diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9bd081f59..abaa164fc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         <maven.version.range>[2.2.1,3.1.0)</maven.version.range>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.3</maven-war-plugin.version>
         <maven-tomcat-plugin.version>2.0</maven-tomcat-plugin.version>
-        <mysql.version>5.1.22</mysql.version>
+        <mysql.version>5.1.23</mysql.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     </properties>
@@ -132,18 +132,19 @@
             <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <!--
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
             <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        -->
         <!-- MySQL JDBC Connector -->
-        <!-- 
 		<dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        -->
+
         <!-- Hibernate JPA Provider -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
@@ -830,17 +831,18 @@
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- Databases - Uses HSQL by default -->
-            <!-- <dependency>
+            <dependency>
                 <groupId>mysql</groupId>
                 <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
                 <version>${mysql.version}</version>
-            </dependency>  -->
-            <dependency>
+                <scope>runtime</scope>
+            </dependency>
+            <!-- <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
                 <version>${hsqldb.version}</version>
                 <scope>runtime</scope>
-            </dependency>
+            </dependency> -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jstl-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/spring/jdbc.properties b/src/main/resources/spring/jdbc.properties
index 21d1560b4..806560204 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/spring/jdbc.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/spring/jdbc.properties
@@ -7,35 +7,36 @@
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # HSQL Settings
 
-jdbc.driverClassName=org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver
-jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:petclinic
-jdbc.username=sa
-jdbc.password=
+#jdbc.driverClassName=org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver
+#jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:petclinic
+#jdbc.username=sa
+#jdbc.password=
 
 # Properties that control the population of schema and data for a new data source
-jdbc.initLocation=classpath:db/hsqldb/initDB.sql
-jdbc.dataLocation=classpath:db/hsqldb/populateDB.sql
+#jdbc.initLocation=classpath:db/hsqldb/initDB.sql
+#jdbc.dataLocation=classpath:db/hsqldb/populateDB.sql
 
 # Property that determines which database to use with an AbstractJpaVendorAdapter
-jpa.database=HSQL
+#jpa.database=HSQL
 
-jpa.showSql=true
+#jpa.showSql=true
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # MySQL Settings
 
-#jdbc.driverClassName=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
-#jdbc.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/petclinic
-#jdbc.username=root
-#jdbc.password=
+jdbc.driverClassName=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
+jdbc.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/petclinic
+jdbc.username=root
+jdbc.password=
 
 # Properties that control the population of schema and data for a new data source
-#jdbc.initLocation=classpath:db/mysql/initDB.txt
-#jdbc.dataLocation=classpath:db/mysql/populateDB.txt
+jdbc.initLocation=classpath:db/mysql/initDB.sql
+jdbc.dataLocation=classpath:db/mysql/populateDB.sql
 
 # Property that determines which Hibernate dialect to use
 # (only applied with "applicationContext-hibernate.xml")
-#hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
+hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
 
 # Property that determines which database to use with an AbstractJpaVendorAdapter
-#jpa.database=MYSQL
+jpa.database=MYSQL
+jpa.showSql=false