diff --git a/spring-rest/pom.xml b/spring-rest/pom.xml
index 1a4ad2fbb6..ea4cfc26d7 100644
--- a/spring-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-rest/pom.xml
@@ -183,9 +183,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <skip>true</skip>
-                </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -300,6 +297,7 @@
         <json.path.version>2.2.0</json.path.version>
         <pact.version>3.5.11</pact.version>
         <rest-assured.version>3.1.0</rest-assured.version>
+        <start-class>com.baeldung.sampleapp.config.MainApplication</start-class>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml b/spring-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
index 7e7d820836..ddb9c91792 100644
--- a/spring-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
+++ b/spring-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-4.0.xsd"
 >
 
-    <context:component-scan base-package="org.baeldung.web" />
+    <context:component-scan base-package="com.baeldung.sampleapp.web" />
 
     <mvc:annotation-driven content-negotiation-manager="contentNegotiationManager" >
         <mvc:message-converters register-defaults="true">
diff --git a/spring-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/spring-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 1b8b767ae3..20a11f3422 100644
--- a/spring-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/spring-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     </context-param>
     <context-param>
         <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
-        <param-value>org.baeldung.config</param-value>
+        <param-value>com.baeldung.sampleapp.config</param-value>
     </context-param>
  
 <!--     <listener>
diff --git a/spring-rest/src/test/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/mediatypes/TestConfig.java b/spring-rest/src/test/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/mediatypes/TestConfig.java
index 7fc7f17e50..4bbfa2818e 100644
--- a/spring-rest/src/test/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/mediatypes/TestConfig.java
+++ b/spring-rest/src/test/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/mediatypes/TestConfig.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 
 
 @Configuration
-@ComponentScan({ "org.baeldung.web" })
+@ComponentScan({ "com.baeldung.web" })
 public class TestConfig {
 
 }