# Liquibase.properties file not being picked up when running using Spring bean (SpringLiquibase)

**URL:** <https://forum.liquibase.org/t/liquibase-properties-file-not-being-picked-up-when-running-using-spring-bean-springliquibase/7675>\
**Category:** Liquibase Development\
**Created:** [January 12, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/liquibase-properties-file-not-being-picked-up-when-running-using-spring-bean-springliquibase/7675 "2023-01-12T00:10:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![karen.varga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dec6dc/32.png) [@karen.varga](https://forum.liquibase.org/u/karen.varga)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/liquibase-properties-file-not-being-picked-up-when-running-using-spring-bean-springliquibase/7675/1 "2023-01-12T00:10:00Z")

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Dependency used: liquibase-core:3.6.1  
Java 8  
Gradle project using Spring

I am running Liquibase using a Spring Bean which is defined as follows:

@Bean  
SpringLiquibase springLiquibaseIntegration() throws PropertyVetoException {  
final SpringLiquibase springLiquibase = new SpringLiquibase();  
springLiquibase.setDataSource(dataSource());  
springLiquibase.setChangeLog(“classpath:db-master-changelog.xml”);  
return springLiquibase;  
}

Some recent DB changes that are being applied via one of my changelogs takes a long time to run and exceeds the default 5 minute timeout.

I have created a liquibase.properties file and put it in my src/main/resources folder. This results in the file being present on the classpath in the generated WAR file. Contents of the file:

liquibase.changeLogLockWaitTimeInMinutes: 10  
liquibase.changeLogLockPollRate: 15

However, the liquibase.properties is NOT being picked up and the default wait time of 5 minutes and poll time of 10 seconds remains in place.

How do configure Liquibase to use the created liquibase.properties file?

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**Author:** ![texpilot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.liquibase.org/texpilot/32/597_2.png) [@texpilot](https://forum.liquibase.org/u/texpilot)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/liquibase-properties-file-not-being-picked-up-when-running-using-spring-bean-springliquibase/7675/2 "2023-01-16T17:23:16Z")

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Hi Karen, while unfortunately I do not have an answer for you, your problem sounds similar to mine:

[4.17.2 CLI not reading liquibase.properties file consistently - Liquibase Development - Liquibase](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/4-17-2-cli-not-reading-liquibase-properties-file-consistently/7677)

But in your case you are using Spring and I’m using the command line interface.

Hopefully we’ll see a response to either of our cases soon!