diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfig.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfig.java
index 28728cd22..51221e96f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfig.java
@@ -1956,6 +1956,16 @@ public class ServerConfig {
     this.durationWithNanos = durationWithNanos;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Set to true to run DB migrations on server start.
+   * <p>
+   * This is the same as serverConfig.getMigrationConfig().setRunMigration(). We have added this method here
+   * as it is often the only thing we need to configure for migrations.
+   */
+  public void setRunMigration(boolean runMigration){
+    migrationConfig.setRunMigration(runMigration);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Set to true to generate the "create all" DDL on startup.
    * <p>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/properties/PropertiesLoader.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/properties/PropertiesLoader.java
index 560d255e5..3df479919 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/properties/PropertiesLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/properties/PropertiesLoader.java
@@ -56,17 +56,6 @@ public class PropertiesLoader {
     return properties;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Set (override) a configuration property.
-   *
-   * This is expected to be only called by test configuration logic
-   * (ala automatic test configuration via ebean-test-config).
-   */
-  public static synchronized void setProperty(String key, String value) {
-    load();
-    properties.setProperty(key, value);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Return a copy of the properties with 'eval' run on all the values.
    * This resolves expressions like ${HOME} etc.
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultContainer.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultContainer.java
index 7f4d94422..e1e923dea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultContainer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultContainer.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class DefaultContainer implements SpiContainer {
 
     ServerConfig config = new ServerConfig();
     config.setName(name);
-    config.loadFromProperties(PropertiesLoader.load());
+    config.loadFromProperties();
 
     return createServer(config);
   }