diff --git a/spring-geode-samples/caching/look-aside/src/main/java/example/app/caching/lookaside/BootGeodeLookAsideCachingApplication.java b/spring-geode-samples/caching/look-aside/src/main/java/example/app/caching/lookaside/BootGeodeLookAsideCachingApplication.java
index 6c71df18..022c4a5f 100644
--- a/spring-geode-samples/caching/look-aside/src/main/java/example/app/caching/lookaside/BootGeodeLookAsideCachingApplication.java
+++ b/spring-geode-samples/caching/look-aside/src/main/java/example/app/caching/lookaside/BootGeodeLookAsideCachingApplication.java
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
 
 /**
- * {@link SpringBootApplication} to configure and bootstrap the example application using the Look-Aside Caching pattern,
- * and specifically Spring's Cache Abstraction with Apache Geode as the caching provider.
+ * {@link SpringBootApplication} to configure and bootstrap the example application using the
+ * {@literal Look-Aside Caching pattern}, and specifically Spring's Cache Abstraction along with
+ * Apache Geode as the caching provider.
  *
  * @author John Blum
  * @see org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication
diff --git a/spring-geode-samples/caching/look-aside/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-geode-samples/caching/look-aside/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d77b5ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-geode-samples/caching/look-aside/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Spring Boot application.properties for the Look-Aside Caching example.
+
+spring.application.name=LookAsideCachingApplication
+spring.data.gemfire.cache.log-level=${gemfire.log-level:error}