diff --git a/back_end/pom.xml b/back_end/pom.xml
index 54df3f5..201a645 100644
--- a/back_end/pom.xml
+++ b/back_end/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 		<url/>
 	</scm>
 	<properties>
-		<java.version>25</java.version>
+		<java.version>17</java.version>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/back_end/src/main/resources/application.properties b/back_end/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 8cc7072..e8c426c 100644
--- a/back_end/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/back_end/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1 +1,11 @@
-spring.application.name=FrisbYEE
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/frisbyee
+spring.datasource.username=postgres
+spring.datasource.password=postgres
+spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.postgresql.Driver
+
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
+spring.jpa.show-sql=true
+spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/frisbyee
+spring.datasource.username=frisbyee_user
+spring.datasource.password=secret
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c78c425..3f010ae 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -27,3 +27,20 @@ services:
       interval: 5s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 20
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:16
+    container_name: frisbyee-postgres
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_DB: frisbyee
+      POSTGRES_USER: frisbyee_user
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: secret
+    volumes:
+      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+volumes:
+  postgres_data:
+  
+version: "3.9"
+