wokenHost+":"+wokenPort+wokenPath;
+    }
+
 }
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diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/ExperimentApi.java b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/ExperimentApi.java
index 24793c3d91855552e8d74a9ce1591f0b050d740a..097d9ef8ac744809faa1e3e88edfd4f1c99deeee 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/ExperimentApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/ExperimentApi.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ import io.swagger.annotations.ApiOperation;
 import io.swagger.annotations.ApiParam;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
-import org.springframework.cache.annotation.Cacheable;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
@@ -55,15 +53,6 @@ public class ExperimentApi {
 
     private static final String EXAREME_LR_ALGO = "WP_LINEAR_REGRESSION";
 
-    @Value("#{'${services.woken.experimentUrl:http://dockerhost:8087/experiment}'}")
-    private String experimentUrl;
-
-    @Value("#{'${services.woken.listMethodsUrl:http://dockerhost:8087/list-methods}'}")
-    private String listMethodsUrl;
-
-    @Value("#{'${services.exareme.miningExaremeUrl:http://hbps2.chuv.ch:9090/mining/query}'}")
-    private String miningExaremeQueryUrl;
-
     @Autowired
     private SecurityConfiguration securityConfiguration;
 
@@ -76,8 +65,8 @@ public class ExperimentApi {
     @Autowired
     public ActorSystem actorSystem;
 
-    @Value("#{'${akka.woken-path:akka.tcp://woken@127.0.0.1:8088/user/entrypoint}'}")
-    private String wokenPath;
+    @Autowired
+    public String wokenRefPath;
 
 
     @ApiOperation(value = "Send a request to the workflow to run an experiment", response = Experiment.class)
@@ -205,13 +194,13 @@ public class ExperimentApi {
     }
 
     @ApiOperation(value = "List available methods and validations", response = String.class)
-    @Cacheable("methods")
+    // @Cacheable("methods")
     @RequestMapping(path = "/methods", method = RequestMethod.GET)
     public ResponseEntity listAvailableMethodsAndValidations() throws IOException {
         LOGGER.info("List available methods and validations");
 
-        LOGGER.info("Akka is trying to reach remote " + wokenPath);
-        ActorSelection wokenActor = actorSystem.actorSelection(wokenPath);
+        LOGGER.info("Akka is trying to reach remote " + wokenRefPath);
+        ActorSelection wokenActor = actorSystem.actorSelection(wokenRefPath);
         ActorRef methodsManager = actorSystem.actorOf(SpringExtension.SPRING_EXTENSION_PROVIDER.get(actorSystem)
                 .props("simpleActor"));
         wokenActor.tell(new MethodsQuery(), methodsManager);
@@ -280,8 +269,8 @@ public class ExperimentApi {
         // this runs in the background. For future optimization: use a thread pool
         final eu.hbp.mip.messages.external.ExperimentQuery experimentQuery = experiment.computeQuery();
 
-        LOGGER.info("Akka is trying to reach remote " + wokenPath);
-        ActorSelection wokenActor = actorSystem.actorSelection(wokenPath);
+        LOGGER.info("Akka is trying to reach remote " + wokenRefPath);
+        ActorSelection wokenActor = actorSystem.actorSelection(wokenRefPath);
         ActorRef experimentsManager = actorSystem.actorOf(SpringExtension.SPRING_EXTENSION_PROVIDER.get(actorSystem)
                 .props("experimentActor"), experiment.getUuid().toString());
         wokenActor.tell(experimentQuery, experimentsManager);
@@ -289,29 +278,6 @@ public class ExperimentApi {
 
     private void sendExaremeExperiment(Experiment experiment) {
         // TODO: integrate Exareme
-        // this runs in the background. For future optimization: use a thread pool
-//        new Thread() {
-//            @Override
-//            public void run() {
-//                String query = experiment.computeExaremeQuery();
-//                String url = miningExaremeQueryUrl + "/" + EXAREME_LR_ALGO;
-//
-//                // Results are stored in the experiment object
-//                try {
-//                    executeExperiment(url, query, experiment);
-//                } catch (IOException e) {
-//                    LOGGER.trace(e);
-//                    LOGGER.warn("Exareme experiment failed to run properly !");
-//                    setExperimentError(e, experiment);
-//                }
-//
-//                if(!JSONUtil.isJSONValid(experiment.getResult()))
-//                {
-//                    experiment.setResult("Unsupported variables !");
-//                }
-//                finishExpermient(experiment);
-//            }
-//        }.start();
     }
 
     private void finishExpermient(Experiment experiment)
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.conf b/src/main/resources/application.conf
index 8c6522166b5435319970d7ffcdcab50d5104e7c7..b627b77013802c873a5b3a88872ed48ebe662337 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.conf
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.conf
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ akka {
     log-received-messages = on
     enabled-transports = ["akka.remote.netty.tcp"]
     netty.tcp {
-      hostname = 127.0.0.1           # external (logical) hostname
-      port = 8089                    # external (logical) port
+      hostname = 127.0.0.1          # external (logical) hostname
+      port = 8089                   # external (logical) port
 
-      bind-hostname = 127.0.0.1     # internal (bind) hostname
-      bind-port = 8088              # internal (bind) port
+      bind-hostname = 0.0.0.0       # internal (bind) hostname
+      bind-port = 8089              # internal (bind) port
     }
   }
 }
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