diff --git a/src/main/resources/index.properties b/src/main/resources/index.properties
index fa1fd47..f1d4d58 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/index.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/index.properties
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 lucene.index.version = ${project.version}
+lucene.index.commit.count = 134217000
+lucene.index.commit.log = log/korap.commit.log
diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
index 7c2b69a..48c48d1 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## logger file can be used with
 
-#log4j.rootLogger = DEBUG, stdout
+log4j.rootLogger = ERROR, stdout
 
 # Spans:
 #log4j.logger.de.ids_mannheim.korap.query.spans.ElementSpans = TRACE, stdout
diff --git a/src/main/resources/server.properties.info b/src/main/resources/server.properties.info
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a392e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/server.properties.info
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Lucene Backend properties
+lucene.properties   = true
+lucene.indexDir     = [PATH TO INDEX DIRECTORY]
+lucene.node.name    = [UNIQUE NODE NAME]
+lucene.node.baseURI = [LISTEN-URL INCLUDING PORT]
+
+# Lucene Database properties
+lucene.db.class     = org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver 
+lucene.db.URL       = jdbc:mysql://[DB_IP]:[DB_PORT]/[DB_NAME]
+lucene.db.pwd       = [DB_PWD]
+lucene.db.user      = [DB_USER]