diff --git a/application.yml b/application.yml
index e69de29..16ca41b 100644
--- a/application.yml
+++ b/application.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+spring:
+  kafka:
+    producer:
+      key-serializer: org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer
+      value-serializer: org.springframework.kafka.support.serializer.JsonSerializer
+    consumer:
+      key-deserializer: org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer
+      value-deserializer: org.springframework.kafka.support.serializer.JsonDeserializer
+      properties:
+        spring.json.trusted.packages: "com.jpmc.midascore.foundation"
+general:
+  kafka-topic: transaction-topic