diff --git a/financer-server/pom.xml b/financer-server/pom.xml
index 2ad6089..e482314 100644
--- a/financer-server/pom.xml
+++ b/financer-server/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     <properties>
         <packaging.type>jar</packaging.type>
         <activeProfiles>hsqldb,dev</activeProfiles>
+        <db.name>financer</db.name>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/financer-server/src/main/resources/config/application-postgres.properties b/financer-server/src/main/resources/config/application-postgres.properties
index 1eeea1c..e38a0b0 100644
--- a/financer-server/src/main/resources/config/application-postgres.properties
+++ b/financer-server/src/main/resources/config/application-postgres.properties
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 spring.flyway.locations=classpath:/database/postgres,classpath:/database/common
 
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost/financer
-spring.datasource.username=financer
-spring.datasource.password=financer
+# Placeholder @db.name@ maps to the property db.name in the server POM.
+# Its default value is 'financer'
+# Enables easy configuration of DB name/user to use at build time
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost/@db.name@
+spring.datasource.username=@db.name@
+spring.datasource.password=@db.name@
 
 # See https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/12007
-spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.jdbc.lob.non_contextual_creation=true
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+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.jdbc.lob.non_contextual_creation=true