diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3642568..d76ace2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -3,42 +3,67 @@ name: Build-Test-Lint-etc (linux)
 on: [push]
 
 jobs:
-
-  flake8-lint:
+  setup:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    name: Lint
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [ "3.11" ]
+    name: Setup
     steps:
-      - name: Check out source repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0       
-      - name: Set up Python environment
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.11
-      - name: flake8 Lint
-        uses: TrueBrain/actions-flake8@v2
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          cache: 'pip'
+      - run: |
+          ./ci/linux/create_venv.sh
+          ./ci/linux/install_dependencies.sh
+      - name: 'Tar venv'
+        run: tar -cvf venv.tar ./.venv/
+      - name: Save venv
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          plugins: Flake8-pyproject==1.2.3 flake8-docstrings==1.7.0 flake8-quotes==3.3.2 flake8-bugbear==23.9.16 flake8-mock==0.4 flake8-tuple==0.4.1
-          # only_warn: 1  #causes action to always be succesful, but still provide annotations
+          path: ./venv.tar
+          name: ${{ runner.os }}-python-${{ matrix.python-version }}-venv-${{github.run_id}}
 
-  test:
+  lint:
+    name: Lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [ setup ]
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.11"]
-#        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11]
+        python-version: [ "3.11" ]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+    - name: Restore venv
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        cache: 'pip'
-    - run: |
-        ./ci/linux/create_venv.sh
-        ./ci/linux/install_dependencies.sh
+        name: ${{ runner.os }}-python-${{ matrix.python-version }}-venv-${{github.run_id}}
+    - name: Untar venv
+      run: tar -xvf venv.tar
+    - name: run unit tests
+      run: |
+        ./ci/linux/lint.sh
 
+  test:
+    name: Test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [ setup ]
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [ "3.11" ]
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Restore venv
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: ${{ runner.os }}-python-${{ matrix.python-version }}-venv-${{github.run_id}}
+    - name: Untar venv
+      run: tar -xvf venv.tar
     - name: run unit tests
       run: |
         ./ci/linux/test_unit.sh
@@ -67,46 +92,24 @@ jobs:
         fail-on-empty: true
 
   typecheck:
+    name: Typecheck
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [ setup ]
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.11"]
-#        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11]
+        python-version: [ "3.11" ]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+    - name: Restore venv
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        cache: 'pip'
-    - run: |
-        ./ci/linux/create_venv.sh
-        ./ci/linux/install_dependencies.sh
-
+        name: ${{ runner.os }}-python-${{ matrix.python-version }}-venv-${{github.run_id}}
+    - name: Untar venv
+      run: tar -xvf venv.tar
     - name: Add mypy annotator
       uses: pr-annotators/mypy-pr-annotator@v1.0.0
 
     - name: run typechecker
       run: |
         ./ci/linux/typecheck.sh
-
-  build:
-    name: Build the python package
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: [ "3.11" ]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          cache: 'pip'
-      - run: |
-          ./ci/linux/create_venv.sh
-          ./ci/linux/install_dependencies.sh
-
-      - name: build
-        run: |
-          ./ci/linux/build_python_package.sh
diff --git a/ci/linux/_load_dot_env.sh b/ci/linux/_load_dot_env.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..434c067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/linux/_load_dot_env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -a
+source $1
+set +a
diff --git a/ci/linux/build_python_package.sh b/ci/linux/build_python_package.sh
index 5f4244f..0d2d2af 100755
--- a/ci/linux/build_python_package.sh
+++ b/ci/linux/build_python_package.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" != "win32" && "$OSTYPE" != "msys" ]]; then
+  echo "Activating .venv first."
+  . .venv/bin/activate
+fi
 
-. .venv/bin/activate
 python -m build
diff --git a/ci/linux/create_venv.sh b/ci/linux/create_venv.sh
index 0a0dc45..71fd104 100755
--- a/ci/linux/create_venv.sh
+++ b/ci/linux/create_venv.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 python3 -m venv ./.venv
-. .venv/bin/activate
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" != "win32" && "$OSTYPE" != "msys" ]]; then
+  echo "Activating .venv first."
+  . .venv/bin/activate
+fi
 pip3 install pip-tools
diff --git a/ci/linux/install_dependencies.sh b/ci/linux/install_dependencies.sh
index 0447bed..e00b897 100755
--- a/ci/linux/install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/ci/linux/install_dependencies.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" != "win32" && "$OSTYPE" != "msys" ]]; then
+  echo "Activating .venv first."
+  . .venv/bin/activate
+fi
 
