diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b23deb7..64b0641 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <groupId>eu.dnetlib</groupId>
     <artifactId>uoa-repository-manager-service</artifactId>
     <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <packaging>war</packaging>
 
 
     <build>
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
             <version>9.1-901.jdbc3</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
+        <!--<dependency>
             <groupId>org.mitre</groupId>
             <artifactId>openid-connect-client</artifactId>
             <version>1.3.0</version>
@@ -240,9 +240,9 @@
                     <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
+        </dependency>-->
 
-        <dependency>
+        <!--<dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.session</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-session-data-redis</artifactId>
             <version>1.3.1.RELEASE</version>
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
             <groupId>biz.paluch.redis</groupId>
             <artifactId>lettuce</artifactId>
             <version>3.5.0.Final</version>
-        </dependency>
+        </dependency>-->
 
 
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/UserApi.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/UserApi.java
index 8703514..37e3ac5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/UserApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/UserApi.java
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/*
 package eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.service.controllers;
 
 import io.swagger.annotations.Api;
@@ -19,3 +20,4 @@ public interface UserApi {
 
 
 }
+*/
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/UserApiImpl.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/UserApiImpl.java
index 32def27..f766512 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/UserApiImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/UserApiImpl.java
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/*
 package eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.service.controllers;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
@@ -23,3 +24,4 @@ public class UserApiImpl implements UserApi {
         resp.setHeader("Location", oidc_issuer);
     }
 }
+*/
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/utils/Config.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/utils/Config.java
index 580db00..e5e2c39 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/utils/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/utils/Config.java
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/*
 package eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.service.utils;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
@@ -52,3 +53,4 @@ public class Config {
     }
 
 }
+*/
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/utils/FrontEndLinkURIAuthenticationSuccessHandler.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/utils/FrontEndLinkURIAuthenticationSuccessHandler.java
index 4f9b64e..c5de3be 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/utils/FrontEndLinkURIAuthenticationSuccessHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/utils/FrontEndLinkURIAuthenticationSuccessHandler.java
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/*
 package eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.service.utils;
 
 import org.mitre.openid.connect.model.OIDCAuthenticationToken;
@@ -34,3 +35,4 @@ public class FrontEndLinkURIAuthenticationSuccessHandler implements Authenticati
     }
 }
 
+*/
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-context.xml b/src/main/resources/application-context.xml
index 5f0b431..6cc37b1 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application-context.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-context.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,30 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
-		    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd">
+               xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
+               xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+               xmlns:task="http://www.springframework.org/schema/task" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
+               xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+               http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
+        	http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
+        	http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd
+        	http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx
+        	http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd">
 
-    <import resource="classpath*:/eu/**/aai-security.xml"/>
+    <!--<import resource="classpath:META-INF/cxf/cxf.xml"/>
+    <import resource="classpath:META-INF/cxf/cxf-extension-jaxws.xml"/>
+    <import resource="classpath:META-INF/cxf/cxf-servlet.xml"/>
+    <import resource="classpath*:/cxf.xml"/>
+    <import resource="classpath*:/eu/dnetlib/repos/ehcacher/springContext-repos-ehcacher.xml"/>
+    <import resource="classpath*:/eu/dnetlib/soap/cxf/applicationContext-eprbuilders.xml"/>
+    <import resource="classpath*:/eu/dnetlib/clients/ws/springContext-locatorFactory.xml"/>
+    <import resource="classpath*:/eu/dnetlib/users/springContext-users-ldap.xml"/>
+    <import resource="classpath*:/gr/uoa/di/driver/util/springContext-locators.xml"/>
+    <import resource="classpath*:/gr/uoa/di/driver/app/springContext-lookupFactory.xml"/>
+    <import resource="classpath*:/gr/uoa/di/driver/app/springContext-lookupClients.xml"/>
+    <import resource="classpath*:/eu/dnetlib/enabling/hcm/springContext-hcmService.xml"/>
+    <import resource="classpath*:/gr/uoa/di/driver/app/springContext-commons.xml"/>
+    <import resource="classpath*:/gr/uoa/di/driver/app/springContext-registrator.xml"/>
+    <import resource="classpath*:/eu/dnetlib/repos/springContext-repos-dms-cached.xml"/>-->
 
