diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0fd8f50..13525d6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <description>RelatedItems Collector</description>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <url>https://github.com/Hygieia/${repository.name}</url>
-    <version>3.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <artifactId>relatedItems-collector</artifactId>
 
     <parent>
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <repository.name>hygieia-relateditems-collector</repository.name>
         <apache.rat.plugin.version>0.13</apache.rat.plugin.version>
         <bc.version>3.0.1</bc.version>
-        <com.capitalone.dashboard.core.version>3.1.15</com.capitalone.dashboard.core.version>
+        <com.capitalone.dashboard.core.version>3.7.8</com.capitalone.dashboard.core.version>
         <commons.io.version>2.4</commons.io.version>
         <commons.lang.version>3.8.1</commons.lang.version>
         <coveralls.maven.plugin.version>4.3.0</coveralls.maven.plugin.version>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/Application.java b/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/Application.java
index 9015643..2c2327e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/Application.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/Application.java
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
 package com.capitalone.dashboard;
 
+import com.capitalone.dashboard.config.MongoConfig;
+import com.capitalone.dashboard.config.RestApiAppConfig;
+import com.capitalone.dashboard.config.WebMVCConfig;
+import com.ulisesbocchio.jasyptspringboot.annotation.EnableEncryptableProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.web.SpringBootServletInitializer;
 
 /**
- * <h1>RelatedItemsCollector</h1>
- * This application helps to collect relatedItems data
- * <p>
- *
- * @since 09/28/2018
+ * Application configuration and bootstrap
  */
 @SpringBootApplication
-public class Application {
+@EnableEncryptableProperties
+public class Application extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
 
+    @Override
+    protected SpringApplicationBuilder configure(SpringApplicationBuilder application) {
+        return application.sources(Application.class, RestApiAppConfig.class, WebMVCConfig.class, MongoConfig.class);
+    }
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/controller/PingController.java b/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/controller/PingController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e109ba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/controller/PingController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package com.capitalone.dashboard.controller;
+
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+import static org.springframework.http.MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE;
+import static org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod.GET;
+
+@RestController
+public class PingController {
+
+    public PingController() {
+
+    }
+
+    @RequestMapping(value = "/ping", method = GET, produces = APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
+	  public ResponseEntity<String> ping () {
+        return ResponseEntity
+                .status(HttpStatus.OK)
+                .body("hello ric");
+    }
+
+}