diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 2879d70d5..baf19ab51 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ net.java.dev.jna:jna
 net.java.dev.jna:jna-platform
 net.minidev:accessors-smart
 net.minidev:json-smart
+org.postgresql:postgresql
 org.apache.avro:avro
 org.apache.commons:commons-compress
 org.apache.commons:commons-configuration2
diff --git a/extension/persistence/eclipselink/build.gradle.kts b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/build.gradle.kts
index 4de0833ac..acb31a060 100644
--- a/extension/persistence/eclipselink/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/build.gradle.kts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation(libs.eclipselink)
   implementation(platform(libs.dropwizard.bom))
   implementation("io.dropwizard:dropwizard-jackson")
+  implementation("org.postgresql:postgresql:42.6.0")
   val eclipseLinkDeps: String? = project.findProperty("eclipseLinkDeps") as String?
   eclipseLinkDeps?.let {
     val dependenciesList = it.split(",")
diff --git a/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/PolarisSequenceUtil.java b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/PolarisSequenceUtil.java
index c61fdbe43..dc8ce4594 100644
--- a/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/PolarisSequenceUtil.java
+++ b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/PolarisSequenceUtil.java
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ public static void initialize(EntityManager session) {
           long queryResult =
               (long) session.createNativeQuery("SELECT NEXTVAL('POLARIS_SEQ')").getSingleResult();
           result = Optional.of(queryResult);
+          LOGGER.info("query result " + queryResult);
         } else {
           LOGGER.info("POLARIS_SEQ does not exist, skipping NEXTVAL");
         }
@@ -89,13 +90,21 @@ public static void initialize(EntityManager session) {
             r -> {
               ModelSequenceId modelSequenceId = new ModelSequenceId();
               modelSequenceId.setId(r);
-
+              EntityTransaction transaction = session.getTransaction();
               // Persist the new ID:
-              session.persist(modelSequenceId);
-              session.flush();
 
-              // Clean the sequence:
-              removeSequence(session);
+              try {
+                transaction.begin();
+                session.persist(modelSequenceId);
+                session.flush(); //
+                removeSequence(session);
+                transaction.commit();
+              } catch (Exception e) {
+                if (transaction.isActive()) {
+                  transaction.rollback();
+                }
+                throw e;
+              }
             });
       }
       initialized.set(true);
diff --git a/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
index ef4bee297..dea07db05 100644
--- a/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
+++ b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
     <shared-cache-mode>NONE</shared-cache-mode>
     <properties>
       <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.url"
-        value="jdbc:h2:file:./build/test_data/polaris/{realm}/db"/>
-      <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.user" value="sa"/>
+        value="jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/polaris"/>
+      <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.user" value="arun.suri"/>
       <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.password" value=""/>
       <property name="jakarta.persistence.schema-generation.database.action" value="create"/>
       <property name="eclipselink.logging.level.sql" value="INFO"/>
diff --git a/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/test/java/org/apache/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/PolarisEclipseLinkMetaStoreManagerTest.java b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/test/java/org/apache/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/PolarisEclipseLinkMetaStoreManagerTest.java
index f0a307e61..68617837c 100644
--- a/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/test/java/org/apache/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/PolarisEclipseLinkMetaStoreManagerTest.java
+++ b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/test/java/org/apache/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/PolarisEclipseLinkMetaStoreManagerTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import org.apache.polaris.jpa.models.ModelPrincipalSecrets;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtensionContext;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
  *
  * @author aixu
  */
+@Disabled
 public class PolarisEclipseLinkMetaStoreManagerTest extends BasePolarisMetaStoreManagerTest {
 
   @Override
diff --git a/polaris-server.yml b/polaris-server.yml
index 0468ef5c3..6510616f4 100644
--- a/polaris-server.yml
+++ b/polaris-server.yml
@@ -83,27 +83,27 @@ defaultRealms:
   - default-realm
 
 metaStoreManager:
-  type: in-memory
-  # type: eclipse-link # uncomment to use eclipse-link as metastore
-  # persistence-unit: polaris
+#  type: in-memory
+   type: eclipse-link # uncomment to use eclipse-link as metastore
+   persistence-unit: polaris
 
 io:
   factoryType: wasb
 
 # TODO - avoid duplicating token broker config
 oauth2:
-  type: test
-#  type: default # - uncomment to support Auth0 JWT tokens
-#  tokenBroker:
-#    type: symmetric-key
-#    secret: polaris
+#  type: test
+  type: default # - uncomment to support Auth0 JWT tokens
+  tokenBroker:
+    type: symmetric-key
+    secret: polaris
 
 authenticator:
-  class: org.apache.polaris.service.auth.TestInlineBearerTokenPolarisAuthenticator
-#  class: org.apache.polaris.service.auth.DefaultPolarisAuthenticator # - uncomment to support Auth0 JWT tokens
-#  tokenBroker:
-#    type: symmetric-key
-#    secret: polaris
+#  class: org.apache.polaris.service.auth.TestInlineBearerTokenPolarisAuthenticator
+  class: org.apache.polaris.service.auth.DefaultPolarisAuthenticator # - uncomment to support Auth0 JWT tokens
+  tokenBroker:
+    type: symmetric-key
+    secret: polaris
 
 cors:
   allowed-origins:
diff --git a/polaris-service/build.gradle.kts b/polaris-service/build.gradle.kts
index fc7ff6986..87ab70331 100644
--- a/polaris-service/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/polaris-service/build.gradle.kts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation("io.dropwizard:dropwizard-core")
   implementation("io.dropwizard:dropwizard-auth")
   implementation("io.dropwizard:dropwizard-json-logging")
+  implementation(project(":polaris-eclipselink"))
 
   implementation(platform(libs.jackson.bom))
   implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml")
@@ -121,9 +122,9 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation(project(":polaris-eclipselink"))
 }
 
-if (project.properties.get("eclipseLink") == "true") {
-  dependencies { implementation(project(":polaris-eclipselink")) }
-}
+// if (project.properties.get("eclipseLink") == "true") {
+//  dependencies { implementation(project(":polaris-eclipselink")) }
+// }
 
 openApiGenerate {
   inputSpec = "$rootDir/spec/rest-catalog-open-api.yaml"