diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9bf8e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Java Test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main", "development" ]
+
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main", "development" ]
+
+jobs:
+
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          cache: gradle
+
+      - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
+        run: chmod +x gradlew
+
+      - name: Build and test with Gradle
+        run: ./gradlew clean test
+
+      - name: Publish Unit Test Results
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: test-results
+          path: build/test-results/test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c2065bc..1a2c73a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,37 +1,251 @@
-HELP.md
+# Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/gradle,java,intellij,jetbrains
+# Edit at https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore?templates=gradle,java,intellij,jetbrains
+
+### Intellij ###
+# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio, WebStorm and Rider
+# Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839
+
+# User-specific stuff
+.idea/**/workspace.xml
+.idea/**/tasks.xml
+.idea/**/usage.statistics.xml
+.idea/**/dictionaries
+.idea/**/shelf
+
+# AWS User-specific
+.idea/**/aws.xml
+
+# Generated files
+.idea/**/contentModel.xml
+
+# Sensitive or high-churn files
+.idea/**/dataSources/
+.idea/**/dataSources.ids
+.idea/**/dataSources.local.xml
+.idea/**/sqlDataSources.xml
+.idea/**/dynamic.xml
+.idea/**/uiDesigner.xml
+.idea/**/dbnavigator.xml
+
+# Gradle
+.idea/**/gradle.xml
+.idea/**/libraries
+
+# Gradle and Maven with auto-import
+# When using Gradle or Maven with auto-import, you should exclude module files,
+# since they will be recreated, and may cause churn.  Uncomment if using
+# auto-import.
+# .idea/artifacts
+# .idea/compiler.xml
+# .idea/jarRepositories.xml
+# .idea/modules.xml
+# .idea/*.iml
+# .idea/modules
+# *.iml
+# *.ipr
+
+# CMake
+cmake-build-*/
+
+# Mongo Explorer plugin
+.idea/**/mongoSettings.xml
+
+# File-based project format
+*.iws
+
+# IntelliJ
+out/
+
+# mpeltonen/sbt-idea plugin
+.idea_modules/
+
+# JIRA plugin
+atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
+
+# Cursive Clojure plugin
+.idea/replstate.xml
+
+# SonarLint plugin
+.idea/sonarlint/
+
+# Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
+com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml
+crashlytics.properties
+crashlytics-build.properties
+fabric.properties
+
+# Editor-based Rest Client
+.idea/httpRequests
+
+# Android studio 3.1+ serialized cache file
+.idea/caches/build_file_checksums.ser
+
+### Intellij Patch ###
+# Comment Reason: https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/186#issuecomment-215987721
+
+# *.iml
+# modules.xml
+# .idea/misc.xml
+# *.ipr
+
+# Sonarlint plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7973-sonarlint
+.idea/**/sonarlint/
+
+# SonarQube Plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7238-sonarqube-community-plugin
+.idea/**/sonarIssues.xml
+
+# Markdown Navigator plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7896-markdown-navigator-enhanced
+.idea/**/markdown-navigator.xml
+.idea/**/markdown-navigator-enh.xml
+.idea/**/markdown-navigator/
+
+# Cache file creation bug
+# See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-2257
+.idea/$CACHE_FILE$
+
+# CodeStream plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/12206-codestream
+.idea/codestream.xml
+
+# Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/8053-azure-toolkit-for-intellij
+.idea/**/azureSettings.xml
+
+### Java ###
+# Compiled class file
+*.class
+
+# Log file
+*.log
+
+# BlueJ files
+*.ctxt
+
+# Mobile Tools for Java (J2ME)
+.mtj.tmp/
+
+# Package Files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.nar
+*.ear
+*.zip
+*.tar.gz
+*.rar
+
+# virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
+hs_err_pid*
+replay_pid*
+
+### JetBrains ###
+# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio, WebStorm and Rider
+# Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839
+
+# User-specific stuff
+
+# AWS User-specific
+
+# Generated files
+
+# Sensitive or high-churn files
+
+# Gradle
+
+# Gradle and Maven with auto-import
+# When using Gradle or Maven with auto-import, you should exclude module files,
+# since they will be recreated, and may cause churn.  Uncomment if using
+# auto-import.
+# .idea/artifacts
+# .idea/compiler.xml
+# .idea/jarRepositories.xml
+# .idea/modules.xml
+# .idea/*.iml
+# .idea/modules
+# *.iml
+# *.ipr
+
+# CMake
+
+# Mongo Explorer plugin
+
+# File-based project format
+
+# IntelliJ
+
+# mpeltonen/sbt-idea plugin
+
+# JIRA plugin
+
+# Cursive Clojure plugin
+
+# SonarLint plugin
+
+# Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
+
+# Editor-based Rest Client
+
+# Android studio 3.1+ serialized cache file
+
+### JetBrains Patch ###
+# Comment Reason: https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/186#issuecomment-215987721
+
+# *.iml
+# modules.xml
+# .idea/misc.xml
+# *.ipr
+
+# Sonarlint plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7973-sonarlint
+
+# SonarQube Plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7238-sonarqube-community-plugin
+
+# Markdown Navigator plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7896-markdown-navigator-enhanced
+
+# Cache file creation bug
+# See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-2257
+
+# CodeStream plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/12206-codestream
+
+# Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/8053-azure-toolkit-for-intellij
+
+### Gradle ###
 .gradle
-build/
-!gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
-!**/src/main/**/build/
-!**/src/test/**/build/
+**/build/
+!src/**/build/
 
