diff --git a/apache-shiro/src/main/java/com/baeldung/Main.java b/apache-shiro/src/main/java/com/baeldung/Main.java
index 68af5d7b46..5e341f251b 100644
--- a/apache-shiro/src/main/java/com/baeldung/Main.java
+++ b/apache-shiro/src/main/java/com/baeldung/Main.java
@@ -2,22 +2,23 @@ package com.baeldung;
 
 import org.apache.shiro.SecurityUtils;
 import org.apache.shiro.authc.*;
-import org.apache.shiro.config.IniSecurityManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.shiro.mgt.DefaultSecurityManager;
 import org.apache.shiro.mgt.SecurityManager;
+import org.apache.shiro.realm.Realm;
+import org.apache.shiro.realm.text.IniRealm;
 import org.apache.shiro.session.Session;
 import org.apache.shiro.subject.Subject;
-import org.apache.shiro.util.Factory;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class Main {
+
     private static final transient Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Main.class);
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
 
-        Factory<SecurityManager> factory
-          = new IniSecurityManagerFactory("classpath:shiro.ini");
-        SecurityManager securityManager = factory.getInstance();
+        Realm realm = new MyCustomRealm();
+        SecurityManager securityManager = new DefaultSecurityManager(realm);
 
         SecurityUtils.setSecurityManager(securityManager);
         Subject currentUser = SecurityUtils.getSubject();
diff --git a/apache-shiro/src/main/resources/shiro.ini b/apache-shiro/src/main/resources/shiro.ini
index a75f591015..0bb7567d1e 100644
--- a/apache-shiro/src/main/resources/shiro.ini
+++ b/apache-shiro/src/main/resources/shiro.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
-jdbcRealm = com.baeldung.MyCustomRealm
+[users]
+user = password,admin
+user2 = password2,editor
+user3 = password3,author
 
-securityManager.realms = $jdbcRealm
\ No newline at end of file
+[roles]
+admin = *
+editor = articles:*
+author = articles:compose,articles:save
\ No newline at end of file