diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/git/CommitIdApplication.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/git/CommitIdApplication.java
index b535c8bd4a..95abbf894c 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/git/CommitIdApplication.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/git/CommitIdApplication.java
@@ -2,13 +2,25 @@ package com.baeldung.git;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.support.PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 
-@PropertySource(value = "classpath:/git.properties", ignoreResourceNotFound = true)
 @SpringBootApplication(scanBasePackages = { "com.baeldung.git"})
 public class CommitIdApplication {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         SpringApplication.run(CommitIdApplication.class, args);
     }
+
+    @Bean
+    public static PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer placeholderConfigurer() {
+        PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer c = new PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer();
+        c.setLocation(new ClassPathResource("git.properties"));
+        c.setIgnoreResourceNotFound(true);
+        c.setIgnoreUnresolvablePlaceholders(true);
+        return c;
+    }
 }
 
+
+
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/com/baeldung/git/CommitIdTest.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/com/baeldung/git/CommitIdTest.java
index cddc0d60bc..e16791881e 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/com/baeldung/git/CommitIdTest.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/com/baeldung/git/CommitIdTest.java
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ public class CommitIdTest {
 
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CommitIdTest.class);
 
-    @Value("${git.commit.message.short:#{'UNKNOWN'}}")
+    @Value("${git.commit.message.short:UNKNOWN}")
     private String commitMessage;
 
-    @Value("${git.branch:#{'UNKNOWN'}}")
+    @Value("${git.branch:UNKNOWN}")
     private String branch;
 
-    @Value("${git.commit.id:#{'UNKNOWN'}}")
+    @Value("${git.commit.id:UNKNOWN}")
     private String commitId;
 
     @Test
-    public void shouldInjectGitInfoProperties() throws Exception {
+    public void whenInjecting_shouldDisplay() throws Exception {
 
         LOG.info(commitId);
         LOG.info(commitMessage);