diff --git a/pkg/util/scm/gitlab/repo.go b/pkg/util/scm/gitlab/repo.go
index 9030e677b..dbb28433a 100644
--- a/pkg/util/scm/gitlab/repo.go
+++ b/pkg/util/scm/gitlab/repo.go
@@ -87,9 +87,10 @@ func (c *Client) AddWebhook(webhookConfig *git.WebhookConfig) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 	p := &gitlab.AddProjectHookOptions{
-		PushEvents: gitlab.Bool(true),
-		Token:      gitlab.String(webhookConfig.SecretToken),
-		URL:        gitlab.String(webhookConfig.Address),
+		PushEvents:          gitlab.Bool(true),
+		Token:               gitlab.String(webhookConfig.SecretToken),
+		URL:                 gitlab.String(webhookConfig.Address),
+		MergeRequestsEvents: gitlab.Bool(true),
 	}
 	_, _, err = c.Projects.AddProjectHook(c.GetRepoPath(), p)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/staging/dtm-repo-scaffolding-java-springboot/.gitignore b/staging/dtm-repo-scaffolding-java-springboot/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..524f0963b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/dtm-repo-scaffolding-java-springboot/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Compiled class file
+*.class
+
+# Log file
+*.log
+
+# BlueJ files
+*.ctxt
+
+# Mobile Tools for Java (J2ME)
+.mtj.tmp/
+
+# Package Files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.nar
+*.ear
+*.zip
+*.tar.gz
+*.rar
+
+# virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
+hs_err_pid*
+replay_pid*
diff --git a/staging/dtm-repo-scaffolding-java-springboot/README.md.tpl b/staging/dtm-repo-scaffolding-java-springboot/README.md.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9430bcc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/dtm-repo-scaffolding-java-springboot/README.md.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# [[.AppName]]
+
+This is a repo for app [[.AppName]]; bootstrapped by DevStream.
+
+By default, the automatically generated scaffolding contains:
+
+- a piece of sample java web app code using the [SpringBoot](https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot/)
+- Dockerfile
+- .gitignore