diff --git a/jmeter/pom.xml b/jmeter/pom.xml
index c4b15405ec..c4d09b9106 100644
--- a/jmeter/pom.xml
+++ b/jmeter/pom.xml
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <profiles>
+                                <profile>JMeter-Dashboard</profile>
+                            </profiles>
+                        </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>com.lazerycode.jmeter</groupId>
diff --git a/jmeter/src/main/java/com/baeldung/dashboard/DashboardApplication.java b/jmeter/src/main/java/com/baeldung/dashboard/DashboardApplication.java
index a531b97be1..6d62ad7e15 100644
--- a/jmeter/src/main/java/com/baeldung/dashboard/DashboardApplication.java
+++ b/jmeter/src/main/java/com/baeldung/dashboard/DashboardApplication.java
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.mongo.MongoDataAutoConfigurat
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.mongo.MongoRepositoriesAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.mongo.MongoAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.security.servlet.SecurityAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile;
 
+@Profile("JMeter-Dashboard")
 @SpringBootApplication(exclude = { SecurityAutoConfiguration.class, MongoAutoConfiguration.class, MongoRepositoriesAutoConfiguration.class, MongoDataAutoConfiguration.class })
 public class DashboardApplication {
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {