diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fbb1a8a..0583d52 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -189,6 +189,33 @@
                     <argLine>-Dfile.encoding=${project.build.sourceEncoding}</argLine>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifest>
+                            <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
+                            <classpathPrefix>dependency/</classpathPrefix>
+                        </manifest>
+                    </archive>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.8</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>copy-dependencies</id>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/kinosearch/kinosearch3/spider/spring.xml b/src/main/resources/kinosearch/kinosearch3/spider/spring.xml
index 8ec5790..485047a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/kinosearch/kinosearch3/spider/spring.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/kinosearch/kinosearch3/spider/spring.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@
         <property name="locations">
             <list>
                 <value>classpath:application.properties</value>
+                <value>file:application.properties</value>
             </list>
         </property>
+        <property name="ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders" value="true"/>
     </bean>
 
     <mongo:mongo id="mongo" host="${mongo.host}" port="${mongo.port}"/>