diff --git a/src/main/java/org/eclipsefoundation/adopters/service/impl/DefaultAdopterService.java b/src/main/java/org/eclipsefoundation/adopters/service/impl/DefaultAdopterService.java
index 3c25744544f69c1e3ad79e986d402befcb4876f4..663252f739e64a4132b3d98df7c71395fecd9445 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/eclipsefoundation/adopters/service/impl/DefaultAdopterService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/eclipsefoundation/adopters/service/impl/DefaultAdopterService.java
@@ -61,12 +61,8 @@ import io.quarkus.runtime.Startup;
 public class DefaultAdopterService implements AdopterService {
 	private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DefaultAdopterService.class);
 
-	@ConfigProperty(name = "eclipse.adopters.path.json", defaultValue = "/tmp/quarkus/adopters.json")
-	Path adoptersLocation;
-	@ConfigProperty(name = "eclipse.adopters.retry.count", defaultValue = "3")
-	int retryCount;
-	@ConfigProperty(name = "eclipse.adopters.retry.timeoutInMS", defaultValue = "1000")
-	long retryTimeout;
+	@ConfigProperty(name = "eclipse.project-adopters.adopters.filepath", defaultValue = "/tmp/quarkus/adopters.json")
+	Path adoptersFilepath;
 
 	@Inject
 	ObjectMapper objectMapper;
@@ -83,14 +79,14 @@ public class DefaultAdopterService implements AdopterService {
 	public void init() throws IOException {
 		setAdopters(Collections.emptyList());
 		// attempt to ensure that the base directory exists for watching
-		Path parentDir = adoptersLocation.getParent();
+		Path parentDir = adoptersFilepath.getParent();
 		if (!Files.exists(parentDir)) {
 			Files.createDirectory(parentDir);
 		}
 		// read in the initial file if it exists
-		if (Files.exists(adoptersLocation)) {
-			LOGGER.debug("Found an adopters file at path {}, reading in", adoptersLocation);
-			List<Adopter> initialAdopters = readInAdopters(adoptersLocation, objectMapper);
+		if (Files.exists(adoptersFilepath)) {
+			LOGGER.debug("Found an adopters file at path {}, reading in", adoptersFilepath);
+			List<Adopter> initialAdopters = readInAdopters(adoptersFilepath, objectMapper);
 
 			if (initialAdopters != null) {
 				setAdopters(initialAdopters);
@@ -133,7 +129,7 @@ public class DefaultAdopterService implements AdopterService {
 				// pass a filtered list of events to be processed
 				key.pollEvents().stream().filter(e -> e.kind() != OVERFLOW && e.kind().type() == Path.class)
 						.map(e -> (WatchEvent<Path>) e)
-						.filter(e -> ((Path) e.context()).getFileName().equals(adoptersLocation.getFileName()))
+						.filter(e -> ((Path) e.context()).getFileName().equals(adoptersFilepath.getFileName()))
 						.forEach(this::processEvent);
 			} catch (@SuppressWarnings("java:S2142") InterruptedException e) {
 				LOGGER.debug("Ending watch services, as thread was interrupted and closing");
@@ -161,7 +157,7 @@ public class DefaultAdopterService implements AdopterService {
 		} else {
 			// indicates an update or created file on the given
 			// retrieve the new adopters and set them if the read operation was successful
-			List<Adopter> newAdopters = readInAdopters(adoptersLocation, objectMapper);
+			List<Adopter> newAdopters = readInAdopters(adoptersFilepath, objectMapper);
 			if (newAdopters != null) {
 				setAdopters(newAdopters);
 			}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 1e85c0ab6e458ac6334eafcf5fe4ff79e743c17b..3da2cf884a13eb40f116b07b2ca16fef605f1d0e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
-org.eclipsefoundation.adopters.api.ProjectsAPI/mp-rest/url=https://projects.eclipse.org
-
-## OAUTH CONFIG
 quarkus.http.root-path=/adopters
+quarkus.log.level=INFO
 
 ## CORS settings
 quarkus.http.cors=false
 
-quarkus.log.level=INFO
+## OIDC settings
 quarkus.oidc.enabled=false
 
-## Adopters raw location
-eclipse.adopters.path.json=/config/adopters.json
-%dev.eclipse.adopters.path.json=/tmp/config/adopters.json
+# Projects-API 
+org.eclipsefoundation.adopters.api.ProjectsAPI/mp-rest/url=https://projects.eclipse.org
+
+## Adopters settings
+eclipse.project-adopters.adopters.filepath=/config/adopters.json
+%dev.eclipse.project-adopters.adopters.filepath=/tmp/config/adopters.json
+
 %dev.eclipse.pagination.scheme.enforce=false