diff --git a/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/AxonCamundaConfiguration.kt b/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/AxonCamundaConfiguration.kt
index 7587851..aa1c400 100644
--- a/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/AxonCamundaConfiguration.kt
+++ b/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/AxonCamundaConfiguration.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 package io.holunda.axon.camunda
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
+import io.holunda.axon.camunda.ingress.CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandler
 import io.holunda.axon.camunda.ingress.CamundaEventMessageHandler
 import org.axonframework.config.Configurer
+import org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.cfg.ProcessEngineConfigurationImpl
+import org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.jobexecutor.JobHandlerConfiguration
+import org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.MessageEntity
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan
@@ -22,3 +27,13 @@ class AxonCamundaConfiguration {
   }
 }
 
+fun ProcessEngineConfigurationImpl.createCustomJob(configuration: JobHandlerConfiguration, objectMapper: ObjectMapper): Unit = this.commandExecutorTxRequired.execute { context ->
+  context.jobManager.send(
+    MessageEntity()
+      .apply {
+        this.jobHandlerConfigurationRaw = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(configuration)
+        this.jobHandlerType = CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandler.TYPE
+      }
+  )
+}
+
diff --git a/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/AxonCamundaEnginePlugin.kt b/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/AxonCamundaEnginePlugin.kt
index c740c2a..b63933b 100644
--- a/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/AxonCamundaEnginePlugin.kt
+++ b/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/AxonCamundaEnginePlugin.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.holunda.axon.camunda
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import io.holunda.axon.camunda.ingress.CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandler
 import mu.KLogging
 import org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.cfg.AbstractProcessEnginePlugin
@@ -7,12 +8,15 @@ import org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.cfg.ProcessEngineConfigurationImpl
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component
 
 @Component
-class AxonCamundaEnginePlugin : AbstractProcessEnginePlugin() {
+class AxonCamundaEnginePlugin(
+  val objectMapper: ObjectMapper
+) : AbstractProcessEnginePlugin() {
 
   companion object : KLogging()
 
   override fun preInit(processEngineConfiguration: ProcessEngineConfigurationImpl) {
     logger.info { "AXON-CAMUNDA-001: Axon Camunda Plugin initialized." }
-    processEngineConfiguration.customJobHandlers = (processEngineConfiguration.customJobHandlers ?: mutableListOf()) + CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandler()
+    processEngineConfiguration.customJobHandlers =
+      (processEngineConfiguration.customJobHandlers ?: mutableListOf()) + CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandler(objectMapper)
   }
 }
diff --git a/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/ingress/CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandler.kt b/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/ingress/CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandler.kt
index 7661ed9..be6dd56 100644
--- a/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/ingress/CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandler.kt
+++ b/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/ingress/CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandler.kt
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 package io.holunda.axon.camunda.ingress
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import io.holunda.axon.camunda.ingress.CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandlerConfiguration.Companion.fromCanonicalString
 import mu.KLogging
+import org.camunda.bpm.engine.RuntimeService
 import org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandContext
 import org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.jobexecutor.JobHandler
 import org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ExecutionEntity
 import org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.JobEntity
+import org.camunda.bpm.engine.runtime.ProcessInstance
 
 /**
  * Job handler for asynchronous delivery of events (as a separate job).
  */
-class CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandler : JobHandler<CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandlerConfiguration> {
+class CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandler(
+  private val objectMapper: ObjectMapper
+) : JobHandler<CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandlerConfiguration> {
 
   companion object : KLogging() {
     const val TYPE = "axon-event-correlation"
@@ -30,31 +35,47 @@ class CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandler : JobHandler<CamundaEventCorrelatingJobH
   ) {
     val runtimeService = commandContext.processEngineConfiguration.runtimeService
 
-    if (configuration.correlationId != null && configuration.correlationVariableName != null) {
+    if (configuration.startProcess) {
+      requireNotNull(configuration.businessKey)
 
