diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 74945e67..dcd63f88 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui:2.1.0'
     
 	//general PDF
-    implementation 'org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:2.0.28'
+    implementation 'org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:2.0.29'
     implementation 'org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on:1.70'
     implementation 'org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15on:1.70' 
     implementation 'com.itextpdf:itext7-core:7.2.5'
diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/StartupApplicationListener.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/StartupApplicationListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a25cbbbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/StartupApplicationListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.config;
+
+
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
+import org.springframework.context.event.ContextRefreshedEvent;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+
+@Component
+public class StartupApplicationListener implements ApplicationListener<ContextRefreshedEvent> {
+
+    public static LocalDateTime startTime;
+
+    @Override
+    public void onApplicationEvent(ContextRefreshedEvent event) {
+        startTime = LocalDateTime.now();
+    }
+}
+