diff --git a/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/CsvReaderSettings.java b/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/CsvReaderSettings.java
index cdd101a..e0efbc0 100644
--- a/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/CsvReaderSettings.java
+++ b/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/CsvReaderSettings.java
@@ -19,36 +19,40 @@ public class CsvReaderSettings {
 
     private String timeColumn;
 
+    private String valueColumn;
+
     private byte comment = '#';
 
     public CsvReaderSettings() {
-        this("@timestamp", (byte) ',', Collections.emptyList());
+        this("@timestamp", "duration", (byte) ',', Collections.emptyList());
     }
 
-    private CsvReaderSettings(final String timeColumn, final byte separator, final Collection<String> ignoreColumns) {
+    private CsvReaderSettings(final String timeColumn, final String valueColumn, final byte separator,
+            final Collection<String> ignoreColumns) {
 
         this.timeColumn = timeColumn;
+        this.valueColumn = valueColumn;
         this.separator = separator;
         this.ignoreColumnNames.addAll(ignoreColumns);
     }
 
-    public static CsvReaderSettings create(final String timeColumn, final byte separator,
+    public static CsvReaderSettings create(final String timeColumn, final String valueColumn, final byte separator,
             final String... ignoreColumnNames) {
-        return new CsvReaderSettings(timeColumn, separator, List.of(ignoreColumnNames));
+        return new CsvReaderSettings(timeColumn, valueColumn, separator, List.of(ignoreColumnNames));
     }
 
-    public static CsvReaderSettings create(final String timeColumn, final char separator,
+    public static CsvReaderSettings create(final String timeColumn, final String valueColumn, final char separator,
             final String... ignoreColumnNames) {
-        return CsvReaderSettings.create(timeColumn, separator, List.of(ignoreColumnNames));
+        return CsvReaderSettings.create(timeColumn, valueColumn, separator, List.of(ignoreColumnNames));
     }
 
-    public static CsvReaderSettings create(final String timeColumn, final char separator,
+    public static CsvReaderSettings create(final String timeColumn, final String valueColumn, final char separator,
             final Collection<String> ignoreColumnNames) {
         Preconditions.checkTrue(separator == (byte) separator,
                 "Only separators that fulfill separator == (byte)separator are supported. "
                         + "This restriction is because the parsing algorithm skips the overhead of "
                         + "translating bytes to characters.");
-        return new CsvReaderSettings(timeColumn, (byte) separator, ignoreColumnNames);
+        return new CsvReaderSettings(timeColumn, valueColumn, (byte) separator, ignoreColumnNames);
     }
 
     public String getTimeColumn() {
@@ -59,6 +63,14 @@ public class CsvReaderSettings {
         this.timeColumn = timeColumn;
     }
 
+    public String getValueColumn() {
+        return valueColumn;
+    }
+
+    public void setValueColumn(final String valueColumn) {
+        this.valueColumn = valueColumn;
+    }
+
     public byte getSeparator() {
         return separator;
     }
diff --git a/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/CsvToEntryTransformer.java b/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/CsvToEntryTransformer.java
index 07df387..9a558fe 100644
--- a/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/CsvToEntryTransformer.java
+++ b/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/CsvToEntryTransformer.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class CsvToEntryTransformer {
         int[] columns = null;
         final byte[] buffer = new byte[4096 * 16];
         final int keyTimestamp = Tags.STRING_COMPRESSOR.put(settings.getTimeColumn());
-        final int keyDuration = Tags.STRING_COMPRESSOR.put("duration");
+        final int keyDuration = Tags.STRING_COMPRESSOR.put(settings.getValueColumn());
         final FastISODateParser dateParser = new FastISODateParser();
 
         final Tags additionalTags = initAditionalTags();
diff --git a/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/IngestionHandler.java b/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/IngestionHandler.java
index 0fd3323..d1d701d 100644
--- a/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/IngestionHandler.java
+++ b/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/IngestionHandler.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public final class IngestionHandler implements Callable<Void> {
         } else {
             in.reset();
             final CsvToEntryTransformer csvTransformer = new CsvToEntryTransformer(queue,
-                    CsvReaderSettings.create("@timestamp", ','));
+                    CsvReaderSettings.create("@timestamp", "duration", ','));
             csvTransformer.readCSV(in);
         }
     }
diff --git a/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/pdbui/CsvToEntryTransformerTest.java b/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/pdbui/CsvToEntryTransformerTest.java
index 0d06da9..75cb053 100644
--- a/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/pdbui/CsvToEntryTransformerTest.java
+++ b/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/pdbui/CsvToEntryTransformerTest.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class CsvToEntryTransformerTest {
                     + dateB.format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_ZONED_DATE_TIME) + ",2,tagValue\n";
 
             final ArrayBlockingQueue<Entries> queue = db.getQueue();
-            final CsvReaderSettings settings = CsvReaderSettings.create("@timestamp", ',');
+            final CsvReaderSettings settings = CsvReaderSettings.create("@timestamp", "duration", ',');
             final CsvToEntryTransformer csvToEntryTransformer = new CsvToEntryTransformer(queue, settings);
             csvToEntryTransformer.readCSV(new ByteArrayInputStream(csv.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
             queue.put(Entries.POISON);
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class CsvToEntryTransformerTest {
                     + "2000-01-01T00:00:00.001Z,2,ignoreValue,ignoreValue,tagValue\n";
 
             final ArrayBlockingQueue<Entries> queue = db.getQueue();
-            final CsvReaderSettings settings = CsvReaderSettings.create("@timestamp", ',', "ignoredColumn");
+            final CsvReaderSettings settings = CsvReaderSettings.create("@timestamp", "duration", ',', "ignoredColumn");
             final CsvToEntryTransformer csvToEntryTransformer = new CsvToEntryTransformer(queue, settings);
             csvToEntryTransformer.readCSV(new ByteArrayInputStream(csv.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
             queue.put(Entries.POISON);
diff --git a/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/pdbui/PdbControllerTest.java b/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/pdbui/PdbControllerTest.java
index e9f1c9e..100721b 100644
--- a/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/pdbui/PdbControllerTest.java
+++ b/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/pdbui/PdbControllerTest.java
@@ -51,15 +51,16 @@ public class PdbControllerTest {
         final String additionalValue = "additionalValue";
         final String ignoredColumn = "ignoredColumn";
         final String timeColumn = "time";
+        final String valueColumn = "value";
         final OffsetDateTime dateA = OffsetDateTime.now();
         final OffsetDateTime dateB = OffsetDateTime.now();
 
         final String csv = "# first line is a comment\n"//
-                + timeColumn + ",duration,tag," + ignoredColumn + "\n"//
+                + timeColumn + "," + valueColumn + ",tag," + ignoredColumn + "\n"//
                 + dateA.format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_ZONED_DATE_TIME) + ",1,tagValue,ignoredValue\n"//
                 + dateB.format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_ZONED_DATE_TIME) + ",2,tagValue,ignoredValue\n";
 
-        final CsvReaderSettings settings = CsvReaderSettings.create(timeColumn, ',', ignoredColumn);
+        final CsvReaderSettings settings = CsvReaderSettings.create(timeColumn, valueColumn, ',', ignoredColumn);
         settings.putAdditionalTag(additionalColumn, additionalValue);
         uploadCsv(settings, csv);
         {