diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index b4670c9..fdb6243 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 			<attribute name="owner.project.facets" value="jst.web"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/J2SE-1.4">
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.7">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index f309f67..1ab2bb5 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.4
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.4
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.4
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14b697b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+activeProfiles=
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+resolveWorkspaceProjects=true
+version=1
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f1cba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+disabled=06target
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ef287a..0000000
--- a/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>2017-CSE-Senior-Project-Team-2</groupId>
-  <artifactId>2017-CSE-Senior-Project-Team-2</artifactId>
-  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>2017-CSE-Senior-Project-Team-2</name>
-  <description>our senior design project in maven, a test</description>
-  <build>
-    <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.8</source>
-          <target>1.8</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <dependencies>
-  	<dependency>
-  		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-  		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
-  	</dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-  
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <releases>
-        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
-      </releases>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-      <id>central</id>
-      <name>Central Repository</name>
-      <url>http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
-    </pluginRepository>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <releases>
-        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
-      </releases>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-      <id>testPivotal</id>
-      <name>test repository for pivotal</name>
-      <url>repo.spring.io</url>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
-  
-</project>
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