diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ef18709..e0ce71c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@
             <groupId>org.thymeleaf.extras</groupId>
             <artifactId>thymeleaf-extras-springsecurity6</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-dev.properties b/src/main/resources/application-dev.properties
index e218f64..7051338 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application-dev.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-dev.properties
@@ -3,5 +3,3 @@ spring.datasource.driverClassName=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
 spring.datasource.url=${JDBC_DATABASE_URL:jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/simple_invoicing_db?allowPublicKeyRetrieval=true&useSSL=false&createDatabaseIfNotExist=true}
 spring.datasource.username=${JDBC_DATABASE_USERNAME:root}
 spring.datasource.password=${JDBC_DATABASE_PASSWORD:root}
-#JPA properties
-spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL8Dialect
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-prod.properties b/src/main/resources/application-prod.properties
index 126b21d..830ab7e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application-prod.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-prod.properties
@@ -3,5 +3,3 @@ spring.datasource.driverClassName=org.postgresql.Driver
 spring.datasource.url=${JDBC_DATABASE_URL:jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/simple_invoicing_db?createDatabaseIfNotExist=true}
 spring.datasource.username=${JDBC_DATABASE_USERNAME:docker}
 spring.datasource.password=${JDBC_DATABASE_PASSWORD:docker}
-#JPA properties
-spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index d4e92d3..f8d8c7d 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ spring.datasource.password=${JDBC_DATABASE_PASSWORD:docker}
 #JPA Properties
 #spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL8Dialect
 
-spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect = org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
 spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.format_sql=TRUE
 spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
 spring.jpa.open-in-view=false
@@ -40,5 +39,5 @@ cloudinary.api-secret=${CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET:!}
 #File Upload Properties
 spring.servlet.multipart.max-file-size=3MB
 spring.servlet.multipart.max-request-size=3MB
-
-
+#Expose specific actuator endpoints
+management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=health