diff --git a/react-java-mysql/README.md b/react-java-mysql/README.md
index 7fccc44..2b3bf1d 100644
--- a/react-java-mysql/README.md
+++ b/react-java-mysql/README.md
@@ -23,17 +23,17 @@ services:
     build: backend
     ...
   db:
-    image: mysql:5.7
+    image: mysql:8.0.19
     ...
   frontend:
     build: frontend
     ports:
-    - 80:9000
+    - 9000:9000
     ...
 ```
 The compose file defines an application with three services `frontend`, `backend` and `db`.
-When deploying the application, docker-compose maps port 80 of the frontend service container to port 9000 of the host as specified in the file.
-Make sure port 80 on the host is not already being in use.
+When deploying the application, docker-compose maps port 9000 of the frontend service container to port 9000 of the host as specified in the file.
+Make sure port 9000 on the host is not already being in use.
 
 ## Deploy with docker-compose
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Make sure port 80 on the host is not already being in use.
 $ docker-compose up -d
 Creating network "react-java-mysql_default" with the default driver
 Building backend
-Step 1/10 : FROM maven:3.5-jdk-9 AS build
+Step 1/17 : FROM maven:3.6.3-jdk-11 AS builder
 ...
 Successfully tagged react-java-mysql_frontend:latest
 WARNING: Image for service frontend was built because it did not already exist. To rebuild this image you must use `docker-compose build` or `docker-compose up --build`.
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ Listing containers must show three containers running and the port mapping as be
 $ docker ps
 ONTAINER ID        IMAGE                       COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                  NAMES
 a63dee74d79e        react-java-mysql_backend    "java -Djava.securit…"   39 seconds ago      Up 37 seconds                              react-java-mysql_backend_1
-6a7364c0812e        react-java-mysql_frontend   "docker-entrypoint.s…"   39 seconds ago      Up 33 seconds       0.0.0.0:80->9000/tcp   react-java-mysql_frontend_1
-b176b18fbec4        mysql:5.7                   "docker-entrypoint.s…"   39 seconds ago      Up 37 seconds       3306/tcp, 33060/tcp    react-java-mysql_db_1
+6a7364c0812e        react-java-mysql_frontend   "docker-entrypoint.s…"   39 seconds ago      Up 33 seconds       0.0.0.0:9000->9000/tcp react-java-mysql_frontend_1
+b176b18fbec4        mysql:8.0.19                "docker-entrypoint.s…"   39 seconds ago      Up 37 seconds       3306/tcp, 33060/tcp    react-java-mysql_db_1
 ```
 
-After the application starts, navigate to `http://localhost:80` in your web browser to get a colorful message.
+After the application starts, navigate to `http://localhost:9000` in your web browser to get a colorful message.
 ```
 My New React App
 ```
diff --git a/react-java-mysql/backend/Dockerfile b/react-java-mysql/backend/Dockerfile
index 265d758..949dd0a 100755
--- a/react-java-mysql/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/react-java-mysql/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
-FROM maven:3.5-jdk-9 AS build
-COPY pom.xml .
-RUN mvn --batch-mode dependency:resolve
-COPY . .
-RUN mvn --batch-mode package
-RUN cp target/*jar target/app.jar
+FROM maven:3.6.3-jdk-11 AS builder
+WORKDIR /workdir/server
+COPY pom.xml /workdir/server/pom.xml
+RUN mvn dependency:go-offline
 
-FROM openjdk:9-jre
+COPY src /workdir/server/src
+RUN mvn install
+RUN mkdir  -p target/depency
+WORKDIR /workdir/server/target/dependency
+RUN jar -xf ../*.jar
+
+FROM openjdk:11-jre-slim
+
+EXPOSE 8080
 VOLUME /tmp
-COPY --from=build target/app.jar app.jar
-ENTRYPOINT ["java","-Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom","-jar","/app.jar"]
+ARG DEPENDENCY=/workdir/server/target/dependency
+COPY --from=builder ${DEPENDENCY}/BOOT-INF/lib /app/lib
+COPY --from=builder ${DEPENDENCY}/META-INF /app/META-INF
+COPY --from=builder ${DEPENDENCY}/BOOT-INF/classes /app
+ENTRYPOINT ["java","-cp","app:app/lib/*","com.company.project.Application"]
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diff --git a/react-java-mysql/backend/pom.xml b/react-java-mysql/backend/pom.xml
index aeef767..edd21fa 100755
--- a/react-java-mysql/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/react-java-mysql/backend/pom.xml
@@ -14,52 +14,61 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.3.RELEASE</version>
+        <version>2.2.5.RELEASE</version>
         <relativePath/>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <java.version>11</java.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jersey</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jersey</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.session</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-session-core</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jdbc</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-freemarker</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
+            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.0</version>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/java/com/company/project/controllers/HomeController.java b/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/java/com/company/project/controllers/HomeController.java
index 966839d..083e340 100755
--- a/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/java/com/company/project/controllers/HomeController.java
+++ b/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/java/com/company/project/controllers/HomeController.java
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 package com.company.project.controllers;
 
