diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec551d3..ed6b48b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,8 +36,14 @@
     <lib.log4j.version>1.2.17</lib.log4j.version>
     <lib.slf4j.version>1.7.5</lib.slf4j.version>
     <lib.grizzled-slf4j.version>1.0.1</lib.grizzled-slf4j.version>
-    <lib.scala-library.version>2.10.0</lib.scala-library.version>
-    <lib.scalafx.version>8.0.0-M1</lib.scalafx.version>
+    <lib.scala-library.version>2.10.3</lib.scala-library.version>
+    <lib.scalafx.version>8.0.0-M3</lib.scalafx.version>
+    <lib.akka.version>2.2.3</lib.akka.version>
+    <lib.jta.version>1.1</lib.jta.version>
+    <lib.ehcache.version>2.8.0</lib.ehcache.version>
+    <lib.commons-cli.version>1.2</lib.commons-cli.version>
+    <lib.commons-codec.version>1.9</lib.commons-codec.version>
+    <lib.jtransforms.version>2.4.0</lib.jtransforms.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -86,37 +92,37 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.sourceforge.jtransforms</groupId>
       <artifactId>jtransforms</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4.0</version>
+      <version>${lib.jtransforms.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2</version>
+        <version>${lib.commons-cli.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9</version>
+      <version>${lib.commons-codec.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
       <artifactId>jta</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1</version>
+      <version>${lib.jta.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
 	    <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
-	    <version>2.8.0</version>
+	    <version>${lib.ehcache.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.typesafe.akka</groupId>
       <artifactId>akka-actor_2.10</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.1</version>
+      <version>${lib.akka.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.typesafe.akka</groupId>
         <artifactId>akka-slf4j_2.10</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.1</version>
+        <version>${lib.akka.version}</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
@@ -126,6 +132,7 @@
         <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
         <filtering>true</filtering>
         <includes>
+          <include>**/*.conf</include>
           <include>**/*.properties</include>
           <include>**/*.info</include>
         </includes>
@@ -134,6 +141,7 @@
         <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
         <filtering>false</filtering>
         <excludes>
+          <exclude>**/*.conf</exclude>
           <exclude>**/*.properties</exclude>
           <exclude>**/*.info</exclude>
         </excludes>
@@ -144,6 +152,7 @@
         <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
         <filtering>true</filtering>
         <includes>
+          <include>**/*.conf</include>
           <include>**/*.properties</include>
           <include>**/*.info</include>
         </includes>
@@ -152,6 +161,7 @@
         <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
         <filtering>false</filtering>
         <excludes>
+          <exclude>**/*.conf</exclude>
           <exclude>**/*.properties</exclude>
           <exclude>**/*.info</exclude>
         </excludes>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.conf b/src/main/resources/application.conf
index abc24e6..d2fcb02 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.conf
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,62 @@
+//Default Properties File
+//Image Tools version: ${project.version}
+version = "${build-version}"
+
 akka {
-  event-handlers = ["akka.event.slf4j.Slf4jEventHandler"]
-  loglevel = "DEBUG"
+  loggers = ["akka.event.slf4j.Slf4jLogger"]
+  loglevel = "INFO"
+}
+
+//Default App Settings
+app {
+    timed = false
+    log {
+        debug = false
+        info = false
+        error = true
+    }
+    engine {
+        //Concurrency Settings
+        concurrent {
+            similarity.limit = 15
+            processing.limit = 15
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#Default Image Settings
+image {
+    //images must be 90% similar
+    differenceThreshold = 0.90
+    //control generation of hashes for new images.
+    hash {
+        precision=64
+    }
+    ahash {
+        use = true
+        weight = 0.70
+        precision = 8
+        tolerence = 8
+    }
+    dhash {
+        use = true
+        weight = 0.85
+        precision = 8
+        tolerence = 8
+    }
+    phash {
+        //set to false if hashing images is taking too long
+        use = true
+        weight = 1.0
+        precision = 32
+        tolerence = 8
+    }
+}
+
+//Default Thumbnail Settings
+thumbnail {
+    //Directory where to store thumbnails
+    directory = ".cache/thumbnails/"
+    //Size of the thumbnail to generate and store
+    size = 128
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/resources/application.conf b/src/test/resources/application.conf
index abc24e6..6fab465 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/application.conf
+++ b/src/test/resources/application.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,63 @@
-akka {
-  event-handlers = ["akka.event.slf4j.Slf4jEventHandler"]
-  loglevel = "DEBUG"
+//Default Properties File
+//Image Tools version: ${project.version}
+version = "${build-version}"
+
+
+akka {
+  loggers = ["akka.event.slf4j.Slf4jLogger"]
+  loglevel = "DEBUG"
+}
+
+//Default App Settings
+app {
+    timed = false
+    log {
+        debug = true
+        info = true
+        error = true
+    }
+    engine {
+        //Concurrency Settings
+        concurrent {
+            similarity.limit = 15
+            processing.limit = 15
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#Default Image Settings
+image {
+    //images must be 90% similar
+    differenceThreshold = 0.90
+    //control generation of hashes for new images.
+    hash {
+        precision=64
+    }
+    ahash {
+        use = true
+        weight = 0.70
+        precision = 8
+        tolerence = 8
+    }
+    dhash {
+        use = true
+        weight = 0.85
+        precision = 8
+        tolerence = 8
+    }
+    phash {
+        //set to false if hashing images is taking too long
+        use = true
+        weight = 1.0
+        precision = 32
+        tolerence = 8
+    }
+}
+
+//Default Thumbnail Settings
+thumbnail {
+    //Directory where to store thumbnails
+    directory = ".cache/thumbnails/"
+    //Size of the thumbnail to generate and store
+    size = 128
 }
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diff --git a/todo b/todo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5f252e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/todo
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Move over to Logback for the backend
+    -Convert the configuration file
+    -Convert the AppConfig to configure basic logging
+Profile and improve performance for the ConcurrentEngine when looking for similarities.
+    -SynchronousEngine is about 2.5x faster currently for finding similarities
+    -ConcurrentEngine actors for finding similarities are not CPU constrained and need to be
+Convert app configuration format from a java properties to a typesafehub:config
+    -Rewrite properties in new format (JSON)
+    -Rewrite PropertiesLoader to use the new format
+Add functionality to both engines
+    -Recursive directory scanning
+        -Determine how to handle similarites there... All images or just per folder
+    -Move files to new locations
+        -Rename new files based on their MD5
+Add functionality to ImageService
+    -Cache thumbnails
+    -Generate thumbnails
+    -Move caching of images into the ImageService
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