diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b011a92d..7c36d55c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ nb-configuration.xml
 release.properties
 pom.xml.releaseBackup
 pom.xml.tag
-/mysql_schema.mwb.bak
+/src/gen/**
 
 
 # virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 17d509c0..f8ec295b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,5 +47,101 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+  
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- Data Base -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    
+    <!-- MyBatis -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mybatis</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mybatis</artifactId>
+      <version>3.4.6</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mybatis.dynamic-sql</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mybatis-dynamic-sql</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mybatis</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mybatis-spring</artifactId>
+      <version>1.3.2</version>
+    </dependency>
+    
+    
+    <!-- Spring / Spring Boot -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-websocket</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jdbc</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- NOTE since org.springframework.security.oauth is not fully migrated 
+      to spring-boot-starter-security we have to declare a separate version here. 
+      This refers to the latest version of spring-security-oauth2 and should be 
+      compatible with the overall version of spring boot SEE: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/wiki/Spring-Boot-2.0.0-M5-Release-Notes#oauth-20-support 
+      TODO: once spring-security-oauth2 is fully migrated we should be able to 
+      remove this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.security.oauth</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-security-oauth2</artifactId>
+      <version>[2.3.4,)</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-security-jwt</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.9.RELEASE</version>
+    </dependency>
+    
+    <!-- Misc -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
+      <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-datatype-joda</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    
+    <!-- Testing and Code generation -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-security-test</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
 
 </project>
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