diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ef5a5f4..a08c3b2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -96,3 +96,5 @@ frontend/src/index.js
 .env
 
 .DS_Store
+
+backend/src/resources/application.yml
diff --git a/backend/src/resources/application.yml b/backend/src/resources/application.yml.example
similarity index 61%
rename from backend/src/resources/application.yml
rename to backend/src/resources/application.yml.example
index 32275c8..d64ad57 100644
--- a/backend/src/resources/application.yml
+++ b/backend/src/resources/application.yml.example
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ server:
 
 spring:
   datasource:
-    url: jdbc:h2:mem:whattocook
-    username: sa
+    url:
+    username:
     password:
-    driverClassName: org.h2.Driver
+    driver-class-name:
   data:
     rest:
       base-path: /api/v1
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6a8174c..57002e6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ dependencies {
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.h2database/h2
     implementation group: 'com.h2database', name: 'h2', version: '1.3.148'
 
+    // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.postgresql/postgresql
+    implementation group: 'org.postgresql', name: 'postgresql', version: '42.4.0'
+
     // okhttp
     implementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.10.0")