diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ff29930..cab22b6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ dist/
 nbdist/
 .nb-gradle/
 .elasticbeanstalk
+.vagrant
diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index dd07c08..ef5c87e 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Build Restful CRUD API for a simple Note-Taking application using Spring Boot, M
 **1. Clone the application**
 
 ```bash
-git clone https://github.com/callicoder/spring-boot-mysql-rest-api-tutorial.git
+git clone https://github.com/luissimon96/spring-boot-mysql-rest-api-tutorial.git
 ```
 
 **2. Create Mysql database**
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index baec0d9..b0fa39d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<groupId>com.example</groupId>
-	<artifactId>easy-notes</artifactId>
+	<artifactId>easynotes</artifactId>
 	<version>1.0.0</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
-
-	<name>easy-notes</name>
+	<name>easynotes</name>
 	<description>Rest API for a Simple Note Taking Application</description>
 
 	<parent>
@@ -21,37 +20,44 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-		<java.version>11</java.version>
+		<java.version>8</java.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
@@ -62,6 +68,42 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
+ 
+<pluginRepositories>
+	
+        <pluginRepository>
+            <id>central</id>
+            <name>Central Repository</name>
+            <url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
+            <layout>default</layout>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+            <releases>
+                <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+            </releases>
+        </pluginRepository>
+
+				<pluginRepository>
+					<id>spring-snapshots</id>
+					<url>https://repo.spring.io/snapshot</url>
+				</pluginRepository>
 
+				<pluginRepository>
+					<id>spring-milestones</id>
+					<url>https://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
+				</pluginRepository>
 
-</project>
+    </pluginRepositories>
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>central</id>
+            <name>Central Repository</name>
+            <url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
+            <layout>default</layout>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index d357d46..436ddfe 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## Spring DATASOURCE (DataSourceAutoConfiguration & DataSourceProperties)
-spring.datasource.url = jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/notes_app?useSSL=false&serverTimezone=UTC&useLegacyDatetimeCode=false
-spring.datasource.username = root
-spring.datasource.password = callicoder
+spring.datasource.url = jdbc:mysql://{{dbhost}}:3306/{{dbname}}?useSSL=false&serverTimezone=UTC&useLegacyDatetimeCode=false
+spring.datasource.username = {{dbusername}}
+spring.datasource.password = {{dbpassword}}
 
 
 ## Hibernate Properties
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ spring.datasource.password = callicoder
 spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect = org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5InnoDBDialect
 
 # Hibernate ddl auto (create, create-drop, validate, update)
-spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto = update
\ No newline at end of file
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto = update