diff --git a/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository.component/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/component/SubmodelRepositoryComponent.java b/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository.component/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/component/SubmodelRepositoryComponent.java
index 11df1e623..4e7dd10fd 100644
--- a/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository.component/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/component/SubmodelRepositoryComponent.java
+++ b/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository.component/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/component/SubmodelRepositoryComponent.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.mongo.MongoDataAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.mongo.MongoAutoConfiguration;
 
 /**
  * Creates and starts the SubmodelRepository off-shelf-component
@@ -35,7 +37,9 @@
  * @author schnicke
  *
  */
-@SpringBootApplication(scanBasePackages = "org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx")
+@SpringBootApplication(
+		scanBasePackages = "org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx", 
+		exclude = { MongoAutoConfiguration.class, MongoDataAutoConfiguration.class })
 public class SubmodelRepositoryComponent {
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
 		SpringApplication.run(SubmodelRepositoryComponent.class, args);