diff --git a/uc3-application/resources/META-INF/application.properties b/uc3-application/resources/META-INF/application.properties
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-kafka.bootstrap.servers=localhost:9092
-kafka.input.topic=input
-kafka.output.topic=output
-kafka.window.duration.minutes=60
-num.threads=1
-commit.interval.ms=10
-cache.max.bytes.buffering=-1