diff --git a/war/src/main/java/se/su/dsv/scipro/war/Main.java b/war/src/main/java/se/su/dsv/scipro/war/Main.java
index 71a5c80da3..3f629e21ab 100644
--- a/war/src/main/java/se/su/dsv/scipro/war/Main.java
+++ b/war/src/main/java/se/su/dsv/scipro/war/Main.java
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package se.su.dsv.scipro.war;
 
 import jakarta.persistence.EntityManager;
 import jakarta.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
+import jakarta.servlet.ServletContainerInitializer;
+import jakarta.servlet.ServletContext;
+import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
 import org.apache.wicket.protocol.http.WebApplication;
 import org.apache.wicket.protocol.http.WicketFilter;
 import org.apache.wicket.spring.injection.annot.SpringComponentInjector;
@@ -35,7 +38,12 @@ import java.util.Set;
 @SpringBootApplication
 @EntityScan("se.su.dsv.scipro")
 @Import({CoreConfig.class, ApiConfig.class})
-public class Main extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
+public class Main extends SpringBootServletInitializer implements ServletContainerInitializer {
+    @Override
+    public void onStartup(Set<Class<?>> c, ServletContext ctx) throws ServletException {
+        onStartup(ctx);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected SpringApplicationBuilder configure(SpringApplicationBuilder builder) {
         return builder.sources(Main.class);
diff --git a/war/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/jakarta.servlet.ServletContainerInitializer b/war/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/jakarta.servlet.ServletContainerInitializer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad4ffa3bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/war/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/jakarta.servlet.ServletContainerInitializer
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+se.su.dsv.scipro.war.Main
diff --git a/war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index d78229ac6f..b346f3b49c 100755
--- a/war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
 
     <display-name>SciPro</display-name>
 
-    <listener>
-        <listener-class>org.springframework.web.SpringServletContainerInitializer</listener-class>
-    </listener>
+    <!-- disables Spring's built in ServletContainerInitializer which causes a slow class path scanning -->
+    <absolute-ordering/>
 
     <session-config>
         <session-timeout>480</session-timeout>