diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 50928630..9895e206 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -222,28 +222,25 @@ The Current list of settings is
 ```yaml
 security:
   enableLogin: false # set to 'true' to enable login
-  csrfDisabled: true  # Set to 'true' to disable CSRF protection (not recommended for production)
+  csrfDisabled: true # Set to 'true' to disable CSRF protection (not recommended for production)
   loginAttemptCount: 5 # lock user account after 5 tries
   loginResetTimeMinutes : 120 # lock account for 2 hours after x attempts
-  # initialLogin:
-  #   username: "admin" # Initial username for the first login
-  #   password: "stirling" # Initial password for the first login
-  # oauth2:
-  #   enabled: false # set to 'true' to enable login (Note: enableLogin must also be 'true' for this to work)
-  #   issuer: "" # set to any provider that supports OpenID Connect Discovery (/.well-known/openid-configuration) end-point
-  #   clientId: "" # Client ID from your provider
-  #   clientSecret: "" # Client Secret from your provider
-  #   autoCreateUser: false # set to 'true' to allow auto-creation of non-existing users
-  #   useAsUsername: "email" # Default is 'email'; custom fields can be used as the username
-  #   scopes: "openid, profile, email" # Specify the scopes for which the application will request permissions
-  #   provider: "google" # Set this to your OAuth provider's name, e.g., 'google' or 'keycloak'
+#  initialLogin:
+#    username: "admin" # Initial username for the first login (these are defaulted)
+#    password: "stirling" # Initial password for the first login
+#  oauth2:
+#    enabled: false # set to 'true' to enable login (Note: enableLogin must also be 'true' for this to work)
+#    issuer: "" # set to any provider that supports OpenID Connect Discovery (/.well-known/openid-configuration) end-point
+#    clientId: "" # Client ID from your provider
+#    clientSecret: "" # Client Secret from your provider
+#    autoCreateUser: false # set to 'true' to allow auto-creation of non-existing users
+#    useAsUsername: "email" # Default is 'email'; custom fields can be used as the username
+#    scopes: "openid, profile, email" # Specify the scopes for which the application will request permissions
+#    provider: "google" # Set this to your OAuth provider's name, e.g., 'google' or 'keycloak'
 
 system:
   defaultLocale: 'en-US' # Set the default language (e.g. 'de-DE', 'fr-FR', etc)
   googlevisibility: false # 'true' to allow Google visibility (via robots.txt), 'false' to disallow
-  rootURIPath: '/pdf-app' # ie set to /pdf-app to Set the application's root URI to localhost:8080/pdf-app
-  customStaticFilePath: '/customFiles/static/' # Customise static files (e.g., logo, images, CSS) by placing them in this directory.
-  maxFileSize: 10485760 # Maximum file size for uploads in bytes.
   enableAlphaFunctionality: false # Set to enable functionality which might need more testing before it fully goes live (This feature might make no changes)
   showUpdate: true # see when a new update is available
   showUpdateOnlyAdmin: false # Only admins can see when a new update is available, depending on showUpdate it must be set to 'true'
@@ -260,9 +257,6 @@ endpoints:
 
 metrics:
   enabled: true # 'true' to enable Info APIs (`/api/*`) endpoints, 'false' to disable
-
-autoPipeline:
-  outputFolder: /output # Directory for auto-pipeline outputs.
 ```
 
 There is an additional config file ``/configs/custom_settings.yml`` were users familiar with java and spring application.properties can input their own settings on-top of Stirling-PDFs existing ones
diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/ApplicationProperties.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/ApplicationProperties.java
index 2623d8f8..ae96d07b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/ApplicationProperties.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/ApplicationProperties.java
@@ -327,9 +327,6 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
     public static class System {
         private String defaultLocale;
         private Boolean googlevisibility;
-        private String rootURIPath;
-        private String customStaticFilePath;
-        private Integer maxFileSize;
         private boolean showUpdate;
         private Boolean showUpdateOnlyAdmin;
         private boolean customHTMLFiles;
@@ -384,29 +381,8 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
             this.googlevisibility = googlevisibility;
         }
 
