diff --git a/docker-compose-cdc-unified-polling-mysql.yml b/docker-compose-cdc-unified-polling-mysql.yml
index 6273ab95..e1dc8cf6 100644
--- a/docker-compose-cdc-unified-polling-mysql.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-cdc-unified-polling-mysql.yml
@@ -13,18 +13,31 @@ services:
       EVENTUATELOCAL_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECTION_STRING: zookeeper:2181
       SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE: ${SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE}
 
-      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER_TYPE: polling
-      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER_DATASOURCEURL: jdbc:mysql://mysql:3306/eventuate
-      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER_DATASOURCEUSERNAME: mysqluser
-      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER_DATASOURCEPASSWORD: mysqlpw
-      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER_DATASOURCEDRIVERCLASSNAME: com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
-      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER_LEADERSHIPLOCKPATH: /eventuatelocal/cdc/leader/pipeline/1
-      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER_OUTBOXID: 1
-      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER_POLLINGPARALLELCHANNELNAMES: parallel_channel_1
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER1_TYPE: polling
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER1_DATASOURCEURL: jdbc:mysql://mysql:3306/eventuate
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER1_DATASOURCEUSERNAME: mysqluser
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER1_DATASOURCEPASSWORD: mysqlpw
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER1_DATASOURCEDRIVERCLASSNAME: com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER1_LEADERSHIPLOCKPATH: /eventuatelocal/cdc/leader/pipeline/1
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER1_OUTBOXID: 1
+
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER2_TYPE: polling
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER2_DATASOURCEURL: jdbc:mysql://mysql:3306/eventuate
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER2_DATASOURCEUSERNAME: mysqluser
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER2_DATASOURCEPASSWORD: mysqlpw
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER2_DATASOURCEDRIVERCLASSNAME: com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER2_LEADERSHIPLOCKPATH: /eventuatelocal/cdc/leader/pipeline/1
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER2_OUTBOXID: 1
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_READER_MYSQLREADER2_POLLINGPARALLELCHANNELNAMES: parallel_channel_1
 
       EVENTUATE_CDC_PIPELINE_P1_TYPE: eventuate-local
-      EVENTUATE_CDC_PIPELINE_P1_READER: MYSQLREADER
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_PIPELINE_P1_READER: MYSQLREADER2
 
-      EVENTUATE_CDC_PIPELINE_P4_TYPE: eventuate-tram
-      EVENTUATE_CDC_PIPELINE_P4_READER: MYSQLREADER
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_PIPELINE_P2_TYPE: eventuate-tram
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_PIPELINE_P2_READER: MYSQLREADER1
 
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_PIPELINE_P3_TYPE: eventuate-local
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_PIPELINE_P3_READER: MYSQLREADER1
+
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_PIPELINE_P4_TYPE: eventuate-tram
+      EVENTUATE_CDC_PIPELINE_P4_READER: MYSQLREADER2
diff --git a/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/main/java/io/eventuate/local/unified/cdc/pipeline/PipelineConfigPropertiesProvider.java b/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/main/java/io/eventuate/local/unified/cdc/pipeline/PipelineConfigPropertiesProvider.java
index 2a438b97..00ffa1ad 100644
--- a/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/main/java/io/eventuate/local/unified/cdc/pipeline/PipelineConfigPropertiesProvider.java
+++ b/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/main/java/io/eventuate/local/unified/cdc/pipeline/PipelineConfigPropertiesProvider.java
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 import io.eventuate.local.unified.cdc.pipeline.common.properties.RawUnifiedCdcProperties;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.BiFunction;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 public class PipelineConfigPropertiesProvider {
@@ -26,22 +26,22 @@ public PipelineConfigPropertiesProvider(RawUnifiedCdcProperties rawUnifiedCdcPro
         this.cdcPipelineReaderFactories = cdcPipelineReaderFactories;
     }
 
-    public Optional<List<CdcPipelineReaderProperties>> pipelineReaderProperties() {
+    public Optional<Map<String, CdcPipelineReaderProperties>> pipelineReaderProperties() {
         if (rawUnifiedCdcProperties.isReaderPropertiesDeclared()) {
-            return Optional.of(makeFromProperties(rawUnifiedCdcProperties.getReader(), this::createCdcPipelineReaderProperties));
+            return Optional.of(makeFromProperties(rawUnifiedCdcProperties.getReader(), this::createCdcPipelineReaderProperties, CdcPipelineReaderProperties::getReaderName));
         } else
             return Optional.empty();
     }
 
