diff --git a/Reader/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/streamit/content/reader/ReaderApplication.kt b/Reader/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/streamit/content/reader/ReaderApplication.kt
index 930fe04d..2082d64d 100644
--- a/Reader/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/streamit/content/reader/ReaderApplication.kt
+++ b/Reader/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/streamit/content/reader/ReaderApplication.kt
@@ -2,15 +2,20 @@ package no.iktdev.streamit.content.reader
 
 import no.iktdev.streamit.content.reader.analyzer.PreferenceReader
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication
+import org.springframework.boot.runApplication
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext
 
 @SpringBootApplication
 class ReaderApplication
 
 val preference = PreferenceReader().getPreference()
+private var context: ApplicationContext? = null
+fun getContext(): ApplicationContext? {
+    return context
+}
+fun main(args: Array<String>) {
 
-fun main(array: Array<String>) {
-
-
+    context = runApplication<ReaderApplication>(*args)
 
 }
 
diff --git a/Reader/src/main/resources/application.properties b/Reader/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..172f9ade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Reader/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+spring.output.ansi.enabled=always
+logging.level.org.apache.kafka=WARN
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