diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+HELP.md
+target/
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/target/
+!**/src/test/**/target/
+
+### STS ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+
+### NetBeans ###
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
+build/
+!**/src/main/**/build/
+!**/src/test/**/build/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/
+
+# config file (temporary)
+application.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
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index 8b13789..0000000
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yml b/src/main/resources/application.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29