-. .venv/bin/activate
 pip-sync ./dev-requirements.txt ./requirements.txt
diff --git a/ci/linux/lint.sh b/ci/linux/lint.sh
index 9bcfe7e..a5f61b0 100755
--- a/ci/linux/lint.sh
+++ b/ci/linux/lint.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-. .venv/bin/activate
-flake8 ./src/simulator_worker
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" != "win32" && "$OSTYPE" != "msys" ]]; then
+  echo "Activating .venv first."
+  . .venv/bin/activate
+fi
+
+flake8 ./src/simulator_worker ./unit_test/
diff --git a/ci/linux/test_unit.sh b/ci/linux/test_unit.sh
index b810a25..bff0c15 100755
--- a/ci/linux/test_unit.sh
+++ b/ci/linux/test_unit.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" != "win32" && "$OSTYPE" != "msys" ]]; then
+  echo "Activating .venv first."
+  . .venv/bin/activate
+fi
 
-. .venv/bin/activate
 PYTHONPATH='$PYTHONPATH:src/' pytest --junit-xml=test-results.xml unit_test/
diff --git a/ci/linux/typecheck.sh b/ci/linux/typecheck.sh
index 9a5f791..95c856d 100755
--- a/ci/linux/typecheck.sh
+++ b/ci/linux/typecheck.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" != "win32" && "$OSTYPE" != "msys" ]]; then
+  echo "Activating .venv first."
+  . .venv/bin/activate
+fi
 
