diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e5bb67..8f94a15 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,15 +65,18 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-testcontainers</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>ollama</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency> <!-- upgrade to avoid CVE -->
+		<dependency> <!-- upgrade to avoid CVE in Testcontainers -->
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
 			<version>1.26.0</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/example/demo/OllamaService.java b/src/main/java/com/example/demo/OllamaService.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c1ff410..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/example/demo/OllamaService.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-package com.example.demo;
-
-import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.*;
-import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
-import jakarta.annotation.PreDestroy;
-import org.springframework.ai.chat.client.ChatClient;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
-import org.springframework.web.context.annotation.ApplicationScope;
-import org.testcontainers.ollama.OllamaContainer;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-@Service
-@ApplicationScope
-public class OllamaService {
-
-    private final OllamaContainer ollama;
-
-    private final ChatClient.Builder chatClientBuilder;
-
-    public OllamaService(ChatClient.Builder chatClientBuilder) {
-        ollama = new OllamaContainer("ollama/ollama:0.1.48")
-                .withCreateContainerCmdModifier(cmd ->
-                {
-                    cmd.withBinds(Bind.parse("ollama:/root/.ollama"));
-                    cmd.withPortBindings(new PortBinding(Ports.Binding.bindPort(11434), new ExposedPort(11434)));
-                });
-
-        this.chatClientBuilder = chatClientBuilder;
-    }
-
-    @PostConstruct
-    public void start() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-        ollama.start();
-        ollama.execInContainer("ollama", "pull", "mistral");
-    }
-    @PreDestroy
-    public void stop() {
-        if (ollama.isRunning()) {
-            ollama.stop();
-        }
-    }
-
-    public ChatClient getChatClient() {
-        if (ollama.isRunning()) {
-            return chatClientBuilder.build();
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/example/demo/DemoApplicationTests.java b/src/test/java/com/example/demo/DemoApplicationTests.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2778a6a..0000000
--- a/src/test/java/com/example/demo/DemoApplicationTests.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package com.example.demo;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
-
-@SpringBootTest
-class DemoApplicationTests {
-
-	@Test
-	void contextLoads() {
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/example/demo/DevDemoApplication.java b/src/test/java/com/example/demo/DevDemoApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b21a77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/example/demo/DevDemoApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package com.example.demo;
+
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Bind;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.ExposedPort;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.PortBinding;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Ports;
+import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.testcontainers.context.ImportTestcontainers;
+import org.springframework.boot.testcontainers.service.connection.ServiceConnection;
+import org.testcontainers.ollama.OllamaContainer;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+
+public class DevDemoApplication extends DemoApplication {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+		SpringApplication.run(DevDemoApplication.class, args);
+	}
+
+	@ServiceConnection
+	OllamaContainer ollama = new OllamaContainer("ollama/ollama:0.1.48")
+			.withReuse(true)
+			.withCreateContainerCmdModifier(cmd ->
+				{
+					cmd.withBinds(Bind.parse("ollama:/root/.ollama"));
+					cmd.withPortBindings(new PortBinding(Ports.Binding.bindPort(11434), new ExposedPort(11434)));
+				});
+
+
+	@PostConstruct
+	public void start() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+		Logger.getGlobal().info("Starting Ollama container and loading model.");
+		ollama.start();
+		ollama.execInContainer("ollama", "pull", "mistral");
+	}
+
+}