diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
index 7826039..44d2e86 100644
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ build/
 !gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 !**/src/main/**/build/
 !**/src/test/**/build/
-*.properties
 
 ### STS ###
 .apt_generated
@@ -38,6 +37,4 @@ out/
 .vscode/
 
 ### Kotlin ###
-.kotlin
-src/main/resources/application.properties
-src/main/resources/application.yml
\ No newline at end of file
+.kotlin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml b/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cce761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+server:
+  port: 8080
+
+spring:
+  application:
+    name: PasteBook
+  data:
+    mongodb:
+      uri: ${SPRING_DATA_MONGODB_URI}
+
+s3:
+  url: ${R2_ENDPOINT}
+  accessKey: ${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}
+  secretKey: ${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}
+  bucket: ${R2_BUCKET}
\ No newline at end of file