diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-dev.properties b/src/main/resources/application-dev.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb0401ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-dev.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# database init, supports postgres too
+database=postgres
+spring.datasource.url=${POSTGRES_URL:jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5433/petclinic_dev}
+spring.datasource.username=${POSTGRES_USER:petclinic}
+spring.datasource.password=${POSTGRES_PASS:petclinic}
+# SQL is written to be idempotent so this is safe
+spring.sql.init.mode=always
+
+spring.liquibase.contexts=dev
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-prod.properties b/src/main/resources/application-prod.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f0285f2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-prod.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# database init, supports postgres too
+database=postgres
+spring.datasource.url=${POSTGRES_URL:jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/petclinic}
+spring.datasource.username=${POSTGRES_USER:petclinic}
+spring.datasource.password=${POSTGRES_PASS:petclinic}
+# SQL is written to be idempotent so this is safe
+spring.sql.init.mode=always
+
+spring.liquibase.contexts=prod
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 6ed985654..ec2337454 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 # database init, supports mysql too
-database=h2
-spring.sql.init.schema-locations=classpath*:db/${database}/schema.sql
-spring.sql.init.data-locations=classpath*:db/${database}/data.sql
+database=dev
+spring.profiles.active=${database}
+# spring.sql.init.schema-locations=classpath*:db/${database}/schema.sql
+# spring.sql.init.data-locations=classpath*:db/${database}/data.sql
+
+spring.liquibase.change-log=classpath:db/changelog/db.changelog-master.xml
+
 
 # Web
 spring.thymeleaf.mode=HTML