diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 45a9cd7..3ae4287 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
       <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-consul-discovery</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+				<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+				<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/example/servicedemo/model/Event.java b/src/main/java/com/example/servicedemo/model/Event.java
index e93068a..4776d23 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/example/servicedemo/model/Event.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/example/servicedemo/model/Event.java
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import java.util.Date;
 
 import javax.persistence.*;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonFormat;
+
 @Entity
 @Table(name = "events")
 public class Event {
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ public class Event {
   @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
   private long id;
 
+  @JsonFormat(pattern="yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")
   @Column(name = "date")
   private Date when;
 
diff --git a/src/test/resources/application.properties b/src/test/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efed710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+server.port=9098
+spring.application.name: servicedemo
+management.security.enabled=false
+
+spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.h2.Driver
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:mem:db;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1
+spring.datasource.username=sa
+spring.datasource.password=sa
+
+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.jdbc.lob.non_contextual_creation= true
+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect= org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
+
+# Hibernate ddl auto (create, create-drop, validate, update)
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto= update
+
+spring.cloud.consul.token = 4d19eb8c-0e53-3c5b-c479-04b41af55e9d
+
+spring.cloud.discovery.enabled=false
+spring.cloud.consul.enabled=false
+spring.cloud.consul.config.enabled=false
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