diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4d196f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+target/
+shippable/
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d2ff315..7e40c08 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/test/java/TestApp.java b/src/test/java/TestApp.java
index 4688630..7566634 100644
--- a/src/test/java/TestApp.java
+++ b/src/test/java/TestApp.java
@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@
 import main.App;
 
 public class TestApp extends TestCase {
-  public void testInsertAndGetData() {
+  public void testInsertAndGetDataIsEqual() {
     String result = "";
-    try {
-      App app = new App();
-      result = app.getData();
-    } finally {
-      assertEquals("Hope this works!", result);
-    }
+    App app = new App();
+    result = app.getData();
+    assertEquals("Message is not the same", "Hope this works!", result);
   } 
+
+  public void testInsertAndGetDataNotEmpty() {
+    String result = "";
+    App app = new App();
+    result = app.getData();
+    assertNotNull("Message is null", result);
+  }
 }