diff --git a/BrickLog-Server/pom.xml b/BrickLog-Server/pom.xml
index 0426d42..19ffb1c 100644
--- a/BrickLog-Server/pom.xml
+++ b/BrickLog-Server/pom.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <source>${java.version}</source>
                     <target>${java.version}</target>
+
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifest>
+                            <mainClass>com.example.bricklog</mainClass>
+                        </manifest>
+                </archive>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/BrickLog-Server/target/BrickLog-Server-0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar b/BrickLog-Server/target/BrickLog-Server-0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
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diff --git a/BrickLog-Server/target/classes/com/example/bricklog/BrickLogApplication.class b/BrickLog-Server/target/classes/com/example/bricklog/BrickLogApplication.class
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diff --git a/BrickLog-Server/target/classes/com/example/bricklog/controller/LegoBuildController.class b/BrickLog-Server/target/classes/com/example/bricklog/controller/LegoBuildController.class
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diff --git a/BrickLog-Server/target/classes/com/example/bricklog/model/LegoBuild.class b/BrickLog-Server/target/classes/com/example/bricklog/model/LegoBuild.class
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diff --git a/BrickLog-Server/target/classes/com/example/bricklog/repository/LegoBuildRepository.class b/BrickLog-Server/target/classes/com/example/bricklog/repository/LegoBuildRepository.class
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diff --git a/BrickLog-Server/target/classes/resources/application.properties b/BrickLog-Server/target/classes/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f47c8ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BrickLog-Server/target/classes/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Database configuration
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mariadb://host.docker.internal:3306/bricklog
+spring.datasource.username=bricklog
+spring.datasource.password=sl0gg1ngBricks4llD4y
+
+
+# JPA settings
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update  # Creates tables automatically; set to 'none' in production if not needed
+spring.jpa.show-sql=true              # Shows SQL queries in the console, useful for debugging
+spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.MariaDBDialect