diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bb9b993..3a6f427 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,37 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webmvc-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+
+
+
+		<!-- Spring Boot Starter for Flyway Auto-Configuration -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-flyway</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<!-- Flyway Core -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.flywaydb</groupId>
+			<artifactId>flyway-core</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<!-- PostgreSQL Extension for Flyway -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.flywaydb</groupId>
+			<artifactId>flyway-database-postgresql</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+
+		<!-- Spring JDBC — includes JdbcTemplate -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jdbc</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+
+
+
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 7f69322..5b00e5b 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 spring.application.name=TagLens
 
-spring.sql.init.mode=always
\ No newline at end of file
+
+
+spring.datasource.url=${DB_URL}
+spring.datasource.username=${DB_USERNAME}
+spring.datasource.password=${DB_PASSWORD}
\ No newline at end of file