+      val subscriptions = runtimeService.createEventSubscriptionQuery()
+        .eventName(configuration.eventName)
+        .eventType("message")
+        .list()
+
+      logger.debug { "Found ${subscriptions.size} subscriptions for message ${configuration.eventName}" }
+
+      if (subscriptions.size == 1) {
+        logger.debug { "Starting process by message ${configuration.eventName} with businessKey ${configuration.businessKey} and variables ${configuration.variables}" }
+
+        runtimeService.startProcessInstanceByMessage(
+          configuration.eventName,
+          configuration.businessKey,
+          configuration.variables
+        )
+      } else {
+        logger.warn { "Skipping correlation of ${configuration.eventName}: keys ${configuration.correlationKeys}, found ${subscriptions.size} subscriptions instead of 1." }
+      }
+
+    } else if (configuration.businessKey != null) {
       val instances = runtimeService
         .createProcessInstanceQuery()
         .processDefinitionKey(configuration.processDefinitionKey)
-        .variableValueEquals(configuration.correlationVariableName, configuration.correlationId)
+        .processInstanceBusinessKey(configuration.businessKey)
         .list()
-      if (instances.size == 1) {
-        logger.debug { "Correlation id found ${configuration.correlationId}, correlating ${configuration.eventName} message using it with instance of ${configuration.processDefinitionKey}." }
-        runtimeService
-          .createMessageCorrelation(configuration.eventName)
-          .processInstanceVariablesEqual(mutableMapOf<String, Any>(configuration.correlationVariableName to configuration.correlationId))
-          .let {
-            if (configuration.local) {
-              it.setVariablesLocal(configuration.variables)
-            } else {
-              it.setVariables(configuration.variables)
-            }
-          }
-          .correlate()
-      } else {
-        logger.warn { "Skipping correlation of ${configuration.eventName}: id ${configuration.correlationId}, found ${instances.size} instances for ${configuration.processDefinitionKey} instead of 1." }
+
+      correlate(instances, configuration, runtimeService)
+    } else if (configuration.correlationKeys.isNotEmpty()) {
+      val query = runtimeService
+        .createProcessInstanceQuery()
+        .processDefinitionKey(configuration.processDefinitionKey)
+
+      configuration.correlationKeys.forEach {
+        query.variableValueEquals(it.key, it.value)
       }
-    } else {
 
+      correlate(query.list(), configuration, runtimeService)
+    } else {
       val subscriptions = runtimeService
         .createEventSubscriptionQuery()
         .eventName(configuration.eventName)
@@ -62,7 +83,6 @@ class CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandler : JobHandler<CamundaEventCorrelatingJobH
         .list()
 
       if (subscriptions.size > 0) {
-
         runtimeService
           .createSignalEvent(configuration.eventName)
           .setVariables(configuration.variables)
@@ -73,7 +93,31 @@ class CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandler : JobHandler<CamundaEventCorrelatingJobH
     }
   }
 
-  override fun newConfiguration(canonicalString: String) = fromCanonicalString(canonicalString)
+  private fun correlate(
+    instances: MutableList<ProcessInstance>,
+    configuration: CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandlerConfiguration,
+    runtimeService: RuntimeService
+  ) {
+    if (instances.size == 1) {
+      logger.debug { "Correlation found: keys ${configuration.correlationKeys}, correlating ${configuration.eventName} message using it with instance of ${configuration.processDefinitionKey}." }
+      runtimeService
+        .createMessageCorrelation(configuration.eventName)
+        .processInstanceVariablesEqual(configuration.correlationKeys)
+        .let {
+          if (configuration.local) {
+            it.setVariablesLocal(configuration.variables)
+          } else {
+            it.setVariables(configuration.variables)
+          }
+        }
+        .correlate()
+    } else {
+      logger.warn { "Skipping correlation of ${configuration.eventName}: keys ${configuration.correlationKeys}, found ${instances.size} instances for ${configuration.processDefinitionKey} instead of 1." }
+    }
+  }
+
+  override fun newConfiguration(canonicalString: String): CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandlerConfiguration =
+    fromCanonicalString(objectMapper = objectMapper, value = canonicalString)
 
