diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/java/pro/taskana/rest/ExampleRestConfiguration.java b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/java/pro/taskana/rest/ExampleRestConfiguration.java
index bbcbee40c..4d844f855 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/java/pro/taskana/rest/ExampleRestConfiguration.java
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/java/pro/taskana/rest/ExampleRestConfiguration.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package pro.taskana.rest;
 
+import java.sql.SQLException;
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
+import org.h2.tools.Server;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
@@ -31,4 +33,11 @@ public class ExampleRestConfiguration {
   public SampleDataGenerator generateSampleData(DataSource dataSource) {
     return new SampleDataGenerator(dataSource, schemaName);
   }
+
+  @Bean(initMethod = "start", destroyMethod = "stop")
+  public Server inMemoryH2DatabaseaServer() throws SQLException {
+    return Server.createTcpServer(
+        "-tcp", "-tcpAllowOthers", "-tcpPort", "9090");
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application.properties b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application.properties
index dcabf4854..b0a8c574d 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ server.servlet.context-path=/taskana
 
 ######## Taskana DB #######
 ######## h2 configuration ########
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:mem:taskana;IGNORECASE=TRUE;LOCK_MODE=0
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:mem:taskana;IGNORECASE=TRUE;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE;LOCK_MODE=0
 spring.datasource.driverClassName=org.h2.Driver
 spring.datasource.username=sa
 spring.datasource.password=sa