diff --git a/sci-types-department/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence-ddl.xml b/sci-types-department/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence-ddl.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    author: Jens Pelzetter
+-->
+
+<persistence xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence"
+             xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+             xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence 
+                                 http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_1.xsd"
+             version="2.1">
+
+    <persistence-unit name="ScientificCMS" transaction-type="JTA">
+
+        <!-- 
+            Enforce JPA provider
+            Not really necessary here because we don't use any Hibernate 
+            specific features, but makes it easier to manage to database
+            creation scripts.
+        -->
+        <provider>org.hibernate.jpa.HibernatePersistenceProvider</provider>
+
+        <jta-data-source>java:/comp/env/jdbc/scientificcms/db</jta-data-source>
+
+        <properties>
+            <!-- Properties for Hibernate -->
+            <property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="validate"/>
+            <property name="hibernate.connection.autocommit" value="false" />
+            <property name="hibernate.id.new_generator_mappings" value="true"/>
+
+            <!-- 
+                Properties for Hibernate Envers 
+                We are using the ValidityAuditStrategy here because it is faster
+                when querying data than the DefaultStrategy
+            -->
+            <property name="org.hibernate.envers.audit_strategy" 
+                      value="org.hibernate.envers.strategy.ValidityAuditStrategy"/>
+        </properties>
+
+    </persistence-unit>
+
+</persistence>
+
diff --git a/sci-types-department/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.libreccm.modules.CcmModule b/sci-types-department/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.libreccm.modules.CcmModule
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+org.scientificcms.contenttypes.scidepartment.SciDepartmentModule