diff --git a/adapters/mso-requests-db-adapter/src/main/java/org/onap/so/adapters/requestsdb/application/MSORequestDBApplication.java b/adapters/mso-requests-db-adapter/src/main/java/org/onap/so/adapters/requestsdb/application/MSORequestDBApplication.java
index 6dab6c1..85c05de 100644
--- a/adapters/mso-requests-db-adapter/src/main/java/org/onap/so/adapters/requestsdb/application/MSORequestDBApplication.java
+++ b/adapters/mso-requests-db-adapter/src/main/java/org/onap/so/adapters/requestsdb/application/MSORequestDBApplication.java
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.EnableMBeanExport;
+import org.springframework.jmx.support.RegistrationPolicy;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.EnableScheduling;
 import net.javacrumbs.shedlock.core.LockProvider;
 import net.javacrumbs.shedlock.provider.jdbctemplate.JdbcTemplateLockProvider;
 import net.javacrumbs.shedlock.spring.ScheduledLockConfiguration;
@@ -38,6 +41,8 @@
  */
 
 @SpringBootApplication(scanBasePackages = {"org.onap.so"})
+@EnableScheduling
+@EnableMBeanExport(registration = RegistrationPolicy.IGNORE_EXISTING)
 public class MSORequestDBApplication {
 
     private static final String LOGS_DIR = "logs_dir";
@@ -50,6 +55,7 @@
 
     public static void main(String... args) {
         SpringApplication.run(MSORequestDBApplication.class, args);
+        java.security.Security.setProperty("networkaddress.cache.ttl", "10");
         setLogsDir();
     }
 
@@ -64,5 +70,4 @@
                 .withDefaultLockAtMostFor(Duration.ofMinutes(10)).build();
     }
 
-
 }
diff --git a/adapters/mso-requests-db-adapter/src/main/java/org/onap/so/adapters/requestsdb/application/RequestDBConfig.java b/adapters/mso-requests-db-adapter/src/main/java/org/onap/so/adapters/requestsdb/application/RequestDBConfig.java
index 651cce8..b14e3ce 100644
--- a/adapters/mso-requests-db-adapter/src/main/java/org/onap/so/adapters/requestsdb/application/RequestDBConfig.java
+++ b/adapters/mso-requests-db-adapter/src/main/java/org/onap/so/adapters/requestsdb/application/RequestDBConfig.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.boot.jdbc.DataSourceBuilder;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
@@ -32,10 +33,13 @@
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Primary;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.config.EnableJpaRepositories;
+import org.springframework.jmx.export.MBeanExporter;
 import org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager;
 import org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement;
+import com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig;
+import com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource;
 
 @Profile({"!test"})
 @Configuration
@@ -44,13 +48,25 @@
         transactionManagerRef = "requestTransactionManager", basePackages = {"org.onap.so.db.request.data.repository"})
 public class RequestDBConfig {
 
-    @Primary
-    @Bean(name = "requestDataSource")
-    @ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "spring.datasource")
-    public DataSource dataSource() {
-        return DataSourceBuilder.create().build();
+    @Autowired(required = false)
+    private MBeanExporter mBeanExporter;
+
+    @Bean
+    @ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "spring.datasource.hikari")
+    public HikariConfig requestDbConfig() {
+        return new HikariConfig();
     }
 
+    @Bean(name = "requestDataSource")
+    public DataSource dataSource() {
+        if (mBeanExporter != null) {
+            mBeanExporter.addExcludedBean("requestDataSource");
+        }
+        HikariConfig hikariConfig = this.requestDbConfig();
+        return new HikariDataSource(hikariConfig);
+    }
+
+
     @Primary
     @Bean(name = "requestEntityManagerFactory")
     public LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean entityManagerFactory(EntityManagerFactoryBuilder builder,
diff --git a/adapters/mso-requests-db-adapter/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/adapters/mso-requests-db-adapter/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index 645a6e9..7234733 100644
--- a/adapters/mso-requests-db-adapter/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/adapters/mso-requests-db-adapter/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@
 # H2
 spring:
   datasource:
-    jdbcUrl: jdbc:mariadb://${DB_HOST}:${DB_PORT}/requestdb
-    username: ${DB_USERNAME}
-    password: ${DB_PASSWORD}
-    driver-class-name: org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
+    hikari:
+      jdbc-url: jdbc:mariadb://${DB_HOST}:${DB_PORT}/requestdb
+      username: ${DB_USERNAME}
+      password: ${DB_PASSWORD}
+      driver-class-name: org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver 
+      pool-name: reqdb-pool
+      registerMbeans: true
   flyway:
     baseline-on-migrate: false
     url:  jdbc:mariadb://${DB_HOST}:${DB_PORT}/requestdb
@@ -57,4 +60,4 @@
     export:
       prometheus:
         enabled: true # Whether exporting of metrics to Prometheus is enabled.
-        step: 1m # Step size (i.e. reporting frequency) to use.
\ No newline at end of file
+        step: 1m # Step size (i.e. reporting frequency) to use.