diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c26190ec..404c5a40 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<jpa.datasource.name>java:openejb/Resource/My DataSource</jpa.datasource.name>
 		<jpa.dialect>org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect</jpa.dialect>
-		<jpa.show_sql>true</jpa.show_sql>
+		<jpa.show_sql>false</jpa.show_sql>
 	</properties>
 
 	<build>
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 					<tomeeClassifier>plus</tomeeClassifier>
 					<tomeeHttpPort>8082</tomeeHttpPort>
 					<args>-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled</args>
+					<config>${project.basedir}/src/main/tomee/conf</config>
 					<reloadOnUpdate>true</reloadOnUpdate>
 					<synchronization>
 						<updateInterval>1</updateInterval>
diff --git a/src/main/tomee/conf/system.properties b/src/main/tomee/conf/system.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48cd9c2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/tomee/conf/system.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# all this properties are added at JVM system properties at startup
+# here some default Apache TomEE system properties
+# for more information please see http://openejb.apache.org/properties-listing.html
+
+# openejb.check.classloader = false
+# openejb.check.classloader.verbose = false
+
+# tomee.jaxws.subcontext = webservices
+# tomee.jaxws.oldsubcontext = false
+
+# openejb.system.apps = true
+# openejb.servicemanager.enabled = true
+# openejb.jmx.active = false
+# openejb.descriptors.output = false
+# openejb.strict.interface.declaration = false
+# openejb.conf.file = conf/tomee.xml
+# openejb.debuggable-vm-hackery = false
+# openejb.validation.skip = false
+# openejb.webservices.enabled = true
+# openejb.validation.output.level = MEDIUM
+# openejb.user.mbeans.list = *
+# openejb.deploymentId.format = {appId}/{ejbJarId}/{ejbName}
+# openejb.jndiname.format = {deploymentId}{interfaceType.annotationName}
+# openejb.deployments.package.include = .*
+# openejb.deployments.package.exclude = 
+# openejb.autocreate.jta-datasource-from-non-jta-one = true
+# openejb.altdd.prefix = 
+# org.apache.openejb.default.system.interceptors = 
+# openejb.jndiname.failoncollision = true
+# openejb.wsAddress.format = /{ejbDeploymentId}
+# org.apache.openejb.server.webservices.saaj.provider = 
+# openejb.nobanner = true
+# openejb.offline = false
+# openejb.jmx.active = true
+# openejb.exclude-include.order = include-exclude
+# openejb.additional.exclude =
+# openejb.additional.include =
+# openejb.crosscontext = false
+# openejb.jsessionid-support = 
+# openejb.myfaces.disable-default-values = true
+# openejb.web.xml.major = 
+# openjpa.Log = 
+# openejb.jdbc.log = false
+# javax.persistence.provider = org.apache.openjpa.persistence.PersistenceProviderImpl
+# javax.persistence.transactionType = 
+# javax.persistence.jtaDataSource = 
+# javax.persistence.nonJtaDataSource = 
+
+AsynchronousPool.CorePoolSize = 1
+AsynchronousPool.MaximumPoolSize = 100
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diff --git a/src/main/tomee/conf/tomee.xml b/src/main/tomee/conf/tomee.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bdbab8f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/tomee/conf/tomee.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<tomee>
+	<Container id="CommaFeedStateless" type="STATELESS">
+		PoolSize=10
+		StrictPooling=false
+	</Container>
+</tomee>