diff --git a/backend/build.gradle b/backend/build.gradle
index 3a7f6920a..ce4240209 100644
--- a/backend/build.gradle
+++ b/backend/build.gradle
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'
     implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation'
 
+    implementation 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.32'
+
     annotationProcessor 'org.projectlombok:lombok'
 
     testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml b/backend/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ccee44470
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+spring:
+  datasource:
+    driver-class-name: com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
+    url: ${MYSQL_DATABASE_URL}
+    username: ${MYSQL_DATABASE_USER_NAME}
+    password: ${MYSQL_DATABASE_PASSWORD}
+  jpa:
+    properties:
+      hibernate:
+        format_sql: true
+    show-sql: true
+    hibernate:
+      ddl-auto: none
+logging:
+  level:
+    org:
+      hibernate:
+        type:
+          descriptor:
+            sql:
+              BasicBinder: TRACE
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 91734ebef..000000000
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:mem:mapbefine;MODE=MySQL
-#spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL57Dialect
-spring.datasource.username=sa
-spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.format_sql=true
-spring.jpa.show-sql=true
-logging.level.org.hibernate.type.descriptor.sql.BasicBinder=TRACE
-spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create
-spring.h2.console.enabled=true
-spring.h2.console.path=/h2-console
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml b/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a8259581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+spring:
+  datasource:
+    username: sa
+    url: jdbc:h2:mem:mapbefine;MODE=MySQL
+  h2:
+    console:
+      enabled: true
+      path: /h2-console
+  jpa:
+    properties:
+      hibernate:
+        format_sql: true
+    show-sql: true
+    hibernate:
+      ddl-auto: create
+logging:
+  level:
+    org:
+      hibernate:
+        type:
+          descriptor:
+            sql:
+              BasicBinder: TRACE