-. .venv/bin/activate
 python -m mypy ./src/simulator_worker ./unit_test/
diff --git a/ci/linux/update_dependencies.sh b/ci/linux/update_dependencies.sh
index cfb00aa..fea6566 100755
--- a/ci/linux/update_dependencies.sh
+++ b/ci/linux/update_dependencies.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-. .venv/bin/activate
-pip-compile --output-file=requirements.txt pyproject.toml
-pip-compile --extra=dev --output-file=dev-requirements.txt -c requirements.txt pyproject.toml
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" != "win32" && "$OSTYPE" != "msys" ]]; then
+  echo "Activating .venv first."
+  . .venv/bin/activate
+fi
+
+pip-compile --upgrade --output-file=requirements.txt pyproject.toml
+pip-compile --upgrade --extra=dev -c requirements.txt --output-file=dev-requirements.txt pyproject.toml
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 930683b..b2dd946 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -2,302 +2,297 @@
 # This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
 # by the following command:
 #
-#    pip-compile --constraint='..\..\requirements.txt' --extra=dev --output-file='..\..\dev-requirements.txt' '..\..\pyproject.toml'
+#    pip-compile --constraint=requirements.txt --extra=dev --output-file=dev-requirements.txt pyproject.toml
 #
-aio-pika==9.4.2
+aio-pika==9.4.3
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   omotes-sdk-python
-aiormq==6.8.0
+aiormq==6.8.1
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   aio-pika
-amqp==5.2.0
+amqp==5.3.1
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   kombu
-attrs==23.2.0
+attrs==24.3.0
     # via flake8-bugbear
-billiard==4.2.0
+billiard==4.2.1
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   celery
-black==22.1.0
-    # via simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
-build==1.0.3
-    # via
-    #   pip-tools
-    #   simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
-bump2version==1.0.1
-    # via simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
+black==24.10.0
+    # via simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
+build==1.2.2.post1
+    # via simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
 celery==5.3.6
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   omotes-sdk-python
-certifi==2024.2.2
+certifi==2024.12.14
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   requests
-charset-normalizer==3.3.2
+charset-normalizer==3.4.0
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   requests
 click==8.1.7
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   black
     #   celery
     #   click-didyoumean
     #   click-plugins
     #   click-repl
-    #   pip-tools
-click-didyoumean==0.3.0
+click-didyoumean==0.3.1
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   celery
 click-plugins==1.1.1
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   celery
 click-repl==0.3.0
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   celery
-colorama==0.4.6
-    # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
-    #   build
-    #   click
-    #   pytest
 coolprop==6.6.0
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   omotes-simulator-core
-coverage[toml]==7.4.1
-    # via pytest-cov
+coverage[toml]==7.6.9
+    # via
+    #   coverage
+    #   pytest-cov
 dataclass-wizard==0.22.3
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   omotes-simulator-core
-flake8==6.0.0
+flake8==7.1.1
     # via
     #   flake8-bugbear
     #   flake8-docstrings
     #   flake8-pyproject
     #   flake8-quotes
     #   flake8-tuple
-    #   simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
-flake8-bugbear==23.9.16
-    # via simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
+    #   simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
+flake8-bugbear==24.10.31
+    # via simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
 flake8-docstrings==1.7.0
-    # via simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
+    # via simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
 flake8-mock==0.4
-    # via simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
+    # via simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
 flake8-pyproject==1.2.3
-    # via simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
-flake8-quotes==3.3.2
-    # via simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
+    # via simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
+flake8-quotes==3.4.0
+    # via simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
 flake8-tuple==0.4.1
-    # via simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
+    # via simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
 future-fstrings==1.2.0
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   pyecore
-idna==3.6
+idna==3.10
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   requests
     #   yarl
 influxdb==5.3.2
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   omotes-simulator-core
 iniconfig==2.0.0
     # via pytest
 isort==5.13.2
-    # via simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
-kombu==5.3.5
+    # via simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
+kombu==5.4.2
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   celery
-lxml==5.1.0
+lxml==5.3.0
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   pyecore
 mccabe==0.7.0
     # via flake8
-msgpack==1.0.8
+msgpack==1.1.0
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   influxdb
-multidict==6.0.5
+multidict==6.1.0
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   yarl
-mypy==1.5.1
-    # via simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
+mypy==1.13.0
+    # via simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
 mypy-extensions==1.0.0
     # via
     #   black
     #   mypy
 numpy==2.1.3
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   omotes-simulator-core
     #   pandas
     #   pandas-stubs
     #   scipy
-omotes-sdk-protocol==0.1.6
+omotes-sdk-protocol==0.1.13
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   omotes-sdk-python
