diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 591664c..65d418f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@
             <groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
             <artifactId>hapi-fhir-jpaserver-subscription</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>HikariCP-java7</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- This dependency includes the JPA server itself, which is packaged separately from the rest of HAPI FHIR -->
@@ -305,6 +311,19 @@
             <version>${spring_boot_version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring_boot_version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
+            <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
+            <version>5.0.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index 891bf36..062008f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+#Adds the option to go to eg. http://localhost:8080/actuator/health for seeing the running configuration
+#see https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html#actuator.endpoints
+management:
+  endpoints:
+    web:
+      exposure:
+        include: "health"
 spring:
   main:
     allow-circular-references: true