diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-exceptions/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-exceptions/pom.xml
index c0c335f55c..381042cdaa 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-exceptions/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-exceptions/pom.xml
@@ -1,28 +1,36 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
-    <artifactId>spring-boot-exceptions</artifactId>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <name>spring-boot-exceptions</name>
-    <description>Demo project for working with Spring Boot exceptions</description>
+	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>
+	<artifactId>spring-boot-exceptions</artifactId>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+	<name>spring-boot-exceptions</name>
+	<description>Demo project for working with Spring Boot exceptions</description>
 
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>com.baeldung.spring-boot-modules</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-boot-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../</relativePath>
-    </parent>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>com.baeldung.spring-boot-modules</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-boot-modules</artifactId>
+		<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>../</relativePath>
+	</parent>
 
-    <build>
-        <finalName>spring-boot-exceptions</finalName>
-        <resources>
-            <resource>
-                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
-                <filtering>true</filtering>
-            </resource>
-        </resources>
-    </build>
+	<!-- Added in order to produce ApplicationContextException -->
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<finalName>spring-boot-exceptions</finalName>
+		<resources>
+			<resource>
+				<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+				<filtering>true</filtering>
+			</resource>
+		</resources>
+	</build>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-exceptions/src/test/java/com/baeldung/applicationcontextexception/MainClass.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-exceptions/src/test/java/com/baeldung/applicationcontextexception/MainClass.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..284795c280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-exceptions/src/test/java/com/baeldung/applicationcontextexception/MainClass.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.baeldung.applicationcontextexception;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.WebApplicationType;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class MainClass {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        new SpringApplicationBuilder(MainClass.class).web(WebApplicationType.NONE).run(args);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-exceptions/src/test/java/com/baeldung/applicationcontextexception/MainEntryPoint.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-exceptions/src/test/java/com/baeldung/applicationcontextexception/MainEntryPoint.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4cb40b3c4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-exceptions/src/test/java/com/baeldung/applicationcontextexception/MainEntryPoint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.applicationcontextexception;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+//Remove this annotation to produce ApplicationContextException
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class MainEntryPoint {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(MainEntryPoint.class, args);
+    }
+
+}