 
   override fun onDelete(configuration: CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandlerConfiguration, jobEntity: JobEntity) {
diff --git a/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/ingress/CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandlerConfiguration.kt b/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/ingress/CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandlerConfiguration.kt
index 72bd7c0..05b3610 100644
--- a/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/ingress/CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandlerConfiguration.kt
+++ b/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/ingress/CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandlerConfiguration.kt
@@ -9,19 +9,18 @@ data class CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandlerConfiguration(
   val processDefinitionKey: String,
   val eventName: String,
   val local: Boolean = false,
-  val variables: Map<String, Any>,
-  val correlationVariableName: String?,
-  val correlationId: Any?,
+  val variables: Map<String, Any> = mapOf(),
+  val businessKey: String? = null,
+  val correlationKeys: Map<String, Any> = mapOf(),
+  val startProcess: Boolean = false
 ) : JobHandlerConfiguration {
 
   companion object {
 
-    val objectMapper: ObjectMapper = jacksonObjectMapper()
-
-    fun fromCanonicalString(value: String): CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandlerConfiguration {
+    fun fromCanonicalString(objectMapper: ObjectMapper = jacksonObjectMapper(), value: String): CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandlerConfiguration {
       return objectMapper.readValue(value)
     }
   }
 
-  override fun toCanonicalString(): String = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(this)
+  override fun toCanonicalString(): String = throw UnsupportedOperationException()
 }
diff --git a/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/ingress/CamundaEventMessageHandler.kt b/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/ingress/CamundaEventMessageHandler.kt
index b2ee8cf..53c51a4 100644
--- a/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/ingress/CamundaEventMessageHandler.kt
+++ b/axon-camunda/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/axon/camunda/ingress/CamundaEventMessageHandler.kt
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 package io.holunda.axon.camunda.ingress
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import io.holunda.axon.camunda.AxonCamundaProperties
 import io.holunda.axon.camunda.config.CamundaAxonEventCommandFactoryRegistry
 import io.holunda.axon.camunda.config.CamundaEvent
+import io.holunda.axon.camunda.createCustomJob
 import io.holunda.axon.camunda.extractCorrelationId
-import io.holunda.axon.camunda.ingress.CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandler.Companion.TYPE
 import mu.KLogging
 import org.axonframework.eventhandling.EventMessage
 import org.axonframework.eventhandling.EventMessageHandler
 import org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.cfg.ProcessEngineConfigurationImpl
-import org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.MessageEntity
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component
 
 /**
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component
 class CamundaEventMessageHandler(
   private val registry: CamundaAxonEventCommandFactoryRegistry,
   private val axonCamundaProperties: AxonCamundaProperties,
-  private val processEngineConfigurationImpl: ProcessEngineConfigurationImpl
+  private val processEngineConfigurationImpl: ProcessEngineConfigurationImpl,
+  private val objectMapper: ObjectMapper
 ) : EventMessageHandler {
 
   companion object : KLogging()
@@ -55,9 +56,7 @@ class CamundaEventMessageHandler(
         processDefinitionKey = processDefinitionKey,
         eventName = camundaEvent.name,
         variables = camundaEvent.variables,
-        local = camundaEvent.local,
-        correlationVariableName = null,
-        correlationId = null
+        local = camundaEvent.local
       )
     )
   }
@@ -70,8 +69,7 @@ class CamundaEventMessageHandler(
           eventName = camundaEvent.name,
           variables = camundaEvent.variables,
           local = camundaEvent.local,
-          correlationVariableName = camundaEvent.correlationVariableName,
-          correlationId = correlationId
+          correlationKeys = mapOf(Pair(camundaEvent.correlationVariableName, correlationId))
         )
       )
     } else {
@@ -80,16 +78,7 @@ class CamundaEventMessageHandler(
   }
 
   private fun createMessageJob(configuration: CamundaEventCorrelatingJobHandlerConfiguration) {
-    processEngineConfigurationImpl.commandExecutorTxRequired.execute { context ->
-      context.jobManager.send(
-        MessageEntity()
-          .apply {
-            this.jobHandlerConfiguration = configuration
-            this.jobHandlerType = TYPE
-          }
-      )
-    }
-
+    processEngineConfigurationImpl.createCustomJob(configuration, objectMapper)
   }
 }