diff --git a/spring-boot/pom.xml b/spring-boot/pom.xml
index ebd920e395..b2929bedcc 100644
--- a/spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
+		<!-- The main class to start by executing java -jar -->
+		<start-class>org.baeldung.boot.DemoApplication</start-class>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
 		<!-- <spring.version>4.3.0.RELEASE</spring.version> -->