diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dced969..1aa6d88 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
             <name>JavaFXSmartGraph</name>
             <url>file://${pom.basedir}/libs/JavaFXSmartGraph</url>
         </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>PlantUML</id>
-            <name>PlantUML</name>
-            <url>file://${pom.basedir}/libs/PlantUML</url>
-        </repository>
         <repository>
             <id>ithaka</id>
             <url>http://beckchr.github.io/ithaka-maven/mvnrepo/</url>
@@ -104,9 +99,9 @@
             <version>0.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>PlantUML</groupId>
-            <artifactId>PlantUML</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2023.7</version>
+            <groupId>net.sourceforge.plantuml</groupId>
+            <artifactId>plantuml</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2023.9</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.javaparser</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/model/diagram/javafx/JavaFXClassVisualization.java b/src/main/java/model/diagram/javafx/JavaFXClassVisualization.java
index d8ba544..aadb1c4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/model/diagram/javafx/JavaFXClassVisualization.java
+++ b/src/main/java/model/diagram/javafx/JavaFXClassVisualization.java
@@ -6,18 +6,28 @@
 import com.brunomnsilva.smartgraph.graph.Vertex;
 import com.brunomnsilva.smartgraph.graphview.SmartCircularSortedPlacementStrategy;
 import com.brunomnsilva.smartgraph.graphview.SmartGraphPanel;
+import com.brunomnsilva.smartgraph.graphview.SmartGraphProperties;
 import model.diagram.ClassDiagram;
 import model.graph.Arc;
 import model.graph.ArcType;
 import model.graph.ClassifierVertex;
 import model.graph.VertexType;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 public class JavaFXClassVisualization implements JavaFXVisualization
 {
 
+    public static final String DEFAULT_PROPERTIES_PATH = "styles/smartgraph.properties";
+    public static final String DEFAULT_STYLE_PATH      = "styles/smartgraph.css";
+
     private final  ClassDiagram                    classDiagram;
     private        SmartGraphPanel<String, String> graphView;
     private        Collection<Vertex<String>>      vertexCollection;
@@ -34,16 +44,28 @@ public SmartGraphPanel<String, String> createGraphView()
     {
         Graph<String, String> graph = createGraph();
         vertexCollection            = graph.vertices();
-        graphView                   = new SmartGraphPanel<>(graph, new SmartCircularSortedPlacementStrategy());
+        graphView                   = createGraphView(graph);
         setSinkVertexCustomStyle();
         return graphView;
     }
 
 
-    @Override
-    public Collection<Vertex<String>> getVertexCollection()
+    private static SmartGraphPanel<String, String> createGraphView(Graph<String, String> graph)
     {
-        return vertexCollection;
+        try (InputStream resource = JavaFXClassVisualization.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(DEFAULT_PROPERTIES_PATH))
+        {
+            SmartGraphProperties properties = new SmartGraphProperties(resource);
+
+            URL url = JavaFXClassVisualization.class.getClassLoader().getResource(DEFAULT_STYLE_PATH);
+            URI cssFile = Objects.requireNonNull(url).toURI();
+
+            return new SmartGraphPanel<>(graph, properties, new SmartCircularSortedPlacementStrategy(), cssFile);
+        }
+        catch (IOException | URISyntaxException ignored)
+        {
+            // Fallback to default paths.
+            return new SmartGraphPanel<>(graph, new SmartCircularSortedPlacementStrategy());
+        }
     }
 
 
@@ -55,10 +77,10 @@ private Graph<String, String> createGraph()
             directedGraph.insertVertex(classifierVertex.getName());
         }
         insertSinkVertexArcs(directedGraph);
+
         return directedGraph;
     }
 
-
     private void insertSinkVertexArcs(Digraph<String, String> directedGraph)
     {
         for (Set<Arc<ClassifierVertex>> arcs : classDiagram.getDiagram().values())
@@ -86,18 +108,22 @@ private void setSinkVertexCustomStyle()
     {
         for (ClassifierVertex classifierVertex : classDiagram.getDiagram().keySet())
         {
-            if (classifierVertex.getVertexType().equals(VertexType.INTERFACE))
-            {
-                graphView.getStylableVertex(classifierVertex.getName()).setStyleClass("vertexInterface");
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                graphView.getStylableVertex(classifierVertex.getName()).setStyleClass("vertexPackage");
-            }
+            String styleClass = classifierVertex.getVertexType().equals(VertexType.INTERFACE) ?
+                "vertexInterface" :
+                "vertexPackage";
+
+            graphView.getStylableVertex(classifierVertex.getName()).setStyleClass(styleClass);
         }
     }
 
 
+    @Override
+    public Collection<Vertex<String>> getVertexCollection()
+    {
+        return vertexCollection;
+    }
+
+
     @Override
     public SmartGraphPanel<String, String> getLoadedGraph()
     {