diff --git a/core/database.json b/core/database.json
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index 9bea6c4..0000000
--- a/core/database.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "driver": "postgres",
-    "sqlDir": "src/main/sql/migrations",
-    "connectionString": "host=localhost port=5432 dbname=wdiwtlt user=jdbernard password="
-}
diff --git a/core/database.properties b/core/database.properties
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index 0000000..09964dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/database.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+dataSourceClassName=org.h2.jdbcx.JdbcDataSource
+dataSource.url=jdbc:h2:/Users/jonathan/programs/wdiwtlt/db;DATABASE_TO_UPPER=FALSE;AUTO_SERVER=TRUE
+dataSource.user=sa
+dataSource.password=
+migrations.dir=src/main/sql/migrations