diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 739b6cf..f980e8d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 .classpath
 .env
 
+# Ignore profile-specific properties files
+application-*.properties
+
 *.iml
 .DS_Store
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ab65e4b..dc1f0b7 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "8080:8080"
     environment:
-      SPRING_DATASOURCE_URL: ${DB_ADDRESS}
+      SPRING_DATASOURCE_URL: ${DB_ADDRESS}/${DB_NAME}
       SPRING_DATASOURCE_USERNAME: ${DB_USER}
       SPRING_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
     depends_on:
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/application/munera/Application.java b/src/main/java/com/application/munera/Application.java
index ea681e3..0082f34 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/application/munera/Application.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/application/munera/Application.java
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ package com.application.munera;
 import com.application.munera.repositories.ExpenseRepository;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.page.AppShellConfigurator;
 import com.vaadin.flow.theme.Theme;
-import javax.sql.DataSource;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.sql.init.SqlDataSourceScriptDatabaseInitializer;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.sql.init.SqlInitializationProperties;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
 /**
  * The entry point of the Spring Boot application.
  *
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index fd13d90..d3d3cc6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@ server.port=${PORT:8080}
 logging.level.org.atmosphere = warn
 spring.mustache.check-template-location = false
 
+# Activate the default profile
+spring.profiles.active=dev
+
 # Launch the default browser when starting the application in development mode
 #vaadin.launch-browser=true
 # PostgreSQL configuration.
 spring.datasource.url = ${DB_ADDRESS}/${DB_NAME}
 spring.datasource.username = ${DB_USER}
 spring.datasource.password = ${DB_PASSWORD}
+spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
 spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto = update
 # To improve the performance during development.
 # For more information https://vaadin.com/docs/latest/integrations/spring/configuration#special-configuration-parameters