diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties b/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties
index fd561fa90..d3dbbe6ea 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost/test
 spring.datasource.username=root
 spring.datasource.password=root
  # Uncomment this the first time the app runs
-# spring.datasource.initialize=true
\ No newline at end of file
+# spring.datasource.initialize=true
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index fb07c6c50..187f4063c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # database init, supports mysql too
-database=hsqldb
+database=mysql
 spring.datasource.schema=classpath*:db/${database}/schema.sql
 spring.datasource.data=classpath*:db/${database}/data.sql
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost/
+spring.datasource.username=root
+spring.datasource.password=petclinic
 
 # Web
 spring.thymeleaf.mode=HTML