diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dd763ef..4c29d3d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>uoa-validator-api</name>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
+    <scm>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:gitea@code-repo.d4science.org:MaDgIK/uoa-validator-api.git</developerConnection>
+    </scm>
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.dnetlib</groupId>
         <artifactId>uoa-spring-boot-parent</artifactId>
@@ -17,7 +20,6 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <timestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</timestamp>
         <maven.build.timestamp.format>E MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy</maven.build.timestamp.format>
     </properties>
@@ -31,6 +33,21 @@
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <mainClass>eu.dnetlib.validatorapi.ValidatorApiApplication</mainClass>
+                    <executable>true</executable>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>repackage</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -41,11 +58,5 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
         <finalName>uoa-validator-api</finalName>
-        <resources>
-            <resource>
-                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
-                <filtering>true</filtering>
-            </resource>
-        </resources>
     </build>
 </project>
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