diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a7229e9..526aabb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,4 +8,7 @@ app/bin
 # Ignore Eclipse IDE files and directories
 .project
 .classpath
-.settings
\ No newline at end of file
+.settings
+
+# Ignore project outputs
+app/skinner.properties
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/skinner/WebApp.java b/app/src/main/java/org/skinner/WebApp.java
index e71368f..bfe051e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/skinner/WebApp.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/skinner/WebApp.java
@@ -2,17 +2,38 @@ package org.skinner;
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.net.*;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 import com.sun.net.httpserver.*;
 
 public class WebApp {
 	
     public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+    	// Load properties
+    	File propertiesFile = new File("skinner.properties");
+    	if (!propertiesFile.exists()) {
+    		OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(propertiesFile);
+    		InputStream is = WebApp.class.getResourceAsStream("/skinner.properties");
+    		os.write(is.readAllBytes());
+    		os.close();
+    		is.close();
+    		propertiesFile = new File("skinner.properties");
+    	}
+    	InputStream propertiesIs = new FileInputStream(propertiesFile);
+    	Properties properties = new Properties();
+    	properties.load(propertiesIs);
+    	propertiesIs.close();
+    	
     	// Initialise database
-    	Database.init("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/skinner", "skinner", "skinner");
+    	Database.init(
+    			properties.getProperty("database.address"),
+    			properties.getProperty("database.username"),
+    			properties.getProperty("database.password")
+    		);
     	
         // Create an HttpServer instance
-        HttpServer server = HttpServer.create(new InetSocketAddress(8000), 0);
+    	int serverPort = Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty("server.port"));
+        HttpServer server = HttpServer.create(new InetSocketAddress(serverPort), 0);
 
         // Create a context for a specific path and set the handler
         server.createContext("/api/", new RestAPI("/api/"));
@@ -24,7 +45,7 @@ public class WebApp {
         server.setExecutor(null); // Use the default executor
         server.start();
 
-        System.out.println("Server is running on port 8000");
+        System.out.printf("Server is running on :%s\n", serverPort);
     }
     
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/resources/skinner.properties b/app/src/main/resources/skinner.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa69ad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/resources/skinner.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+database.address = jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/skinner
+database.username = skinner
+database.password = skinner
+
+server.port = 8000
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