-omotes-sdk-python==3.2.4
+omotes-sdk-python==3.2.5
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
-    #   simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
-omotes-simulator-core==0.0.16
+    #   -c requirements.txt
+    #   simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
+omotes-simulator-core==0.0.18
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
-    #   simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
+    #   -c requirements.txt
+    #   simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
 ordered-set==4.1.0
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   pyecore
-packaging==24.0
+packaging==24.2
     # via
+    #   black
     #   build
     #   pytest
+    #   setuptools-git-versioning
 pamqp==3.3.0
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   aiormq
     #   omotes-sdk-python
 pandas==2.2.3
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   omotes-simulator-core
-    #   simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
+    #   simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
 pandas-stubs==2.1.4.231227
-    # via simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
+    # via simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
 pathspec==0.12.1
     # via black
-pip-tools==7.3.0
-    # via simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
-platformdirs==4.2.0
+platformdirs==4.3.6
     # via black
-pluggy==1.4.0
+pluggy==1.5.0
     # via pytest
-prompt-toolkit==3.0.43
+prompt-toolkit==3.0.48
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   click-repl
-protobuf==4.25.3
+propcache==0.2.1
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements.txt
+    #   yarl
+protobuf==4.25.5
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   omotes-sdk-protocol
-pycodestyle==2.10.0
+pycodestyle==2.12.1
     # via flake8
 pydocstyle==6.3.0
     # via flake8-docstrings
 pyecore==0.12.1
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   pyesdl
 pyesdl==24.2
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   omotes-sdk-python
     #   omotes-simulator-core
-    #   simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
-pyflakes==3.0.1
+    #   simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
+pyflakes==3.2.0
     # via flake8
 pyjnius==1.6.1
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   omotes-simulator-core
-pyproject-hooks==1.0.0
+pyproject-hooks==1.2.0
     # via build
-pytest==7.3.2
+pytest==8.3.4
     # via
     #   pytest-cov
-    #   simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
-pytest-cov==4.0.0
-    # via simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
-python-dateutil==2.8.2
+    #   simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
+pytest-cov==6.0.0
+    # via simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
+python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   celery
     #   influxdb
     #   pandas
 python-dotenv==1.0.1
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
-    #   simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
-pytz==2024.1
+    #   -c requirements.txt
+    #   simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
+pytz==2024.2
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   influxdb
     #   pandas
-requests==2.31.0
+requests==2.32.3
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   influxdb
-restrictedpython==7.2a1.dev0
+restrictedpython==7.4
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   pyecore
 scipy==1.14.1
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   omotes-simulator-core
-six==1.16.0
+setuptools-git-versioning==2.0.0
+    # via simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
+six==1.17.0
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   flake8-tuple
     #   influxdb
     #   python-dateutil
 snowballstemmer==2.2.0
     # via pydocstyle
-streamcapture==1.2.4
+streamcapture==1.2.5
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   omotes-sdk-python
-tomli==2.0.1
-    # via black
-types-pytz==2024.1.0.20240203
+types-pytz==2024.2.0.20241003
     # via pandas-stubs
 typing-extensions==4.11.0
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   mypy
     #   omotes-sdk-python
-tzdata==2024.1
+tzdata==2024.2
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   celery
+    #   kombu
     #   pandas
-urllib3==2.2.1
+urllib3==2.2.3
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   requests
 vine==5.1.0
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   amqp
     #   celery
     #   kombu
 wcwidth==0.2.13
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   prompt-toolkit
-wheel==0.42.0
-    # via pip-tools
-yarl==1.9.4
+wheel==0.45.1
+    # via simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
+yarl==1.18.3
     # via
-    #   -c ..\..\requirements.txt
+    #   -c requirements.txt
     #   aio-pika
     #   aiormq
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
-# pip
 # setuptools
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7ebfbc5..377fa07 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,22 +29,22 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
-    "setuptools ~= 69.0.3",
-    "pip-tools ~= 7.3.0",
-    "black~=22.1.0",
-    "flake8==6.0.0",
-    "Flake8-pyproject==1.2.3",
-    "flake8-docstrings==1.7.0",
-    "flake8-quotes==3.3.2",
-    "flake8-bugbear==23.9.16",
-    "flake8-mock==0.4",
-    "flake8-tuple==0.4.1",
-    "pytest ~=7.3.1",
-    "pytest-cov ~=4.0.0",
-    "bump2version==1.0.1",
-    "mypy ~= 1.5.1",
-    "isort==5.13.2",
-    "build ~= 1.0.3",
+    "setuptools ~= 75.6.0",
+    "wheel ~= 0.45.1",
+    "setuptools-git-versioning >= 2.0, < 3",
+    "black ~= 24.10.0",
+    "flake8 == 7.1.1",
+    "flake8-pyproject ~= 1.2.3",
+    "flake8-docstrings ~= 1.7.0",
+    "flake8-quotes ~= 3.4.0",
+    "flake8-bugbear ~= 24.10.31",
+    "flake8-mock ~= 0.4",
+    "flake8-tuple ~= 0.4.1",
+    "pytest ~= 8.3.4",
+    "pytest-cov ~= 6.0.0",
+    "mypy ~= 1.13.0",
+    "isort == 5.13.2",
+    "build ~= 1.2.2",
     "pandas-stubs ~= 2.1.1"
 ]
 
@@ -60,16 +60,14 @@ simulator_worker = "simulator_worker:start_app"
 [build-system]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 requires = [
-    "setuptools ~= 69.1.0",
-    "wheel ~= 0.42.0",
-    "setuptools-git-versioning>=2.0,<3",
+    "setuptools ~= 75.6.0",
+    "wheel ~= 0.45.1",
+    "setuptools-git-versioning >= 2.0, < 3",
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools-git-versioning]
 enabled = true
-starting_version = "0.0.13"
-dev_template = "{tag}.dev{ccount}"
-dirty_template = "{tag}.dev{ccount}"
+starting_version = "0.0.1"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 addopts = "--cov=simulator_worker --cov-report html --cov-report term-missing --cov-fail-under 20"
@@ -86,6 +84,8 @@ ignore = [
     'E203', # Space before colon (not PEP-8 compliant, and conflicts with black)
     'C408', # Suggestion to use dict() over {}
     'W503', # Starting lines with operators.
+    'D104', # Missing docstring in public package
+    'D100'  # Missing docstring in public module
 ]
 per-file-ignores = ['__init__.py:F401', 'test_*.py:D100,D101,D102,D103']
 max-line-length = 100
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bbed08d..b0dfe8e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@
 # This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
 # by the following command:
 #
-#    pip-compile --output-file='..\..\requirements.txt' '..\..\pyproject.toml'
+#    pip-compile --output-file=requirements.txt pyproject.toml
 #
-aio-pika==9.4.2
+aio-pika==9.4.3
     # via omotes-sdk-python
-aiormq==6.8.0
+aiormq==6.8.1
     # via aio-pika
-amqp==5.2.0
+amqp==5.3.1
     # via kombu
-billiard==4.2.0
+billiard==4.2.1
     # via celery
 celery==5.3.6
     # via omotes-sdk-python
-certifi==2024.2.2
+certifi==2024.12.14
     # via requests
-charset-normalizer==3.3.2
+charset-normalizer==3.4.0
     # via requests
 click==8.1.7
     # via
@@ -24,45 +24,43 @@ click==8.1.7
     #   click-didyoumean
     #   click-plugins
     #   click-repl
-click-didyoumean==0.3.0
+click-didyoumean==0.3.1
     # via celery
 click-plugins==1.1.1
     # via celery
 click-repl==0.3.0
     # via celery
-colorama==0.4.6
-    # via click
 coolprop==6.6.0
     # via omotes-simulator-core
 dataclass-wizard==0.22.3
     # via omotes-simulator-core
 future-fstrings==1.2.0
     # via pyecore
-idna==3.6
+idna==3.10
     # via
     #   requests
     #   yarl
 influxdb==5.3.2
     # via omotes-simulator-core
-kombu==5.3.5
+kombu==5.4.2
     # via celery
-lxml==5.1.0
+lxml==5.3.0
     # via pyecore
-msgpack==1.0.8
+msgpack==1.1.0
     # via influxdb
-multidict==6.0.5
+multidict==6.1.0
     # via yarl
 numpy==2.1.3
     # via
     #   omotes-simulator-core
     #   pandas
     #   scipy
-omotes-sdk-protocol==0.1.6
+omotes-sdk-protocol==0.1.13
     # via omotes-sdk-python
-omotes-sdk-python==3.2.4
-    # via simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
-omotes-simulator-core==0.0.16
-    # via simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
+omotes-sdk-python==3.2.5
+    # via simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
+omotes-simulator-core==0.0.18
+    # via simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
 ordered-set==4.1.0
     # via pyecore
 pamqp==3.3.0
@@ -72,10 +70,12 @@ pamqp==3.3.0
 pandas==2.2.3
     # via
     #   omotes-simulator-core
-    #   simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
-prompt-toolkit==3.0.43
+    #   simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
+prompt-toolkit==3.0.48
     # via click-repl
-protobuf==4.25.3
+propcache==0.2.1
+    # via yarl
+protobuf==4.25.5
     # via omotes-sdk-protocol
 pyecore==0.12.1
     # via pyesdl
@@ -83,39 +83,40 @@ pyesdl==24.2
     # via
     #   omotes-sdk-python
     #   omotes-simulator-core
-    #   simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
+    #   simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
 pyjnius==1.6.1
     # via omotes-simulator-core
-python-dateutil==2.8.2
+python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
     # via
     #   celery
     #   influxdb
     #   pandas
 python-dotenv==1.0.1
-    # via simulator-worker (..\..\pyproject.toml)
-pytz==2024.1
+    # via simulator-worker (pyproject.toml)
+pytz==2024.2
     # via
     #   influxdb
     #   pandas
-requests==2.31.0
+requests==2.32.3
     # via influxdb
-restrictedpython==7.2a1.dev0
+restrictedpython==7.4
     # via pyecore
 scipy==1.14.1
     # via omotes-simulator-core
-six==1.16.0
+six==1.17.0
     # via
     #   influxdb
     #   python-dateutil
-streamcapture==1.2.4
+streamcapture==1.2.5
     # via omotes-sdk-python
 typing-extensions==4.11.0
     # via omotes-sdk-python
-tzdata==2024.1
+tzdata==2024.2
     # via
     #   celery
+    #   kombu
     #   pandas
-urllib3==2.2.1
+urllib3==2.2.3
     # via requests
 vine==5.1.0
     # via
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ vine==5.1.0
     #   kombu
 wcwidth==0.2.13
     # via prompt-toolkit
-yarl==1.9.4
+yarl==1.18.3
     # via
     #   aio-pika
     #   aiormq
diff --git a/src/simulator_worker/simulator_worker.py b/src/simulator_worker/simulator_worker.py
index 2095602..0a5a350 100644
--- a/src/simulator_worker/simulator_worker.py
+++ b/src/simulator_worker/simulator_worker.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 import dotenv
+from omotes_sdk.internal.orchestrator_worker_events.esdl_messages import EsdlMessage
 from omotes_sdk.internal.worker.worker import UpdateProgressHandler, initialize_worker
 from omotes_sdk.types import ProtobufDict
 from omotes_sdk.workflow_type import (
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@
 
 def simulator_worker_task(
     input_esdl: str, workflow_config: ProtobufDict, update_progress_handler: UpdateProgressHandler
-) -> str:
+) -> tuple[str | None, list[EsdlMessage]]:
     """Simulator worker function for celery task.
 
     Note: Be careful! This spawns within a subprocess and gains a copy of memory from parent
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ def simulator_worker_task(
     # Write output_esdl to file for debugging
     # with open(f"result_{simulation_id}.esdl", "w") as file:
     #     file.writelines(output_esdl)
-    return output_esdl
+    return output_esdl, []
 
 
 def start_app() -> None: