diff --git a/sonar-scanner.properties b/sonar-scanner.properties
index b3e496c6e..c10500042 100644
--- a/sonar-scanner.properties
+++ b/sonar-scanner.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
-sonar.projectKey=github-jenkins-sonar
-sonar.sources=/src
+# Required metadata 
+sonar.projectKey=MyPetClinic_Soar_Scan_from_file
+sonar.projectName=a Maven project analyzed with the SonarQube 
+sonar.projectVersion=1.0 
+		
+# Comma-separated paths to directories with sources (required) 
+sonar.sources=src/main/java, src/test/java
+		
+# Encoding of the source files 
+sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8