diff --git a/meltano.yml b/meltano.yml
index 91235b8..81a530b 100644
--- a/meltano.yml
+++ b/meltano.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ plugins:
     config:
       start_date: '2010-01-01T00:00:00Z'
     settings:
-    # TODO: To configure using Meltano, declare settings and their types here:
     - name: username
     - name: password
       kind: password
diff --git a/target_mssql/connector.py b/target_mssql/connector.py
index 662cd2d..578e2cf 100644
--- a/target_mssql/connector.py
+++ b/target_mssql/connector.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def get_sqlalchemy_url(self, config: dict) -> str:
 
         connection_url = sqlalchemy.engine.url.URL.create(
             drivername="mssql+pymssql",
-            username=config["user"],
+            username=config["username"],
             password=config["password"],
             host=config["host"],
             port=config["port"],
@@ -344,6 +344,10 @@ def to_sql_type(self, jsonschema_type: dict) -> sqlalchemy.types.TypeEngine:  #
                     return cast(sqlalchemy.types.TypeEngine, sqlalchemy.types.DATE())
 
             maxlength = jsonschema_type.get("maxLength")
+            if maxlength is not None:
+                if maxlength > 8000:
+                    return cast(sqlalchemy.types.TypeEngine, sqlalchemy.types.TEXT())
+
             return cast(
                 sqlalchemy.types.TypeEngine, sqlalchemy.types.VARCHAR(maxlength)
             )
@@ -374,6 +378,9 @@ def create_temp_table_from_table(self, from_table_name):
             f"{schema_name}.#{table_name}" if schema_name else f"#{table_name}"
         )
 
+        droptable = f"DROP TABLE IF EXISTS {tmp_full_table_name}"
+        self.connection.execute(droptable)
+
         ddl = f"""
             SELECT TOP 0 *
             into {tmp_full_table_name}
diff --git a/target_mssql/target.py b/target_mssql/target.py
index a13cefe..7aca73e 100644
--- a/target_mssql/target.py
+++ b/target_mssql/target.py
@@ -18,6 +18,37 @@ class Targetmssql(SQLTarget):
             th.StringType,
             description="SQLAlchemy connection string",
         ),
+        th.Property(
+            "username",
+            th.StringType,
+            description="SQL Server username",
+        ),
+        th.Property(
+            "password",
+            th.StringType,
+            description="SQL Server password",
+        ),
+        th.Property(
+            "host",
+            th.StringType,
+            description="SQL Server host",
+        ),
+        th.Property(
+            "port",
+            th.StringType,
+            default="1433",
+            description="SQL Server port",
+        ),
+        th.Property(
+            "database",
+            th.StringType,
+            description="SQL Server database",
+        ),
+        th.Property(
+            "default_target_schema",
+            th.StringType,
+            description="Default target schema to write to",
+        ),
     ).to_dict()
 
     default_sink_class = mssqlSink
diff --git a/target_mssql/tests/data_files/long_string.singer b/target_mssql/tests/data_files/long_string.singer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccfa532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target_mssql/tests/data_files/long_string.singer
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{"type": "SCHEMA", "stream": "long_string", "schema": {"type": "object", "properties": { "CustomerID": {"type": "string", "maxlength": 12000}, "clientName": {"type": "string"} }}, "key_properties": ["CustomerID"]}
+{"type": "RECORD", "stream": "long_string", "record": {"CustomerID": "1", "clientName": "Gitter Windows Desktop App"}}
+{"type": "RECORD", "stream": "long_string", "record": {"CustomerID": "2", "clientName": "Gitter iOS App"}}
diff --git a/target_mssql/tests/test_core.py b/target_mssql/tests/test_core.py
index 1aaaeb5..9eb82c4 100644
--- a/target_mssql/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/target_mssql/tests/test_core.py
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 @pytest.fixture()
 def mssql_config():
     return {
-        "sqlalchemy_url": "mssql+pymssql://sa:p@55w0rd@localhost:1433/master",
+        # "sqlalchemy_url": "mssql+pymssql://sa:p@55w0rd@localhost:1433/master",
         "schema": "dbo",
-        "user": "sa",
+        "username": "sa",
         "password": "P@55w0rd",
         "host": "localhost",
         "port": "1433",