diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0da6c86..4e9a1db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ To set up the infrastructure components (for windows run in `Git Bash`):
 ./scripts/setup.sh
 ```
 
+This setup script does not work if influxdb contains a lot of data due to a timeout when loading the data on influxdb
+startup. The commands in `influxdb/influxdb-init.sh` can also be done in the running container after start instead.
+
 To start the infrastructure components:
 
 ```
diff --git a/config/workflow_config_nwn_no_gurobi.json b/config/workflow_config_nwn_no_gurobi.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da627e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/workflow_config_nwn_no_gurobi.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+[
+  {
+    "workflow_type_name": "grow_optimizer_no_heat_losses",
+    "workflow_type_description_name": "Draft Design - Quickscan Validation"
+  },
+  {
+    "workflow_type_name": "grow_optimizer_default",
+    "workflow_type_description_name": "Draft Design - Optimization"
+  },
+  {
+    "workflow_type_name": "simulator",
+    "workflow_type_description_name": "Conceptual Design - Simulation",
+    "workflow_parameters": [
+      {
+        "parameter_type": "duration",
+        "key_name": "timestep",
+        "description": "Duration of a timestep in seconds.",
+        "minimum": 0,
+        "default": 3600
+      },
+      {
+        "parameter_type": "datetime",
+        "key_name": "start_time"
+      },
+      {
+        "parameter_type": "datetime",
+        "key_name": "end_time"
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+]
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diff --git a/docker-compose.override.setup.yml b/docker-compose.override.setup.yml
index 7c67266..2d2e023 100644
--- a/docker-compose.override.setup.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.override.setup.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 services:
   rabbitmq:
     volumes:
-      - "${RABBITMQ_INIT_FILE:-./rabbitmq/rabbitmq-init.sh}:/setup/rabbitmq-init.sh"
+      - "${RABBITMQ_INIT_FILE:-./rabbitmq/rabbitmq-init.sh}:/setup/rabbitmq-init.sh:ro"
     environment:
       RABBITMQ_OMOTES_USER_NAME: ${RABBITMQ_OMOTES_USER_NAME}
       RABBITMQ_OMOTES_USER_PASSWORD: ${RABBITMQ_OMOTES_USER_PASSWORD}
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ services:
 
   omotes_influxdb:
     volumes:
-      - "${INFLUXDB_INIT_FILE:-./influxdb/influxdb-init.sh}:/setup/influxdb-init.sh"
+      - "${INFLUXDB_INIT_FILE:-./influxdb/influxdb-init.sh}:/setup/influxdb-init.sh:ro"
     environment:
       INFLUXDB_WRITE_USER: ${INFLUXDB_WRITE_USER}
       INFLUXDB_WRITE_USER_PASSWORD: ${INFLUXDB_WRITE_USER_PASSWORD}
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ services:
 
   orchestrator_postgres_db:
     volumes:
-      - "${POSTGRES_INIT_FILE:-./postgres/postgres-init.sql}:/setup/init.sql"
+      - "${POSTGRES_INIT_FILE:-./postgres/postgres-init.sql}:/setup/init.sql:ro"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1e55fb6..50f46a5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ services:
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 10
     volumes:
+      - ./influxdb/influxdb.conf:/etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf:ro
       - influxdb_storage:/var/lib/influxdb
 
   orchestrator_postgres_db: &orchestrator_postgres_db
diff --git a/influxdb/influxdb-init.sh b/influxdb/influxdb-init.sh
index 2769a32..00b3f8e 100755
--- a/influxdb/influxdb-init.sh
+++ b/influxdb/influxdb-init.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 INFLUXDB_EXEC="influx -username $INFLUXDB_ADMIN_USER -password $INFLUXDB_ADMIN_PASSWORD -host omotes_influxdb -port $INFLUXDB_PORT -execute"
+
+$INFLUXDB_EXEC "CREATE RETENTION POLICY \"short\" ON \"_internal\" DURATION 1d REPLICATION 1 DEFAULT"
+$INFLUXDB_EXEC "DROP RETENTION POLICY \"autogen\" ON \"_internal\""
+$INFLUXDB_EXEC "DROP RETENTION POLICY \"monitor\" ON \"_internal\""
+echo "Retention policies set."
+
 $INFLUXDB_EXEC "CREATE USER $INFLUXDB_WRITE_USER WITH PASSWORD '$INFLUXDB_WRITE_USER_PASSWORD'";
 $INFLUXDB_EXEC "GRANT WRITE ON omotes_timeseries TO $INFLUXDB_WRITE_USER";
 $INFLUXDB_EXEC "SET PASSWORD FOR $INFLUXDB_WRITE_USER = '$INFLUXDB_WRITE_USER_PASSWORD'";
diff --git a/influxdb/influxdb.conf b/influxdb/influxdb.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e62cc0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/influxdb/influxdb.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[meta]
+  dir = "/var/lib/influxdb/meta"
+
+[data]
+  dir = "/var/lib/influxdb/data"
+  wal-dir = "/var/lib/influxdb/wal"
+
+[monitor]
+  store-enabled = true
+  store-database = "_internal"
+  store-interval = "300s"
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