diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0d17aff..183fbe5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ has the following properties:
 | Property     | Required | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                   |
 |:-------------|:--------:|:-------:|:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | name         |   True   |  None   | The name of the custom stream.                                                                                                                                |
-| db_schemas   |  False   |  None   | An array of schema names of the MySQL instance that is being queried. The same query will be run against each schema.                                         |
+| db_schemas   |  False   |   []    | An array of schema names of the MySQL instance that is being queried. The same query will be run against each schema.                                         |
 | sql          |   True   |  None   | The custom sql query to use for this stream. If provided, the string `{db_schema}` will be replaced with the schema name(s) from the `db_schemas` property.}` |
-| primary_keys |  False   |  None   | The primary keys of the custom stream.                                                                                                                        |
+| primary_keys |  False   |   []    | The primary keys of the custom stream.                                                                                                                        |
 
 ### Configure using environment variables
 
diff --git a/meltano.yml b/meltano.yml
index 7effa76..0004a08 100644
--- a/meltano.yml
+++ b/meltano.yml
@@ -25,18 +25,17 @@ plugins:
       kind: array
     config:
       custom_streams:
-      - name: example_table_name
+      - name: example_query_name
         db_schemas:
-          - example1
-          - example2
-        sql: SELECT * FROM {db_schema}.filesondisk LIMIT 5
-      - name: example_table_name2
+          - db_schema1
+          - db_schema2
+        sql: SELECT * FROM {db_schema}.table1 LIMIT 5
+      - name: example_query_name2
         db_schemas:
-          - example1
-        sql: SELECT * FROM example1.filesondisk LIMIT 5
+          - db_schema1
+        sql: SELECT * FROM db_schema1.table1 LIMIT 5
     select:
-      - '*-example_table_name.*'
-      - 'example1-example_table_name2.*'
+      - '*-storage_snapshot.*'
   loaders:
   - name: target-jsonl
     variant: andyh1203
diff --git a/tap_mysql/tap.py b/tap_mysql/tap.py
index 7aa49b3..a0e62eb 100644
--- a/tap_mysql/tap.py
+++ b/tap_mysql/tap.py
@@ -21,20 +21,21 @@ class TapMySQL(SQLTap):
         th.Property(
             "name",
             th.StringType,
-            required=False,
+            required=True,
             description="The name of the custom stream",
         ),
         th.Property(
             "db_schemas",
             th.ArrayType(th.StringType),
             required=False,
+            default=[],
             description="An array of schema names of the MySQL instance that is being "
             "queried. The same query will be run against each schema.",
         ),
         th.Property(
             "sql",
             th.StringType,
-            required=False,
+            required=True,
             description="The custom sql query to use for this stream. If provided, the "
             "string `{db_schema}` will be replaced with the schema name(s) "
             "from the `db_schemas` property.}`",
diff --git a/tests/test_core.py b/tests/test_core.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 498e2e9..0000000
--- a/tests/test_core.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-"""Tests standard tap features using the built-in SDK tests library."""
-
-# import datetime
-#
-# from singer_sdk.testing import get_tap_test_class
-#
-# from tap_mysql.tap import TapMySQL
-#
-#
-# SAMPLE_CONFIG = {
-#     "host": "host_config",
-#     "port": "3306",
-#     "user": "user_config",
-#     "password": "password_config",
-# }
-#
-
-# Run standard built-in tap tests from the SDK:
-# TestTapMySQL = get_tap_test_class(
-#     tap_class=TapMySQL,
-#     config=SAMPLE_CONFIG
-# )
-
-
-# TODO: Create additional tests as appropriate for your tap.
-
-def test_nothing():
-    assert True