diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b87d939..7cbde9a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,8 +33,19 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webmvc</artifactId>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+					<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
+			<version>4.0.1</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
@@ -51,6 +62,27 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webmvc-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui</artifactId>
+			<version>2.6.0</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-log4j2</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
+			<version>9.5.0</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 2242470..7fba661 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1 +1,13 @@
+#application configuration
 spring.application.name=uco-bs-poc
+server.port=9090
+server.servlet.context-path=/uco
+
+#database configuration
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/ucodb
+spring.datasource.username=root
+spring.datasource.password=root
+spring.datasource.driver-class-name=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
+spring.jpa.show-sql=true
+spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
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