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import com.company.project.entity.Greeting;
+import com.company.project.repository.GreetingRepository;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.ui.Model;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
-@Controller
+@RestController
 public class HomeController {
 
+    @Autowired
+    private GreetingRepository repository;
+
     @GetMapping("/")
-    public String showHome(String name, Model model) {
-        return "home";
+    public Greeting showHome(String name, Model model) {
+        return repository.findById(1).orElse(new Greeting("Not Found 😕"));
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/java/com/company/project/entity/Greeting.java b/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/java/com/company/project/entity/Greeting.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b9fb21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/java/com/company/project/entity/Greeting.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package com.company.project.entity;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+import javax.persistence.Column;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+
+@Entity
+@Table(name = "greetings")
+public class Greeting {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue
+    private int id;
+    @Column(nullable = false)
+    private String name;
+
+    public Greeting() {
+    }
+
+    public Greeting(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public Greeting(int id, String name) {
+        this.id = id;
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public int getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(int id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (this == o) return true;
+        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;
+
+        Greeting greeting = (Greeting) o;
+
+        return name.equals(greeting.name);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return name.hashCode();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/java/com/company/project/repository/GreetingRepository.java b/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/java/com/company/project/repository/GreetingRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c5ab6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/java/com/company/project/repository/GreetingRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package com.company.project.repository;
+
+import com.company.project.entity.Greeting;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
+
+@Repository
+public interface GreetingRepository extends CrudRepository<Greeting, Integer> {
+}
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diff --git a/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties b/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 8b13789..6aa9b40 100755
--- a/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1 +1,12 @@
+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect = org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL8Dialect
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=none
+spring.jpa.hibernate.show-sql=true
 
+
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://${MYSQL_HOST:db}:3306/example
+spring.datasource.username=root
+spring.datasource.password=${MYSQL_PASSWORD:db-57xsl}
+spring.datasource.initialization-mode=always
+spring.datasource.initialize=true
+spring.datasource.schema=classpath:/schema.sql
+spring.datasource.continue-on-error=true
diff --git a/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/resources/data.sql b/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/resources/data.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71a06ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/resources/data.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+INSERT INTO example.greetings(name) values ('Docker');
diff --git a/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/resources/schema.sql b/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/resources/schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6901a3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/resources/schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS example.greetings (
+    id INTEGER AUTO_INCREMENT,
+    name varchar(50) NOT NULL,
+    PRIMARY KEY (id)
+);
diff --git a/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/resources/templates/home.ftl b/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/resources/templates/home.ftl
deleted file mode 100755
index daba182..0000000
--- a/react-java-mysql/backend/src/main/resources/templates/home.ftl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE HTML>
-<html>
-<head>
-  <title>Getting Started: Serving Web Content</title>
-  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
-</head>
-<body>
-	<p>Hello from Docker!</p>
-</body>
diff --git a/react-java-mysql/docker-compose.yaml b/react-java-mysql/docker-compose.yaml
index f2621d6..33f89ea 100644
--- a/react-java-mysql/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/react-java-mysql/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -2,25 +2,41 @@ version: "3.7"
 services:
   backend:
     build: backend
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_HOST: db
+    networks:
+      - react-spring
+      - spring-mysql
+    depends_on:
+      - db
   db:
     environment:
       MYSQL_DATABASE: example
       MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD_FILE: /run/secrets/db-password
-    image: mysql:5.7
+    image: mysql:8.0.19
     restart: always
     secrets:
-    - db-password
+      - db-password
     volumes:
-    - db-data:/var/lib/mysql
+      - db-data:/var/lib/mysql
+    networks:
+      - spring-mysql
   frontend:
     build: frontend
     ports:
-    - 80:9000
+      - 9000:9000
     volumes:
-    - ./frontend:/project
-    - /project/node_modules
+      - ./frontend:/project
+      - /project/node_modules
+    networks:
+      - react-spring
+    depends_on:
+      - backend
 volumes:
   db-data: {}
 secrets:
   db-password:
     file: db/password.txt
+networks:
+  react-spring: {}
+  spring-mysql: {}
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