diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index cac85c0..b745bdd 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # = DATA SOURCE
 # ===============================
 # Set here configurations for the database connection
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/springboot_rabbitmq_example
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/springboot_rabbitmq_example?createDatabaseIfNotExist=true&useSSL=false
 spring.datasource.username=root
 spring.datasource.password=
 spring.datasource.driver-class-name=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create-drop
 # Naming strategy
 spring.jpa.hibernate.naming-strategy=org.hibernate.cfg.ImprovedNamingStrategy
 # Allows Hibernate to generate SQL optimized for a particular DBMS
-spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect
\ No newline at end of file
+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect