diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0d7f525b..f9986b41 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 gen/
 edmx/
-schema.sql
-schema-nomocks.sql
+schema-h2.sql
 default-env.json
 openapi.json
 .env
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2c536a3b..b64c4404 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,17 @@
 	</dependencyManagement>
 
 	<build>
+		<pluginManagement>
+			<plugins>
+				<!-- MAKE CDS PLUGIN RUNNABLE FROM ROOT -->
+				<plugin>
+					<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
+					<artifactId>cds-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>${cds.services.version}</version>
+				</plugin>
+			</plugins>
+		</pluginManagement>
+
 		<plugins>
 			<!-- JAVA VERSION -->
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/srv/pom.xml b/srv/pom.xml
index 18b22bff..dfbaf573 100644
--- a/srv/pom.xml
+++ b/srv/pom.xml
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
 				<artifactId>cds-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${cds.services.version}</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>cds.clean</id>
@@ -220,8 +219,7 @@
 						<configuration>
 							<commands>
 								<command>build --for java</command>
-								<command>deploy --to h2 --with-mocks --dry --out "${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/schema.sql"</command>
-								<command>deploy --to h2 --dry --out "${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/schema-nomocks.sql"</command>
+								<command>deploy --to h2 --with-mocks --dry --out "${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/schema-h2.sql"</command>
 								<command>compile srv/cat-service.cds -2 openapi --openapi:url /api/browse &gt;
 									"${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/swagger/openapi.json"</command>
 							</commands>
diff --git a/srv/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/srv/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index 477f3dfb..da6f33a7 100644
--- a/srv/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/srv/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ management:
 ---
 spring:
   config.activate.on-profile: cloud
-  sql.init.schema-locations: "classpath:schema-nomocks.sql"
 cds:
   sql.hana.search:
     fuzzy: true
@@ -128,6 +127,7 @@ cds:
 ---
 spring:
   config.activate.on-profile: default
+  sql.init.platform: h2
 cds:
   data-source:
     auto-config.enabled: false