diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a91f486632..60dc1fad07 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -298,7 +298,6 @@ test-app.go-mod-tidy:
 	make --directory='${go-test-app-dir}' go-mod-tidy
 
 
-
 .PHONY: mod-download
 mod-download:
 	@for folder in $$(find . -maxdepth 3 -name "go.mod" -exec dirname {} \;);\
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/Makefile b/src/autoscaler/Makefile
index ae0dcb92f5..88d989ebf1 100644
--- a/src/autoscaler/Makefile
+++ b/src/autoscaler/Makefile
@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@ fmt: importfmt
 lint:
 	@cd ../../; make lint_autoscaler OPTS=${OPTS}
 
+.PHONY: clean-dbtasks package-dbtasks
+clean-dbtasks:
+	pushd dbtasks; mvn clean; popd
+
+package-dbtasks:
+	pushd dbtasks; mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip=true ; popd
+
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	@echo "# cleaning autoscaler"
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/dbtasks/.gitignore b/src/autoscaler/dbtasks/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60f291e9af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/autoscaler/dbtasks/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/target/
+/bin/
+/.classpath
+/.project
+/.settings
+/.mvn
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/dbtasks/Makefile b/src/autoscaler/dbtasks/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc414c5503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/autoscaler/dbtasks/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+SHELL := /bin/bash
+
+package:
+	## target build in target2 directory
+	mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip=true
+
+clean:
+	mvn clean
+
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/dbtasks/README.md b/src/autoscaler/dbtasks/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ece792df0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/autoscaler/dbtasks/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+## Build the db app
+Provide the DB credentials and url in the /src/main/resources/application.properties file.
+```
+mvn clean package
+```
+
+## Deploy
+Requires java buildpack version 3.7
+```
+cf push autoscaler-db -p <PATH_TO_REPO>/db/target/db-1.0-SNAPSHOT.war -b https://github.com/cloudfoundry/java-buildpack.git#v3.7
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/dbtasks/pom.xml b/src/autoscaler/dbtasks/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fb18552eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/autoscaler/dbtasks/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.cloudfoundry.autoscaler</groupId>
+  <artifactId>db</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>db</name>
+  <description>AutoScaler DB</description>
+
+  <parent>
+  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+  <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+  <version>2.7.18</version>
+  <relativePath/>
+  </parent>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.liquibase</groupId>
+      <artifactId>liquibase-core</artifactId>
+      <version>4.31.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
+      <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
+      <version>2.4</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
+      <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+      <version>42.7.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
+      <version>9.2.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+      <!-- Spring Boot -->
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
+      <version>2.7.18</version>
+    </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+      <version>2.7.18</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+
+  <!-- Ensure this matches your missing classes -->
+  <dependency>
+    <groupId>org.cloudfoundry</groupId>
+    <artifactId>cloudfoundry-operations</artifactId>
+    <version>5.4.0.RELEASE</version>
+  </dependency>
+
+  <dependency>
+    <groupId>org.cloudfoundry</groupId>
+    <artifactId>cloudfoundry-client-lib</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1.3</version>
+  </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <defaultGoal>package</defaultGoal>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.8.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>${java.version}</source>
+          <target>${java.version}</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib</outputDirectory>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/dbtasks/src/main/java/org/cloudfoundry/autoscaler/Application.java b/src/autoscaler/dbtasks/src/main/java/org/cloudfoundry/autoscaler/Application.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0aeddec519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/autoscaler/dbtasks/src/main/java/org/cloudfoundry/autoscaler/Application.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014-2019 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.cloudfoundry.autoscaler;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class Application {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/mta.tpl.yaml b/src/autoscaler/mta.tpl.yaml
index 61670cdaa8..efe2a09649 100644
--- a/src/autoscaler/mta.tpl.yaml
+++ b/src/autoscaler/mta.tpl.yaml
@@ -9,17 +9,23 @@ build-parameters:
   before-all:
     - builder: custom
       commands:
-      - make clean vendor
+      - make clean vendor clean-dbtasks package-dbtasks
+
 
 modules:
-  # - name: db-lock-cleaner-hook # uses src/changeloglockcleaner
-  - name: db # uses src/db
+  - name: dbtasks
     type: java
+    path: dbtasks/target/db-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
+    properties:
+      JBP_LOG_LEVEL: true
+      DEBUG: true
     build-parameters:
       builder: custom
-      commands:
-      - make clean package
-    path: ../db
+      commands: []
+      # buildpacks: [ java_buildpack ]
+    parameters:
+      # buildpacks: [ java_buildpack ]
+      no-start: true
     hooks:
       - name: db-apply-changelog-hook
         type: task
@@ -35,7 +41,7 @@ modules:
           #--driver=org.postgresql.Driver --changeLogFile=servicebroker.db.changelog.yaml update
 
   - name: publicapiserver
-    type: go # and java
+    type: go
     path: .
     properties:
       DT_RELEASE_BUILD_VERSION: ${mta-version}