diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d2d9c24..6e26871 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
+    compile project(':services')
     compile group: 'org.jacoco', name: 'org.jacoco.core', version: '0.8.3'
     compile 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.3.11'
     compile 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.5'
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/website/Application.java b/src/main/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/website/Application.java
index 54da024..8b4852f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/website/Application.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/website/Application.java
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ package edu.msudenver.tsp.website;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
 
 @SpringBootApplication
+@ComponentScan("edu.msudenver.tsp")
 public class Application {
-
     public static void main(final String[] args) {
         SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/website/controller/UserCreationController.java b/src/main/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/website/controller/UserCreationController.java
index 6a1c6a9..62da3e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/website/controller/UserCreationController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/website/controller/UserCreationController.java
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package edu.msudenver.tsp.website.controller;
 
+import edu.msudenver.tsp.services.UserService;
+import edu.msudenver.tsp.services.dto.Account;
 import edu.msudenver.tsp.website.forms.UserCreationForm;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
 import org.springframework.ui.Model;
 import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
@@ -16,6 +19,9 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
 @AllArgsConstructor
 @RequestMapping("/createuser")
 public class UserCreationController {
+    @Autowired
+    private final UserService userService;
+
     @GetMapping({"/",""})
     public ModelAndView createUserPage() {
         LOG.info("Received request to display the user creation page: returning model with name 'User'");
@@ -36,12 +42,10 @@ public class UserCreationController {
 
         LOG.info("Saving user {}...", userCreationForm);
 
-        /*
         final Account newUser = new Account();
         newUser.setUsername(userCreationForm.getUsername());
         newUser.setPassword(userCreationForm.getPassword());
         userService.createAccount(newUser);
-        */
 
         return "successfulRegistration";
     }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index f3ce324..09b74b5 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 spring.mvc.view.prefix:/WEB-INF/jsp/
-spring.mvc.view.suffix:.jsp
\ No newline at end of file
+spring.mvc.view.suffix:.jsp
+
+persistence.api.connection.timeout.milliseconds=5000
+persistence.api.socket.timeout.milliseconds=10000
+persistence.api.base.url=http://localhost:8090/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/website/controller/UserCreationControllerTest.java b/src/test/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/website/controller/UserCreationControllerTest.java
index 27ec8b9..b28167f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/website/controller/UserCreationControllerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/website/controller/UserCreationControllerTest.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 public class UserCreationControllerTest {
 
     private final UserService userService = mock(UserService.class);
-    private final UserCreationController userCreationController = new UserCreationController();//userService);
+    private final UserCreationController userCreationController = new UserCreationController(userService);
 
     @Test
     public void testCreateUserPage() {