diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/LoginServiceApplication.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/LoginServiceApplication.java
index a0dde7b..0d27afe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/LoginServiceApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/LoginServiceApplication.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import eu.dnetlib.loginservice.properties.Properties;
 
 @SpringBootApplication(scanBasePackages = {"eu.dnetlib.loginservice"})
 @PropertySources({
-        @PropertySource("classpath:application.properties"),
+        @PropertySource("classpath:authentication.properties"),
         @PropertySource(value = "classpath:dnet-override.properties", ignoreResourceNotFound = true)
 })
 @EnableConfigurationProperties({Properties.class})
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/authentication.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/resources/application.properties
rename to src/main/resources/authentication.properties