diff --git a/src/main/java/com/client/config/JpaConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/client/config/JpaConfig.java
index ddff6b9..aa9c279 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/client/config/JpaConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/client/config/JpaConfig.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.client.config;
 
 import com.client.ApplicationSettings;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.config.EnableJpaRepositories;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 @Configuration
 @EnableJpaRepositories(basePackages = {"com.client.custom.jpa.repositories"})
+@ConditionalOnProperty(value = "spring.autoconfigure.exclude", havingValue = "*", matchIfMissing = true)
 public class JpaConfig {
     @Bean
     public LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean entityManagerFactory(ApplicationSettings appSettings, DataSource dataSource) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/client/core/dlmtasks/DateLastModifiedEventProcessing.java b/src/main/java/com/client/core/dlmtasks/DateLastModifiedEventProcessing.java
index feeb079..ecf6fd3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/client/core/dlmtasks/DateLastModifiedEventProcessing.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/client/core/dlmtasks/DateLastModifiedEventProcessing.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 @Log4j2
 @Service
+@ConditionalOnProperty("date.last.modified.cron.expression")
 public class DateLastModifiedEventProcessing implements Runnable {
 
     private final List<DateLastModifiedTasksService<? extends BullhornEntity>> dateLastModifiedTasksServices;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index b9ab4d1..7b34336 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 profilename=prod
 
 ## Core Database (Bean created automatically)
+# REMOVE spring.autoconfigure.exclude property when setting up MySQL connection
+spring.autoconfigure.exclude=org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jdbc.DataSourceAutoConfiguration
 spring.datasource.driver-class-name=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
 spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://HOSTNAME/SCHEMA
 spring.datasource.username=
@@ -23,7 +25,8 @@ numEventsPerBatch=100
 applicationDateFormat=MM/dd/yyyy
 applicationTimeFormat=HH:mm
 
-date.last.modified.cron.expression=0 0/1 * 1/1 * ?
+# Uncomment to enable date last modified tasks
+# date.last.modified.cron.expression=0 0/1 * 1/1 * ?
 
 metaCacheMinutes=1440