pom.xml

 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
-			<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>

src/main/resources/application.properties

 spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create
 spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/throwup
-spring.datasource.username=kristofer
-spring.datasource.password=kristofer
+spring.datasource.username=root