diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization/README.md b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization/README.md
index 98d1402631..1bfe539a36 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization/README.md
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization/README.md
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ This module contains articles about Spring Boot customization
  - [Using Custom Banners in Spring Boot](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-boot-custom-banners)
  - [Create a Custom FailureAnalyzer with Spring Boot](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-boot-failure-analyzer)
  - [Spring Boot: Customize Whitelabel Error Page](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-boot-custom-error-page)
- 
+ - [Spring Boot: Configuring a Main Class](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-boot-main-class)
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization/pom.xml
index 4a45c548dd..7c2c89def4 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization/pom.xml
@@ -37,4 +37,9 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
+    <properties>
+        <!-- The main class to start by executing "java -jar" -->
+        <start-class>com.baeldung.changeport.CustomApplication</start-class>
+    </properties>
 </project>