diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
index 4c28b1a..365bbd6 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 encoding//src/main/java=UTF-8
+encoding//src/main/resources=UTF-8
 encoding//src/test/java=UTF-8
 encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 110f983..8480eaf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>de.tilman</groupId>
@@ -28,6 +29,14 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		
+		<!-- needed for Java 9, s. https://www.concretepage.com/forum/thread?qid=531 -->
+		<!-- On the other hand, Spring Boot 1 will not work with Java 9 anyways... s. http://dev.solita.fi/2018/01/24/Java9-modules-Spring-Boot-2-Docker.html#spring-boot-2 -->
+		<dependency> 
+			<groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
+			<version>2.3.0</version>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index cba0c13..a88aead 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ spring.data.rest.base-path=api
 ## SSL configuration
 #server.ssl.key-store=/media/hd/admin/keystore.jks
 #server.ssl.key-store-password=PASSWORD
+#
+## Logging
+#logging.file=logs/transactions.log
+#logging.level=INFO