diff --git a/bulletin-board-server/build.gradle b/bulletin-board-server/build.gradle
index 8d824e7..7e06c1c 100644
--- a/bulletin-board-server/build.gradle
+++ b/bulletin-board-server/build.gradle
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile 'org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc:3.8.+'
     compile 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:5.1.+'
     compile 'com.h2database:h2:1.0.+'
+    compile 'org.apache.commons:commons-dbcp2:2.0.+'
 
     // Servlets
     compile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.+'
diff --git a/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/sqlserver/H2QueryProvider.java b/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/sqlserver/H2QueryProvider.java
index a54c2ff..44a55da 100644
--- a/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/sqlserver/H2QueryProvider.java
+++ b/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/sqlserver/H2QueryProvider.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package meerkat.bulletinboard.sqlserver;
 
 import meerkat.protobuf.BulletinBoardAPI.FilterType;
+import org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource;
 import org.h2.jdbcx.JdbcDataSource;
 import javax.naming.Context;
 import javax.naming.InitialContext;
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ public class H2QueryProvider implements BulletinBoardSQLServer.SQLQueryProvider
                 return "SELECT Signature FROM SignatureTable WHERE EntryNum = :EntryNum";
 
             case INSERT_MSG:
-                return "INSERT INTO MsgTable (MsgId, Msg) VALUES(:MsgId,:Msg)";
+                return "INSERT INTO MsgTable (MsgId, Msg, ExactTime) VALUES(:MsgId,:Msg,:TimeStamp)";
 
             case INSERT_NEW_TAG:
                 return "INSERT INTO TagTable(Tag) SELECT DISTINCT :Tag AS NewTag FROM UtilityTable WHERE"
@@ -200,10 +201,13 @@ public class H2QueryProvider implements BulletinBoardSQLServer.SQLQueryProvider
     @Override
     public DataSource getDataSource() {
 
-        JdbcDataSource dataSource = new JdbcDataSource();
-        dataSource.setURL("jdbc:h2:~/" + dbName);
+        BasicDataSource dataSource = new BasicDataSource();
+
+        dataSource.setDriverClassName("org.h2.Driver");
+        dataSource.setUrl("jdbc:h2:~/" + dbName);
 
         return dataSource;
+
     }
 
 
diff --git a/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/sqlserver/MySQLQueryProvider.java b/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/sqlserver/MySQLQueryProvider.java
index f99114e..adf96a4 100644
--- a/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/sqlserver/MySQLQueryProvider.java
+++ b/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/sqlserver/MySQLQueryProvider.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSource;
 import meerkat.bulletinboard.BulletinBoardConstants;
 import meerkat.bulletinboard.sqlserver.BulletinBoardSQLServer.SQLQueryProvider;
 import meerkat.protobuf.BulletinBoardAPI.FilterType;
+import org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource;
 
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
@@ -216,16 +217,17 @@ public class MySQLQueryProvider implements SQLQueryProvider {
 
     @Override
     public DataSource getDataSource() {
-        MysqlDataSource dataSource = new MysqlDataSource();
 
-        dataSource.setServerName(dbAddress);
-        dataSource.setPort(dbPort);
-        dataSource.setDatabaseName(dbName);
-        dataSource.setUser(username);
+        BasicDataSource dataSource = new BasicDataSource();
+
+        dataSource.setDriverClassName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
+        dataSource.setUrl("jdbc:mysql://" + dbAddress + ":" + dbPort + "/" + dbName);
+
+        dataSource.setUsername(username);
         dataSource.setPassword(password);
-        dataSource.setAllowMultiQueries(true);
 
         return dataSource;
+
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/bulletin-board-server/src/test/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/H2BulletinBoardServerTest.java b/bulletin-board-server/src/test/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/H2BulletinBoardServerTest.java
index 577c9be..512b4c9 100644
--- a/bulletin-board-server/src/test/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/H2BulletinBoardServerTest.java
+++ b/bulletin-board-server/src/test/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/H2BulletinBoardServerTest.java
@@ -140,6 +140,16 @@ public class H2BulletinBoardServerTest {
 
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testSyncQuery() {
+        try {
+            serverTest.testSyncQuery();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            System.err.println(e.getMessage());
+            fail(e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
     @After
     public void close() {
         System.err.println("Starting to close H2BulletinBoardServerTest");