diff --git a/ImageMetaManager/.gitignore b/ImageMetaManager/.gitignore
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+### Project files ###
+/src/main/resources/application-pwd.yml
+
+target/
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/target/
+!**/src/test/**/target/
+
+### STS ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/
+
+
diff --git a/ImageMetaManager/pom.xml b/ImageMetaManager/pom.xml
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+<?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>
+
+    <groupId>ch.hftm</groupId>
+    <artifactId>ImageMetaManager</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/ImageMetaManager/src/main/java/ch/hftm/Main.java b/ImageMetaManager/src/main/java/ch/hftm/Main.java
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+package ch.hftm;
+
+public class Main {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.out.println("Hello world!");
+    }
+}
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