diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 549e00a2..e7934e8e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ target/
 !.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
 !**/src/main/**/target/
 !**/src/test/**/target/
-
+LiveTerm
 ### STS ###
 .apt_generated
 .classpath
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ target/
 *.iws
 *.iml
 *.ipr
-
 ### NetBeans ###
 /nbproject/private/
 /nbbuild/
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile123 b/Jenkinsfile123
deleted file mode 100644
index 48de8b34..00000000
--- a/Jenkinsfile123
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-pipeline {
-    agent {label 'slave-1'}
-    
-    tools {
-        jdk 'jdk17'
-        maven 'maven3'
-    }
-
-    stages {   
-        stage('Compile') {
-            steps {
-                sh 'mvn compile'
-            }
-        }
-        
-        stage('Test') {
-            steps {
-                sh 'mvn test'
-            }
-        }
-        
-        stage('Build') {
-            steps {
-                sh 'mvn package'
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/LiveTerm b/LiveTerm
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..1f2e543b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LiveTerm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 1f2e543bdbfacaff0585a3f338d4fec215553250
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f695021d..b5a66ad8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# BoardgameListingWebApp
+# Boardgame Listing Web Application
 
 ## Description
 
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 This web application displays lists of board games and their reviews. While anyone can view the board game lists and reviews, they are required to log in to add/ edit the board games and their reviews. The 'users' have the authority to add board games to the list and add reviews, and the 'managers' have the authority to edit/ delete the reviews on top of the authorities of users.  
 
 ## Technologies
-
 - Java
 - Spring Boot
 - Amazon Web Services(AWS) EC2
@@ -20,15 +19,15 @@ This web application displays lists of board games and their reviews. While anyo
 - H2 Database Engine (In-memory)
 - JUnit test framework
 - Spring Security
-- Twitter Bootstrap
-- Maven
+-  Bootstrap
+- Apache Maven
 
 ## Features
 
 - Full-Stack Application
 - UI components created with Thymeleaf and styled with Twitter Bootstrap
 - Authentication and authorization using Spring Security
-  - Authentication by allowing the users to authenticate with a username and password
+  - Authentication by allowing the users to authenticate with a valid username and password.
   - Authorization by granting different permissions based on the roles (non-members, users, and managers)
 - Different roles (non-members, users, and managers) with varying levels of permissions
   - Non-members only can see the boardgame lists and reviews
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ This web application displays lists of board games and their reviews. While anyo
 - Spring MVC best practices to segregate views, controllers, and database packages
 - JDBC for database connectivity and interaction
 - CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations for managing data in the database
-- Schema.sql file to customize the schema and input initial data
+- a SQL file  named "schema.sql" to customize the schema and input initial data
 - Thymeleaf Fragments to reduce redundancy of repeating HTML elements (head, footer, navigation)
 
 ## How to Run
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ This web application displays lists of board games and their reviews. While anyo
 1. Clone the repository
 2. Open the project in your IDE of choice
 3. Run the application
-4. To use initial user data, use the following credentials.
+4. To use initial user data,  please use the following credentials.
   - username: bugs    |     password: bunny (user role)
   - username: daffy   |     password: duck  (manager role)
 5. You can also sign-up as a new user and customize your role to play with the application! 😊
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 44a8c70f..1c521f1c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	<description>Project for Spring Boot</description>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<properties>
-		<java.version>11</java.version>
+		<java.version>17</java.version>
 		<jacoco.version>0.8.7</jacoco.version>
    		<sonar.java.coveragePlugin>jacoco</sonar.java.coveragePlugin>
     		<sonar.dynamicAnalysis>reuseReports</sonar.dynamicAnalysis>
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 		<dependency>
     <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId> 
     <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.7</version>
+    <version>0.8.9</version>
 </dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/javaproject/DatabaseServiceProjectApplication.java b/src/main/java/com/javaproject/DatabaseServiceProjectApplication.java
index e5307a7f..a22fdfa1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/javaproject/DatabaseServiceProjectApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/javaproject/DatabaseServiceProjectApplication.java
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 package com.javaproject;
-
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
-
 @SpringBootApplication
-public class DatabaseServiceProjectApplication {
+class DatabaseServiceProjectApplication {
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
 		SpringApplication.run(DatabaseServiceProjectApplication.class, args);