diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0ff35154a0c45d9ea062cd6b8d2cbc429e3ad3b7..f49a7b810c46a2d9d3b590786ad211edf1aaef78 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
 	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf'
 	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'
+	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc'
+	//from https://mariadb.com/kb/en/java-connector-using-gradle/
+	implementation 'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:2.1.2'
 	compileOnly 'org.projectlombok:lombok'
 	developmentOnly 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools'
 	annotationProcessor 'org.projectlombok:lombok'
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 2109a440d84272c41cb90c6e3c87aeab94aebb12..0f214ceb5fb740b7d520673a870cefd1a7ba03d8 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 spring.application.name=demo
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mariadb://localhost:3306/sports
+spring.datasource.username=root
+spring.datasource.password=comsc
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