diff --git a/logprep/abc/component.py b/logprep/abc/component.py
index 5332e9063..2d88306e8 100644
--- a/logprep/abc/component.py
+++ b/logprep/abc/component.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class Metrics:
         )
         """Number of events that were send to error output"""
 
+        _processing_time_per_event_target: Callable = field(default=None)
         processing_time_per_event: HistogramMetric = field(
             factory=lambda: HistogramMetric(
                 description="Time in seconds that it took to process an event",
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ def __attrs_post_init__(self):
                 attribute = getattr(self, attribute)
                 if isinstance(attribute, Metric):
                     attribute.labels = self._labels
+                    attribute.target = self._processing_time_per_event_target
                     attribute.tracker = attribute.init_tracker()
 
     # __dict__ is added to support functools.cached_property
diff --git a/logprep/abc/processor.py b/logprep/abc/processor.py
index 6cf46cc27..be18d83a1 100644
--- a/logprep/abc/processor.py
+++ b/logprep/abc/processor.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Abstract module for processors"""
 import time
 from abc import abstractmethod
-from functools import reduce
+from functools import partial, reduce
 from logging import Logger
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional
@@ -166,9 +166,11 @@ def process(self, event: dict):
         self._process_rule_tree(event, self._specific_tree)
         self._process_rule_tree(event, self._generic_tree)
 
+    @TimeMeasurement.measure_time("RuleTree processing")
     def _process_rule_tree(self, event: dict, tree: "RuleTree"):
         applied_rules = set()
 
+        @TimeMeasurement.measure_time("Rule processing")
         def _process_rule(event, rule):
             begin = time.time()
             self._apply_rules_wrapper(event, rule)
diff --git a/logprep/framework/pipeline.py b/logprep/framework/pipeline.py
index 45d4bf45c..d4f7f66e5 100644
--- a/logprep/framework/pipeline.py
+++ b/logprep/framework/pipeline.py
@@ -129,11 +129,6 @@ class Pipeline:
     class Metrics(Component.Metrics):
         """Tracks statistics about a pipeline"""
 
-        input: Connector.ConnectorMetrics
-        """Input metrics"""
-        output: List[Connector.ConnectorMetrics]
-        """Output metrics"""
-        kafka_offset: int = 0
         """The current offset of the kafka input reader"""
         mean_processing_time_per_event: float = 0.0
         """Mean processing time for one event"""
@@ -193,6 +188,9 @@ def __init__(
         self.pipeline_index = pipeline_index
         self._encoder = msgspec.msgpack.Encoder()
         self._decoder = msgspec.msgpack.Decoder()
+        self.metrics = self.Metrics(
+            labels=self.metric_labels,
+        )
 
     @cached_property
     def _process_name(self) -> str:
@@ -210,17 +208,6 @@ def metric_labels(self) -> dict:
         """Return the metric labels for this component."""
         return {"component": "pipeline"}
 
-    @cached_property
-    def metrics(self) -> Metrics:
-        """The pipeline metrics object"""
-        if self._prometheus_exporter is None:
-            return None
-        return self.Metrics(
-            input=self._input.metrics,
-            output=[self._output.get(output).metrics for output in self._output],
-            labels=self.metric_labels,
-        )
-
     @cached_property
     def _pipeline(self) -> tuple:
         self.logger.debug(f"Building '{self._process_name}'")
@@ -349,9 +336,25 @@ def _get_event(self) -> dict:
             pass
         return event
 
-    @TimeMeasurement.measure_time("pipeline")
+    @TimeMeasurement.measure_time(name="process_event")
     def process_event(self, event: dict):
         """process all processors for one event"""
+
+        """
+        ToDos:
+            - TimeTracking
+            - Processor Specific Metrics (Pseudonymizer, Amides, DomainResolver)
+            - Fix Pseudonymizer str has no match
+            - count number warnings/errors separatley or delete them from all metrics?
+            - Tests
+            - delete metric exposer
+            - delete SharedCounter (Events in last 5 min: n)
+            - create Grafana Dashboards
+            - add pipelinemanager metrics (pipeline restarts)
+            - clean up PrometheusExporter ("remove stale metric files" stil needed?)
+            - 
+        """
+
         event_received = self._encoder.encode(event)
         extra_outputs = []
         for processor in self._pipeline:
diff --git a/logprep/metrics/metrics.py b/logprep/metrics/metrics.py
index 0cb4fd174..0695bddf7 100644
--- a/logprep/metrics/metrics.py
+++ b/logprep/metrics/metrics.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """This module tracks, calculates, exposes and resets logprep metrics"""
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from typing import Callable
 
 from attr import asdict, define, field, validators
 from prometheus_client import Counter, Histogram
@@ -49,9 +50,11 @@ class Metric(ABC):
         default={},
     )
     tracker: object = field(default=None)
+    target: Callable = field(default=None)
     _prefix: str = "logprep_"
 
     def init_tracker(self):
+        tracker = None
         if isinstance(self, CounterMetric):
             tracker = Counter(
                 name=f"{self._prefix}{self.name}",
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ def init_tracker(self):
                 name=f"{self._prefix}{self.name}",
                 documentation=self.description,
                 labelnames=self.labels.keys(),
-                buckets=(0.000001, 0.00001, 0.0001, 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, float("inf")),
+                buckets=(0.000001, 0.00001, 0.0001, 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1),
                 registry=None,
             )
         tracker.labels(**self.labels)
diff --git a/logprep/run_logprep.py b/logprep/run_logprep.py
index 33cb3dc6c..5a295c395 100644
--- a/logprep/run_logprep.py
+++ b/logprep/run_logprep.py
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ def _run_logprep(arguments, logger: logging.Logger):
         logger.critical(f"A critical error occurred: {error}")
         if runner:
             runner.stop()
-        sys.exit(1)
+        raise error
+        # sys.exit(1)
     # pylint: enable=broad-except
 
 
diff --git a/logprep/util/time_measurement.py b/logprep/util/time_measurement.py
index 481510612..92ba79a4f 100644
--- a/logprep/util/time_measurement.py
+++ b/logprep/util/time_measurement.py
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 """This module is used to measure the execution time of functions and add the results to events."""
 
+import logging
 from socket import gethostname
 from time import time
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from logprep.util.helper import camel_to_snake
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from logprep.processor.base.rule import Rule
+
 
 class TimeMeasurement:
     """Measures the execution time of functions and adds the results to events via a decorator."""
@@ -29,15 +34,17 @@ def inner(*args, **kwargs):  # nosemgrep
                 if TimeMeasurement.TIME_MEASUREMENT_ENABLED:
                     caller = args[0]
                     first_argument = args[1]
+                    second_argument = args[2] if len(args) > 2 else None
                     begin = time()
                     result = func(*args, **kwargs)
                     end = time()
 
                     processing_time = end - begin
-
-                    if hasattr(caller, "metrics"):
-                        if hasattr(caller.metrics, "update_mean_processing_time_per_event"):
-                            caller.metrics.update_mean_processing_time_per_event(processing_time)
+                    if name in ("Rule processing",):
+                        caller = first_argument
+                    if name in ("RuleTree processing",):
+                        caller = second_argument
+                    caller.metrics.processing_time_per_event += processing_time
 
                     if TimeMeasurement.APPEND_TO_EVENT and isinstance(first_argument, dict):
                         add_processing_times_to_event(first_argument, processing_time, caller, name)