diff --git a/src/main/java/at/ac/uibk/gitsearch/service/MonitoringService.java b/src/main/java/at/ac/uibk/gitsearch/service/MonitoringService.java
index 862672e6919853eec227c1a187b36cd200825060..0e04a6f53bb654675ff2ce1e1ac79ef11ba1f5b6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/at/ac/uibk/gitsearch/service/MonitoringService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/at/ac/uibk/gitsearch/service/MonitoringService.java
@@ -104,13 +104,11 @@ public class MonitoringService {
     }
 
     /**
-     * exports the monitoring relevant metrics regularly
-     * <p></p>
-     * This is scheduled to get fired hourly
+     * Monitors metrics with an hourly cron job
      */
     @Scheduled(cron = "0 30 * * * ?")
-    public void exportMonitoringMetrics() {
-        log.debug("Export monitoring relevant metrics");
+    public void monitorHourlyMetrics() {
+        log.debug("Started monitoring cron job");
 
         this.setNumberUsers();
 
@@ -124,6 +122,7 @@ public class MonitoringService {
         } catch (IOException exception) {
             log.warn("An IOException occurred\n" + Arrays.toString(exception.getStackTrace()));
         }
+        log.debug("Finished monitoring cron job");
     }
 
     private void setNumberUsers() {
@@ -306,5 +305,4 @@ public class MonitoringService {
         searchResultList.forEach(searchResult -> exerciseIDs.add(searchResult.getExerciseId()));
         return exerciseIDs;
     }
-    //TODO: refactor !
 }