diff --git a/hpc/LoadBalancer.hpp b/hpc/LoadBalancer.hpp
index e8d6158..7e5f36a 100644
--- a/hpc/LoadBalancer.hpp
+++ b/hpc/LoadBalancer.hpp
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ std::string readLineFromFile(const std::string& filename)
     return line;
 }
 
+using SafeUniqueModelPointer = std::unique_ptr<umbridge::Model, std::function<void (umbridge::Model*)>>;
+
 class JobManager
 {
 public:
@@ -66,67 +68,46 @@ class JobManager
     // The returned object MUST release any resources that it holds once it goes out of scope in the code of the caller.
     // This can be achieved by returning a unique pointer with an appropriate deleter.
     // This method may return a nullptr to deny a request.
-    virtual std::unique_ptr<umbridge::Model, void(*)(void*)> requestModelAccess(const std::string& model_name) = 0;
+    virtual SafeUniqueModelPointer requestModelAccess(const std::string& model_name) = 0;
 
     // To initialize the load balancer we first need a list of model names that are available on a server.
     // Typically, this can be achieved by simply running the model code and requesting the model names from the server.
-    // Therefore, the implementation can most likely use the same mechanism that is also used for granting model access,
-    // which is why this method was placed in this class to avoid code duplication.
+    // Therefore, the implementation can most likely use the same mechanism that is also used for granting model access.
     virtual std::vector<std::string> getModelNames() = 0;
 
     virtual ~JobManager() {};
 };
 
-class FileBasedModelDeleter
-{
-public:
-    FileBasedModelDeleter(std::string cancelation_command, std::string file_to_delete)
-    : cancelation_command(cancelation_command), file_to_delete(file_to_delete) {}
-
-    void operator()(umbridge::Model* model) {
-        delete model;
-        std::filesystem::remove(file_to_delete);
-        std::system(cancelation_command.c_str());
-    }
-
-protected:
-    std::string cancelation_command;
-    std::string file_to_delete;
-};
-using unique_file_based_model_ptr = std::unique_ptr<umbridge::Model, FileBasedModelDeleter>;
-
 class FileBasedJobManager : public JobManager
 {
 public:
-    virtual std::unique_ptr<umbridge::Model, void(*)(void*)> requestModelAccess(const std::string& model_name) override
+    virtual SafeUniqueModelPointer requestModelAccess(const std::string& model_name) override
     {
-        std::string submission_command = getSubmissionCommand();
-        std::string job_id = submitJob(submission_command);
+        std::string job_id = submitJob();
         std::string server_url = readURL(job_id);
-        FileBasedModelDeleter deleter(getCancelationCommand(job_id), getURLFileName(job_id));
-        unique_file_based_model_ptr client(new umbridge::HTTPModel(server_url, model_name), deleter);
+
+        SafeUniqueModelPointer client(new umbridge::HTTPModel(server_url, model_name), createModelDeleter(job_id));
         return client;
     }
 protected:
     virtual std::string getSubmissionCommand() = 0;
     virtual std::string getCancelationCommand(const std::string& job_id) = 0;
 
-    std::unique_ptr<umbridge::HTTPModel, FileBasedModelDeleter> setDeleter(std::unique_ptr<umbridge::HTTPModel> client)
-    {
-
-    }
-    std::unique_ptr<umbridge::HTTPModel> submitJobAndStartClient(const std::string& model_name) {
-
-    }
-
-    std::unique_ptr<umbridge::HTTPModel> connectToServer(const std::string& server_url, const std::string& model_name) 
+    std::function<void (umbridge::Model*)> createModelDeleter(const std::string& job_id) 
     {
-        return std::make_unique<umbridge::HTTPModel>(server_url, model_name);
+        std::string file_to_delete = getURLFileName(job_id);
+        std::string cancelation_command = getCancelationCommand(job_id);
+        return [file_to_delete, cancelation_command](umbridge::Model* model) {
+            delete model;
+            std::filesystem::remove(file_to_delete);
+            std::system(cancelation_command.c_str());
+        };
     }
 
     std::string getURLFileName(const std::string& job_id)
     {
-        return url_file_prefix + job_id + url_file_suffix;
+        std::filesystem::path url_file_name(url_file_prefix + job_id + url_file_suffix);
+        return (url_dir / url_file_name).string();
     }
 
     std::string readURL(const std::string& job_id)
@@ -134,7 +115,7 @@ class FileBasedJobManager : public JobManager
         return readLineFromFile(getURLFileName(job_id));
     }
 
-    std::string submitJob(const std::string& command)
+    std::string submitJob()
     {
         // Add optional delay to job submissions to prevent issues in some cases.
         if (submission_delay_ms) {
@@ -142,7 +123,7 @@ class FileBasedJobManager : public JobManager
             std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(submission_delay_ms));
         }
         // Submit job and increase job count
-        std::string command_output = getCommandOutput(command);
+        std::string command_output = getCommandOutput(getSubmissionCommand());
         job_count++;
 
         // Extract the actual job id from the command output
@@ -179,16 +160,16 @@ class FileBasedJobManager : public JobManager
         return job_script;
     }
     
-    const std::filesystem::path submission_script_dir;
-    const std::filesystem::path submission_script_default;
+    std::filesystem::path submission_script_dir;
+    std::filesystem::path submission_script_default;
     // Model-specifc job-script format: <prefix><model_name><suffix>
-    const std::string submission_script_model_specific_prefix;
-    const std::string submission_script_model_specific_suffix;
+    std::string submission_script_model_specific_prefix;
+    std::string submission_script_model_specific_suffix;
 
     // URL file format: <prefix><job-id><suffix>
-    const std::filesystem::path url_dir;
-    const std::string url_file_prefix;
-    const std::string url_file_suffix;
+    std::filesystem::path url_dir;
+    std::string url_file_prefix;
+    std::string url_file_suffix;
 
     int submission_delay_ms = 0;
     std::mutex submission_mutex;