-### STS ###
-.apt_generated
-.classpath
-.factorypath
+# Ignore Gradle GUI config
+gradle-app.setting
+
+# Avoid ignoring Gradle wrapper jar file (.jar files are usually ignored)
+!gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Avoid ignore Gradle wrappper properties
+!gradle-wrapper.properties
+
+# Cache of project
+.gradletasknamecache
+
+# Eclipse Gradle plugin generated files
+# Eclipse Core
 .project
-.settings
-.springBeans
-.sts4-cache
-bin/
-!**/src/main/**/bin/
-!**/src/test/**/bin/
-
-### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+# JDT-specific (Eclipse Java Development Tools)
+.classpath
+
+### Gradle Patch ###
+# Java heap dump
+*.hprof
+
+# env
+.env
+
+# idea
 .idea
-*.iws
-*.iml
-*.ipr
-out/
-!**/src/main/**/out/
-!**/src/test/**/out/
-
-### NetBeans ###
-/nbproject/private/
-/nbbuild/
-/dist/
-/nbdist/
-/.nb-gradle/
-
-### VS Code ###
-.vscode/
+
+# End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/gradle,java,intellij,jetbrains
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 98080e9..ce462ad 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation 'com.auth0:java-jwt:4.3.0'
 	implementation 'org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui:2.1.0'
 	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator'
-	
-	// https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.github.cdimascio/java-dotenv
-	implementation group: 'io.github.cdimascio', name: 'java-dotenv', version: '5.2.2'
+
+    implementation 'me.paulschwarz:spring-dotenv:3.0.0'
 
 	testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
 
@@ -44,6 +43,10 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-junit-jupiter:4.0.0'
 }
 
-tasks.named('test') {
+test {
 	useJUnitPlatform()
-}
+
+	testLogging {
+		events "passed", "skipped", "failed"
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index dba591d..56df31b 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
 spring.datasource.driver-class-name=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
 spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://${DB_HOST}:${DB_PORT}/${DB_NAME}?createDatabaseIfNotExist=true
 spring.datasource.username=${DB_USER}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/leiber/pizza/LeiberPizzeriaApplicationTests.java b/src/test/java/com/leiber/pizza/LeiberPizzeriaApplicationTests.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 85d4d68..0000000
--- a/src/test/java/com/leiber/pizza/LeiberPizzeriaApplicationTests.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package com.leiber.pizza;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
-
-@SpringBootTest
-class LeiberPizzeriaApplicationTests {
-
-	@Test
-	void contextLoads() {
-	}
-
-}