diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e4229d999..f8888c3ed 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ The application use Spring Java configuration and [bean profiles](http://docs.sp
 
 ## Building
 
-This project requires Java 8 or later to compile.
+This project compiles with Java 8 and Java 11. Other versions are not tested.
 
 To build a runnable Spring Boot jar file, run the following command: 
 
diff --git a/manifest.yml b/manifest.yml
index e983909ee..e12832e01 100644
--- a/manifest.yml
+++ b/manifest.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,25 @@ applications:
 - name: spring-music
   memory: 1G
   random-route: true
+
+  #uncomment next 2 lines to disable buildpack autodetect
+  #buildpacks:
+  #- java_buildpack_offline
+
   path: build/libs/spring-music-1.0.jar
+  health-check-type: http
+  health-check-http-endpoint: /actuator/health
   env:
     JBP_CONFIG_SPRING_AUTO_RECONFIGURATION: '{enabled: false}'
 #    JBP_CONFIG_OPEN_JDK_JRE: '{ jre: { version: 11.+ } }'
+    
+    #Enable graceful shutdown to avoid 502 errors
+    SPRING_APPLICATION_JSON: '{ "server.shutdown": "graceful", "spring.lifecycle.timeout-per-shutdown-phase": "10s" , "sever.max-keep-alive-requests": -1}'
+
+  #A side car example, "command" can be anything that you ship with spring-music-1.0.jar
+  #sidecars:
+  #- name: connection-collector
+  #  process_types: [ 'web' ]
+  #  command: ./check-connections.sh
+  #  memory: 32MB