diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/psi/daq/queryrest/QueryRestApplication.java b/src/main/java/ch/psi/daq/queryrest/QueryRestApplication.java
index c72e1b1..6ad0d77 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/psi/daq/queryrest/QueryRestApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/psi/daq/queryrest/QueryRestApplication.java
@@ -2,16 +2,12 @@ package ch.psi.daq.queryrest;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.cassandra.CassandraDataAutoConfiguration;
 
 /**
  * Entry point to our rest-frontend of the data acquisition (DAQ) application which most importantly
  * wires all the @RestController annotated classes.
  */
 @SpringBootApplication(
-      exclude = {
-            CassandraDataAutoConfiguration.class
-      },
       scanBasePackageClasses = {
             QueryRestApplication.class
       })