diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 480bdf5..667aaef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
+HELP.md
 target/
-!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
 !**/src/main/**/target/
 !**/src/test/**/target/
-.kotlin
 
-### IntelliJ IDEA ###
-.idea/modules.xml
-.idea/jarRepositories.xml
-.idea/compiler.xml
-.idea/libraries/
-*.iws
-*.iml
-*.ipr
-
-### Eclipse ###
+### STS ###
 .apt_generated
 .classpath
 .factorypath
@@ -22,6 +13,12 @@ target/
 .springBeans
 .sts4-cache
 
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+
 ### NetBeans ###
 /nbproject/private/
 /nbbuild/
@@ -34,6 +31,3 @@ build/
 
 ### VS Code ###
 .vscode/
-
-### Mac OS ###
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5b53425..a566cfb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,17 +1,62 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>4.0.0-M3</version>
+		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+	</parent>
+	<groupId>de.pnreichmuth</groupId>
+	<artifactId>timekeep-backend</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>timekeep-backend</name>
+	<description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
+	<url/>
+	<licenses>
+		<license/>
+	</licenses>
+	<developers>
+		<developer/>
+	</developers>
+	<scm>
+		<connection/>
+		<developerConnection/>
+		<tag/>
+		<url/>
+	</scm>
+	<properties>
+		<java.version>25</java.version>
+	</properties>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jdbc</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-websocket</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 
-    <groupId>de.pnreichmuth</groupId>
-    <artifactId>timekeep-backend</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
 
-    <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>25</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>25</maven.compiler.target>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    </properties>
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>