-    public Optional<List<CdcPipelineProperties>> pipelineProperties() {
+    public Optional<Map<String, CdcPipelineProperties>> pipelineProperties() {
         if (rawUnifiedCdcProperties.isPipelinePropertiesDeclared()) {
-            return Optional.of(makeFromProperties(rawUnifiedCdcProperties.getPipeline(), this::createPipelineProperties));
+            return Optional.of(makeFromProperties(rawUnifiedCdcProperties.getPipeline(), this::createPipelineProperties, CdcPipelineProperties::getName));
         } else
             return Optional.empty();
     }
 
-    private <T> List<T> makeFromProperties(Map<String, Map<String, Object>> properties, BiFunction<String, Map<String, Object>, T> creator) {
-        return properties.entrySet().stream().map(entry -> creator.apply(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue())).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    private <T> Map<String, T> makeFromProperties(Map<String, Map<String, Object>> properties, BiFunction<String, Map<String, Object>, T> creator, Function<T, String> nameGetter) {
+        return properties.entrySet().stream().map(entry -> creator.apply(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue())).collect(Collectors.toMap(nameGetter, x -> x));
     }
 
     private CdcPipelineReaderProperties createCdcPipelineReaderProperties(String name, Map<String, Object> properties) {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ private CdcPipelineProperties createPipelineProperties(String name, Map<String,
                 .convertMapToPropertyClass(properties, CdcPipelineProperties.class);
 
         cdcPipelineProperties.validate();
-
+        cdcPipelineProperties.setName(name);
         return cdcPipelineProperties;
     }
 
diff --git a/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/main/java/io/eventuate/local/unified/cdc/pipeline/common/properties/CdcPipelineProperties.java b/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/main/java/io/eventuate/local/unified/cdc/pipeline/common/properties/CdcPipelineProperties.java
index 542bb650..e2063e77 100644
--- a/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/main/java/io/eventuate/local/unified/cdc/pipeline/common/properties/CdcPipelineProperties.java
+++ b/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/main/java/io/eventuate/local/unified/cdc/pipeline/common/properties/CdcPipelineProperties.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 public class CdcPipelineProperties implements ValidatableProperties {
   private String type;
 
+  private String name;
+
   private String reader;
   private String eventuateDatabaseSchema = null;
   private String sourceTableName = null;
@@ -53,4 +55,12 @@ public String getSourceTableName() {
   public void setSourceTableName(String sourceTableName) {
     this.sourceTableName = sourceTableName;
   }
+
+  public String getName() {
+    return name;
+  }
+
+  public void setName(String name) {
+    this.name = name;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/main/java/io/eventuate/local/unified/cdc/pipeline/polling/properties/PollingPipelineReaderProperties.java b/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/main/java/io/eventuate/local/unified/cdc/pipeline/polling/properties/PollingPipelineReaderProperties.java
index 18ad73a1..2f848a3f 100644
--- a/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/main/java/io/eventuate/local/unified/cdc/pipeline/polling/properties/PollingPipelineReaderProperties.java
+++ b/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/main/java/io/eventuate/local/unified/cdc/pipeline/polling/properties/PollingPipelineReaderProperties.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
+
 public class PollingPipelineReaderProperties extends CdcPipelineReaderProperties {
   private Integer pollingIntervalInMilliseconds = 500;
   private Integer maxEventsPerPolling = 1000;
@@ -58,6 +60,6 @@ public void setPollingParallelChannelNames(String pollingParallelChannelNames) {
   }
 
   public Set<String> getPollingParallelChannels() {
-    return pollingParallelChannels;
+    return pollingParallelChannels == null ? emptySet() : pollingParallelChannels;
   }
 }
diff --git a/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/test/java/io/eventuate/local/unified/cdc/pipeline/PipelineConfigPropertiesProviderTest.java b/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/test/java/io/eventuate/local/unified/cdc/pipeline/PipelineConfigPropertiesProviderTest.java
index fa9adb59..6b77f162 100644
--- a/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/test/java/io/eventuate/local/unified/cdc/pipeline/PipelineConfigPropertiesProviderTest.java
+++ b/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/test/java/io/eventuate/local/unified/cdc/pipeline/PipelineConfigPropertiesProviderTest.java
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 
@@ -62,18 +63,23 @@ public PollingCdcPipelineReaderFactory pollingCdcPipelineReaderFactory(Connectio
 
