diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7ad639451..84ae8331c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+     <!-- adding redis client library -->
+    <dependency>
+    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-redis</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Databases - Uses H2 by default -->
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties b/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties
index ac7265d59..c3bf97b31 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # database init, supports mysql too
 database=mysql
-spring.datasource.url=${MYSQL_URL:jdbc:mysql://localhost/petclinic}
+spring.datasource.url=${MYSQL_URL:jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/petclinic}
 spring.datasource.username=${MYSQL_USER:root}
 spring.datasource.password=${MYSQL_PASS:Tech@123}
 # SQL is written to be idempotent so this is safe
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 5d3eeed32..a8715b01a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 # database init, supports mysql too
-database=h2
-spring.sql.init.schema-locations=classpath*:db/${database}/schema.sql
-spring.sql.init.data-locations=classpath*:db/${database}/data.sql
-
+# database=h2
+# spring.sql.init.schema-locations=classpath*:db/${database}/schema.sql
+# spring.sql.init.data-locations=classpath*:db/${database}/data.sql
+database=mysql
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/petclinic
+spring.datasource.username=root
+spring.datasource.password=Tech@123
+# SQL is written to be idempotent so this is safe
+spring.sql.init.mode=always
 # Web
 spring.thymeleaf.mode=HTML
 
 # JPA
-spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=none
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
 spring.jpa.open-in-view=true
 
 # Internationalization
@@ -23,3 +28,6 @@ logging.level.org.springframework=INFO
 
 # Maximum time static resources should be cached
 spring.web.resources.cache.cachecontrol.max-age=12h
+# configure the Redis connection settings
+spring.redis.host=localhost
+spring.redis.port=6379
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