diff --git a/src/main/resources/default.properties b/src/main/resources/default.properties
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-#Default Properties File
-#Image Tools version: ${project.version}
-version=${build-version}
-
-#Default App Settings
-app.timed=false
-app.log.debug=false
-app.log.info=false
-app.log.error=true
-
-#Concurrency Settings
-app.engine.concurrent.similarity.limit=15
-app.engine.concurrent.processing.limit=15
-
-#Default Image Settings
-#images must be 90% similar
-image.differenceThreshold=0.90
-#control generation of hashes for new images.
-image.hash.precision=64
-image.ahash.use=true
-image.ahash.weight=0.70
-image.ahash.precision=8
-image.ahash.tolerence=8
-image.dhash.use=true
-image.dhash.weight=0.85
-image.dhash.precision=8
-image.dhash.tolerence=8
-#set to false if hashing images is taking too long
-image.phash.use=true
-image.phash.weight=1.0
-image.phash.precision=32
-image.phash.tolerence=8
-
-#Default Thumbnail Settings
-#Directory where to store thumbnails
-thumbnail.directory=./cache/thumbnails/
-#Size of the thumbnail to generate and store
-thumbnail.size=128
diff --git a/src/test/resources/default.properties b/src/test/resources/default.properties
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-#Default Properties File
-#Image Tools version: ${project.version}
-version=${build-version}
-
-#Default App Settings
-app.timed=true
-app.log.debug=true
-app.log.info=true
-app.log.error=true
-
-#Concurrency Settings
-app.engine.concurrent.similarity.limit=2
-app.engine.concurrent.processing.limit=2
-
-#Default Image Settings
-#images must be 90% similar
-image.differenceThreshold=0.90
-#control generation of hashes for new images.
-image.hash.precision=64
-image.ahash.use=true
-image.ahash.weight=0.70
-image.ahash.precision=8
-image.ahash.tolerence=8
-image.dhash.use=true
-image.dhash.weight=0.85
-image.dhash.precision=8
-image.dhash.tolerence=8
-#set to false if hashing images is taking too long
-image.phash.use=true
-image.phash.weight=1.0
-image.phash.precision=32
-image.phash.tolerence=8
-
-#Default Thumbnail Settings
-#Directory where to store thumbnails
-thumbnail.directory=./cache/thumbnails/
-#Size of the thumbnail to generate and store
-thumbnail.size=128