diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3db1674f860..8a80bcc2560 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -58,3 +58,4 @@ awsapi/modules/*
 .project
 .settings.xml
 .settings/
+db.properties.override
diff --git a/developer/pom.xml b/developer/pom.xml
index 74edeaddd83..d2352c28aef 100644
--- a/developer/pom.xml
+++ b/developer/pom.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
                     <file>${project.parent.basedir}/utils/conf/db.properties</file>
                     <file>${project.parent.basedir}/utils/conf/db.properties.override</file>
                   </files>
+                  <quiet>true</quiet>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
             </executions>
diff --git a/utils/conf/db.properties b/utils/conf/db.properties
index 6bdb6d61667..8d981191b0e 100644
--- a/utils/conf/db.properties
+++ b/utils/conf/db.properties
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ cluster.servlet.port=9090
 # CloudStack database settings
 db.cloud.username=cloud
 db.cloud.password=cloud
+db.root.password=
 db.cloud.host=localhost
 db.cloud.port=3306
 db.cloud.name=cloud