     @Test
     public void shouldProvideReaderProperties() {
-        List<CdcPipelineReaderProperties> readers = pipelineConfigPropertiesProvider.pipelineReaderProperties().get();
-        assertEquals(1, readers.size());
-        PollingPipelineReaderProperties reader = (PollingPipelineReaderProperties) readers.get(0);
+        Map<String, CdcPipelineReaderProperties> readers = pipelineConfigPropertiesProvider.pipelineReaderProperties().get();
+        assertEquals(2, readers.size());
+
+        PollingPipelineReaderProperties mysqlreader1 = (PollingPipelineReaderProperties) readers.get("mysqlreader1");
         Set<String> expectedChannels = new HashSet<>();
         expectedChannels.add("parallel_channel_1");
         expectedChannels.add("parallel_channel_2");
-        assertEquals(expectedChannels, reader.getPollingParallelChannels());
+        assertEquals(expectedChannels, mysqlreader1.getPollingParallelChannels());
+
+        PollingPipelineReaderProperties mysqlreader2 = (PollingPipelineReaderProperties) readers.get("mysqlreader2");
+        assertEquals(emptySet(), mysqlreader2.getPollingParallelChannels());
+
     }
 
     @Test
     public void shouldProvidePipelineProperties() {
-        List<CdcPipelineProperties> pipelines = pipelineConfigPropertiesProvider.pipelineProperties().get();
+        Map<String, CdcPipelineProperties> pipelines = pipelineConfigPropertiesProvider.pipelineProperties().get();
         assertEquals(2, pipelines.size());
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/test/resources/sample-pipeline-config.properties b/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/test/resources/sample-pipeline-config.properties
index 27b09cec..6e3f5eb5 100644
--- a/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/test/resources/sample-pipeline-config.properties
+++ b/eventuate-local-java-cdc-connector-unified/src/test/resources/sample-pipeline-config.properties
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
-eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader.type: polling
-eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader.datasourceurl: jdbc:mysql://mysql:3306/eventuate
-eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader.datasourceusername: mysqluser
-eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader.datasourcepassword: mysqlpw
-eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader.datasourcedriverclassname: com.mysql.cj.jdbc.driver
-eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader.leadershiplockpath: /eventuatelocal/cdc/leader/pipeline/1
-eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader.outboxid: 1
-eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader.pollingparallelchannelnames: parallel_channel_1,parallel_channel_2
+eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader1.type: polling
+eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader1.datasourceurl: jdbc:mysql://mysql:3306/eventuate
+eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader1.datasourceusername: mysqluser
+eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader1.datasourcepassword: mysqlpw
+eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader1.datasourcedriverclassname: com.mysql.cj.jdbc.driver
+eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader1.leadershiplockpath: /eventuatelocal/cdc/leader/pipeline/1
+eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader1.outboxid: 1
+eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader1.pollingparallelchannelnames: parallel_channel_1,parallel_channel_2
+
+eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader2.type: polling
+eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader2.datasourceurl: jdbc:mysql://mysql:3306/eventuate
+eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader2.datasourceusername: mysqluser
+eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader2.datasourcepassword: mysqlpw
+eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader2.datasourcedriverclassname: com.mysql.cj.jdbc.driver
+eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader2.leadershiplockpath: /eventuatelocal/cdc/leader/pipeline/1
+eventuate.cdc.reader.mysqlreader2.outboxid: 1
 
 eventuate.cdc.pipeline.p1.type: eventuate-local
-eventuate.cdc.pipeline.p1.reader: mysqlreader
+eventuate.cdc.pipeline.p1.reader: mysqlreader2
 
 eventuate.cdc.pipeline.p4.type: eventuate-tram
-eventuate.cdc.pipeline.p4.reader: mysqlreader
+eventuate.cdc.pipeline.p4.reader: mysqlreader1