diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 75ba1b90b..37169b509 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 	 <context-param> 
 	    <param-name>spring.profiles.active</param-name>
 	    <param-value>jdbc</param-value>
+	    <!-- you can replace the above param with:
+	    	<param-value>jpa,plain-jpa</param-value> (in the case of plain JPA)
+	    	<param-value>jpa,spring-data</param-value> (in the case of Spring Data JPA)
+	     -->
 	  </context-param>
 
 	<!--
@@ -26,26 +30,16 @@
 	-->
 	<context-param>
 		<param-name>log4jConfigLocation</param-name>
-		<param-value>/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties</param-value>
+		<param-value>/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.xml</param-value>
 	</context-param>
 
 	<!--
 		- Location of the XML file that defines the root application context.
 		- Applied by ContextLoaderServlet.
-		-
-		- Can be set to:
-		- "/WEB-INF/applicationContext-hibernate.xml" for the Hibernate implementation,
-		- "/WEB-INF/applicationContext-jpa.xml" for the JPA one, or
-		- "/WEB-INF/applicationContext-jdbc.xml" for the JDBC one.
 	-->
 	<context-param>
 		<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
 		<param-value>classpath:spring/applicationContext-dao.xml</param-value>
-        <!--
-		<param-value>/WEB-INF/spring/applicationContext-hibernate.xml</param-value>
-		<param-value>/WEB-INF/spring/applicationContext-jpa.xml</param-value>
-		-->
-
 		<!--
 			To use the JPA variant above, you will need to enable Spring load-time
 			weaving in your server environment. Out of the box, Spring will try to
@@ -54,6 +48,10 @@
 			See PetClinic's readme and/or Spring's JPA documentation for more information.
 		-->
 	</context-param>
+	
+	<listener>
+		<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
+	</listener>	
 
 	<!--
 		- Configures Log4J for this web app.
@@ -73,54 +71,6 @@
 		<listener-class>org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener</listener-class>
 	</listener>
 	-->
-
-	<!--
-		- Loads the root application context of this web app at startup,
-		- by default from "/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml".
-		- Note that you need to fall back to Spring's ContextLoaderServlet for
-		- J2EE servers that do not follow the Servlet 2.4 initialization order.
-		-
-		- Use WebApplicationContextUtils.getWebApplicationContext(servletContext)
-		- to access it anywhere in the web application, outside of the framework.
-		-
-		- The root context is the parent of all servlet-specific contexts.
-		- This means that its beans are automatically available in these child contexts,
-		- both for getBean(name) calls and (external) bean references.
-	-->
-	<listener>
-		<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
-	</listener>
-	
-	<!--
-		Defines the 'default' servlet (usually for service static resources).
-		Uncomment this in containers (GlassFish) that do not declare this 
-		implicit definition out of the box, or change the name of the servlet mapping 
-		below to the appropriate one.
-		
-	<servlet>
-		<servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
-		<servlet-class>org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet</servlet-class>
-		<init-param>
-			<param-name>debug</param-name>
-			<param-value>0</param-value>
-		</init-param>
-		<init-param>
-			<param-name>listings</param-name>
-			<param-value>false</param-value>
-		</init-param>
-		<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
-	</servlet>
-	-->
-	<!--
-	 - Map static resources to the default servlet
-	 - examples:
-	 -     http://localhost:8080/static/images/pets.png
-	 -     http://localhost:8080/static/styles/petclinic.css
-	-->
-	<servlet-mapping>
-		<servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
-		<url-pattern>/static/*</url-pattern>
-	</servlet-mapping>
 	
 	<!--
 		- Servlet that dispatches request to registered handlers (Controller implementations).
@@ -134,7 +84,7 @@
 	<servlet>
 		<servlet-name>petclinic</servlet-name>
 		<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
-		<load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
+		<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
 	</servlet>
 
 	<!--
@@ -163,23 +113,5 @@
 	<session-config>
 		<session-timeout>10</session-timeout>
 	</session-config>
-
-	<!-- eliminate welcome files -->
-	<!-- useful for Servlet 3 container (Tomcat 7 and Jetty 6) -->
-	<welcome-file-list>
-		<welcome-file></welcome-file>
-	</welcome-file-list>
-
-	<!--
-		- Reference to PetClinic database.
-		- Only needed if not using a local DataSource but a JNDI one instead.
-	-->
-	<!--
-	<resource-ref>
-		<res-ref-name>jdbc/petclinic</res-ref-name>
-		<res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
-		<res-auth>Container</res-auth>
-	</resource-ref>
-	-->
 	
 </web-app>
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