diff --git a/database/belisarius.db b/database/belisarius.db
index d0f3e02..ebf3140 100644
Binary files a/database/belisarius.db and b/database/belisarius.db differ
diff --git a/properties/login.properties b/properties/login.example.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from properties/login.properties
rename to properties/login.example.properties
diff --git a/src/main/java/bugs/stackoverflow/belisarius/services/PropertyService.java b/src/main/java/bugs/stackoverflow/belisarius/services/PropertyService.java
index 29b64f0..cb4d3e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/bugs/stackoverflow/belisarius/services/PropertyService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/bugs/stackoverflow/belisarius/services/PropertyService.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package bugs.stackoverflow.belisarius.services;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Properties;
@@ -10,23 +11,26 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class PropertyService {
-
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PropertyService.class);
 
     private Properties prop;
 
     public PropertyService() {
-        try (FileInputStream propertiesFis = new FileInputStream(FileUtils.LOGIN_PROPERTIES_FILE)) {
-            prop = new Properties();
-            prop.load(propertiesFis);
-        } catch (IOException exception) {
-            LOGGER.info(
-                "IOException occurred while loading properties from " + FileUtils.LOGIN_PROPERTIES_FILE,
-                exception
-            );
+        File propertiesFile = new File(FileUtils.LOGIN_PROPERTIES_FILE);
+
+        // for testing
+        if (propertiesFile.isFile()) {
+            loadProperties(FileUtils.LOGIN_PROPERTIES_FILE);
+        } else {
+            loadProperties(FileUtils.LOGIN_PROPERTIES_EXAMPLE_FILE);
         }
     }
 
+    // added for testing
+    public PropertyService(String filename) {
+        loadProperties(filename);
+    }
+
     public String getProperty(String name) {
         String property = prop.getProperty(name);
 
@@ -36,4 +40,16 @@ public String getProperty(String name) {
 
         return property;
     }
+
+    private void loadProperties(String filename) {
+        try (FileInputStream propertiesFis = new FileInputStream(filename)) {
+            prop = new Properties();
+            prop.load(propertiesFis);
+        } catch (IOException exception) {
+            LOGGER.info(
+                "IOException occurred while loading properties from " + filename,
+                exception
+            );
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/bugs/stackoverflow/belisarius/utils/FileUtils.java b/src/main/java/bugs/stackoverflow/belisarius/utils/FileUtils.java
index afd09c1..f667030 100644
--- a/src/main/java/bugs/stackoverflow/belisarius/utils/FileUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/bugs/stackoverflow/belisarius/utils/FileUtils.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 public class FileUtils {
     public static final String LOGIN_PROPERTIES_FILE = "./properties/login.properties";
+    public static final String LOGIN_PROPERTIES_EXAMPLE_FILE = "./properties/login.example.properties";
     public static final Path OFFENSIVE_WORDS_FILE = Paths.get("./ini/OffensiveWords.csv");
     public static final Path BLACKLISTED_WORDS_FILE = Paths.get("./ini/BlacklistedWords.csv");
     public static final Path REASONS_FILE = Paths.get("./ini/Reasons.csv");
diff --git a/src/test/java/bugs/stackoverflow/belisarius/services/PropertyServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/bugs/stackoverflow/belisarius/services/PropertyServiceTest.java
index bb9c39f..90b2db8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/bugs/stackoverflow/belisarius/services/PropertyServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/bugs/stackoverflow/belisarius/services/PropertyServiceTest.java
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
 import bugs.stackoverflow.belisarius.services.PropertyService;
+import bugs.stackoverflow.belisarius.utils.FileUtils;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 public class PropertyServiceTest {
-    private final PropertyService propertyService = new PropertyService();
+    private final PropertyService propertyService = new PropertyService(FileUtils.LOGIN_PROPERTIES_EXAMPLE_FILE);
 
     @Test
     public void getPropertyTest() {
diff --git a/src/test/java/bugs/stackoverflow/belisarius/utils/FileUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/bugs/stackoverflow/belisarius/utils/FileUtilsTest.java
index 52cd3ad..347a165 100644
--- a/src/test/java/bugs/stackoverflow/belisarius/utils/FileUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/bugs/stackoverflow/belisarius/utils/FileUtilsTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 public class FileUtilsTest {
     private final PropertyService propertyService = new PropertyService();
-    private final Path propertiesFilePath = Paths.get(FileUtils.LOGIN_PROPERTIES_FILE);
+    private final Path propertiesFilePath = Paths.get(FileUtils.LOGIN_PROPERTIES_EXAMPLE_FILE); 
 
     @Test
     public void readFileTest() {