diff --git a/src/main/resources/config/application.properties b/src/main/resources/config/application.properties
index 27822674..3ae6af90 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/config/application.properties
@@ -63,12 +63,13 @@ sebserver.init.adminaccount.username=super-admin
 
 ### data source configuration
 
+spring.datasource.username=root
 spring.datasource.initialize=true
 spring.datasource.initialization-mode=always
 spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mariadb://${datastore.mariadb.server.address}:${datastore.mariadb.server.port}/SEBServer?useSSL=false&createDatabaseIfNotExist=true
 spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
 spring.datasource.platform=dev
-spring.datasource.hikari.initializationFailTimeout=30000
+spring.datasource.hikari.initializationFailTimeout=3000
 spring.datasource.hikari.connectionTimeout=30000
 spring.datasource.hikari.idleTimeout=600000
 spring.datasource.hikari.maxLifetime=1800000