diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/config/Config.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/config/Config.java
index d441b20..d348ed7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/config/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/config/Config.java
@@ -10,15 +10,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 @Configuration
 @ImportResource("classpath*:/gr/uoa/di/driver/app/springContext-commons.xml")
+@PropertySource("application-compat.properties")
 public class Config {
 
-    @Bean
-    public PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer getPropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer() throws IOException {
-        PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer();
-
-        ppc.setLocations((new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver().getResources("classpath*:/**/springContext-*.properties")));
-        ppc.setIgnoreResourceNotFound(true);
-        
-        return ppc;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-compat.properties b/src/main/resources/application-compat.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53e5268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-compat.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+subscription.manager.threads = 2
+subscription.manager.timeToLive = 3600
+notification.manager.threads = 2
+
+is.registry.creatorId = ${transport.soap.baseAddress}
+
+openaire.db.driverClassName = org.postgresql.Driver
+openaire.db.url = jdbc:postgresql://node1.d.openaire.research-infrastructures.eu:5432/dnet_openaire
+openaire.db.username = dnet
+openaire.db.password = dnetPwd
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