-        public String getRootURIPath() {
-            return rootURIPath;
-        }
+      
 
-        public void setRootURIPath(String rootURIPath) {
-            this.rootURIPath = rootURIPath;
-        }
-
-        public String getCustomStaticFilePath() {
-            return customStaticFilePath;
-        }
-
-        public void setCustomStaticFilePath(String customStaticFilePath) {
-            this.customStaticFilePath = customStaticFilePath;
-        }
-
-        public Integer getMaxFileSize() {
-            return maxFileSize;
-        }
-
-        public void setMaxFileSize(Integer maxFileSize) {
-            this.maxFileSize = maxFileSize;
-        }
 
         @Override
         public String toString() {
@@ -414,12 +390,6 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
                     + defaultLocale
                     + ", googlevisibility="
                     + googlevisibility
-                    + ", rootURIPath="
-                    + rootURIPath
-                    + ", customStaticFilePath="
-                    + customStaticFilePath
-                    + ", maxFileSize="
-                    + maxFileSize
                     + ", enableAlphaFunctionality="
                     + enableAlphaFunctionality
                     + ", showUpdate="
diff --git a/src/main/resources/settings.yml.template b/src/main/resources/settings.yml.template
index d504e82e..d771f9c9 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/settings.yml.template
+++ b/src/main/resources/settings.yml.template
@@ -7,25 +7,22 @@ security:
   csrfDisabled: true # Set to 'true' to disable CSRF protection (not recommended for production)
   loginAttemptCount: 5 # lock user account after 5 tries
   loginResetTimeMinutes : 120 # lock account for 2 hours after x attempts
-  # initialLogin:
-  #   username: "admin" # Initial username for the first login
-  #   password: "stirling" # Initial password for the first login
-  # oauth2:
-  #   enabled: false # set to 'true' to enable login (Note: enableLogin must also be 'true' for this to work)
-  #   issuer: "" # set to any provider that supports OpenID Connect Discovery (/.well-known/openid-configuration) end-point
-  #   clientId: "" # Client ID from your provider
-  #   clientSecret: "" # Client Secret from your provider
-  #   autoCreateUser: false # set to 'true' to allow auto-creation of non-existing users
-  #   useAsUsername: "email" # Default is 'email'; custom fields can be used as the username
-  #   scopes: "openid, profile, email" # Specify the scopes for which the application will request permissions
-  #   provider: "google" # Set this to your OAuth provider's name, e.g., 'google' or 'keycloak'
+#  initialLogin:
+#    username: "admin" # Initial username for the first login
+#    password: "stirling" # Initial password for the first login
+#  oauth2:
+#    enabled: false # set to 'true' to enable login (Note: enableLogin must also be 'true' for this to work)
+#    issuer: "" # set to any provider that supports OpenID Connect Discovery (/.well-known/openid-configuration) end-point
+#    clientId: "" # Client ID from your provider
+#    clientSecret: "" # Client Secret from your provider
+#    autoCreateUser: false # set to 'true' to allow auto-creation of non-existing users
+#    useAsUsername: "email" # Default is 'email'; custom fields can be used as the username
+#    scopes: "openid, profile, email" # Specify the scopes for which the application will request permissions
+#    provider: "google" # Set this to your OAuth provider's name, e.g., 'google' or 'keycloak'
 
 system:
   defaultLocale: 'en-US' # Set the default language (e.g. 'de-DE', 'fr-FR', etc)
   googlevisibility: false # 'true' to allow Google visibility (via robots.txt), 'false' to disallow
-  rootURIPath: '/pdf-app' # ie set to /pdf-app to Set the application's root URI to localhost:8080/pdf-app
-  customStaticFilePath: '/customFiles/static/' # Customise static files (e.g., logo, images, CSS) by placing them in this directory.
-  maxFileSize: 10485760 # Maximum file size for uploads in bytes.
   enableAlphaFunctionality: false # Set to enable functionality which might need more testing before it fully goes live (This feature might make no changes)
   showUpdate: true # see when a new update is available
   showUpdateOnlyAdmin: false # Only admins can see when a new update is available, depending on showUpdate it must be set to 'true'