diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8a409ed..c455574 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ target/
 *.iml
 *.ipr
 src/main/resources/application-local.properties
+update_env_var.sh
 
 ### NetBeans ###
 /nbproject/private/
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index e678576..80137c6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,20 @@
 spring.application.name=SafeQR-app
-spring.profiles.active=local
+#spring.profiles.active=local
+http.port=${HTTP_PORT}
+server.port=${SERVER_PORT}
+server.ssl.enabled=true
+server.ssl.key-store-type=${SERVER_SSL_KEY_STORE_TYPE}
+server.ssl.key-store=${SERVER_SSL_KEY_STORE_LOCATION}
+server.ssl.key-store-password=${SERVER_SSL_KEY_STORE_PASSWORD}
+server.ssl.key-alias=${SERVER_SSL_KEY_ALIAS}
+trust.store=${SERVER_SSL_TRUST_STORE_LOCATION}
+trust.store.password=${SERVER_SSL_TRUST_STORE_PASSWORD}
+
+spring.datasource.url=${SERVER_DB_URL}
+spring.datasource.username=${SERVER_DB_USERNAME}
+spring.datasource.password=${SERVER_DB_PASSWORD}
+spring.datasource.driver-class-name=${SERVER_DB_DRIVER_CLASS_NAME}
+spring.jpa.database-platform=${SERVER_DB_DIALECT}
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
+spring.jpa.show-sql=true
+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.format_sql=true