diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/openaire/usermanagement/utils/CharacterSetFilter.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/openaire/usermanagement/utils/CharacterSetFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76b24cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/openaire/usermanagement/utils/CharacterSetFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package eu.dnetlib.openaire.usermanagement.utils;
+
+import javax.servlet.*;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class CharacterSetFilter implements Filter {
+
+ @Override
+ public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException {
+
+ }
+
+ public void doFilter(
+ ServletRequest request,
+ ServletResponse response,
+ FilterChain next) throws IOException, ServletException {
+ request.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
+ response.setContentType("text/html; charset=UTF-8");
+ response.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
+ next.doFilter(request, response);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void destroy() {
+
+ }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/eu/dnet/openaire/usermanagement/springContext-dnetOpenaireUsersService.properties b/src/main/resources/eu/dnet/openaire/usermanagement/springContext-dnetOpenaireUsersService.properties
index f780352..eb5e129 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/eu/dnet/openaire/usermanagement/springContext-dnetOpenaireUsersService.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/eu/dnet/openaire/usermanagement/springContext-dnetOpenaireUsersService.properties
@@ -1,8 +1,2 @@
google.recaptcha.secret = 6LfYrU8UAAAAADwrbImPvDo_XcxEZvrkkgMy9yU0
-google.recaptcha.key = 6LfYrU8UAAAAAFsl3m2YhP1uavdmAdFEXBkoY_vd
-
-registry.issuer = https://openaire-dev.aai-dev.grnet.gr/registry
-registry.user = user
-registry.password = pass
-registry.version = 1.0
-registry.coid = 2
\ No newline at end of file
+google.recaptcha.key = 6LfYrU8UAAAAAFsl3m2YhP1uavdmAdFEXBkoY_vd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 9f3b024..c6565e1 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,15 @@
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
+
+ CharacterSetFilter
+ eu.dnetlib.openaire.usermanagement.utils.CharacterSetFilter
+
+
+ CharacterSetFilter
+ /*
+
User API
com.sun.jersey.spi.spring.container.servlet.SpringServlet
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/overview.jsp b/src/main/webapp/overview.jsp
index c6ed681..b47c9f2 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/overview.jsp
+++ b/src/main/webapp/overview.jsp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
-