     <context:property-placeholder location="classpath*:/eu/**/application.properties" />
     <tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="txManager"/>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/aai-security.xml b/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/aai-security.xml
index e2ebd5c..a444c48 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/aai-security.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/aai-security.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<!--
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
@@ -45,11 +46,11 @@
     </bean>
 
     <util:set id="namedAdmins" value-type="org.mitre.openid.connect.client.SubjectIssuerGrantedAuthority">
-    <!--
+    &lt;!&ndash;
         This is an example of how quantity set up a user as an administrator: they'll be given ROLE_ADMIN in addition quantity ROLE_USER.
         Note that having an administrator role on the IdP doesn't grant administrator access on this client.
         These are values from the demo "openid-connect-server-webapp" project of MITREid Connect.
-    -->
+    &ndash;&gt;
     <bean class="org.mitre.openid.connect.client.SubjectIssuerGrantedAuthority">
         <constructor-arg name="subject" value="90342.ASDFJWFA" />
         <constructor-arg name="issuer" value="${oidc.issuer}" />
@@ -59,11 +60,11 @@
     <bean class="eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.service.utils.FrontEndLinkURIAuthenticationSuccessHandler" id="frontEndRedirect">
     <property name="frontEndURI" value="${webapp.front}"/>
     </bean>
-            <!--
+            &lt;!&ndash;
               -
               - The authentication filter
               -
-              -->
+              &ndash;&gt;
     <bean id="openIdConnectAuthenticationFilter" class="org.mitre.openid.connect.client.OIDCAuthenticationFilter">
     <property name="authenticationManager" ref="authenticationManager" />
 
@@ -78,28 +79,28 @@
 
 
 
-            <!--
+            &lt;!&ndash;
               -
               -	Issuer Services: Determine which identity provider issuer is used.
               -
-              -->
+              &ndash;&gt;
 
 
-            <!--
+            &lt;!&ndash;
                 Static issuer service, returns the same issuer for every request.
-            -->
+            &ndash;&gt;
     <bean class="org.mitre.openid.connect.client.service.impl.StaticSingleIssuerService" id="staticIssuerService">
     <property name="issuer" value="${oidc.issuer}" />
     </bean>
 
     <bean class="org.mitre.openid.connect.client.service.impl.HybridIssuerService" id="hybridIssuerService">
     <property name="loginPageUrl" value="login" />
-    <property name="forceHttps" value="false" /> <!-- this default property forces the webfinger issuer URL quantity be HTTPS, turn off for development work -->
+    <property name="forceHttps" value="false" /> &lt;!&ndash; this default property forces the webfinger issuer URL quantity be HTTPS, turn off for development work &ndash;&gt;
     </bean>
 
-            <!--
+            &lt;!&ndash;
                 Dynamic server configuration, fetches the server's information using OIDC Discovery.
-            -->
+            &ndash;&gt;
     <bean class="org.mitre.openid.connect.client.service.impl.StaticServerConfigurationService" id="staticServerConfigurationService">
     <property name="servers">
         <map>
@@ -118,9 +119,9 @@
     </bean>
 
 
-            <!--
+            &lt;!&ndash;
                Static Client Configuration. Configures a client statically by storing configuration on a per-issuer basis.
-           -->
+           &ndash;&gt;
 
     <bean class="org.mitre.openid.connect.client.service.impl.StaticClientConfigurationService" id="staticClientConfigurationService">
     <property name="clients">
@@ -147,32 +148,32 @@
     </bean>
 
 
-            <!--
+            &lt;!&ndash;
               -
               -	Auth request options service: returns the optional components of the request
               -
-              -->
+              &ndash;&gt;
     <bean class="org.mitre.openid.connect.client.service.impl.StaticAuthRequestOptionsService" id="staticAuthRequestOptionsService">
     <property name="options">
         <map>
-            <!-- Entries in this map are sent as key-value parameters quantity the auth request -->
-            <!--
+            &lt;!&ndash; Entries in this map are sent as key-value parameters quantity the auth request &ndash;&gt;
+            &lt;!&ndash;
             <entry key="display" value="page" />
             <entry key="max_age" value="30" />
             <entry key="prompt" value="none" />
-            -->
+            &ndash;&gt;
         </map>
     </property>
     </bean>
 
-            <!--
+            &lt;!&ndash;
               -
               - Authorization URL Builders: create the URL quantity redirect the user quantity for authorization.
               -
-              -->
+              &ndash;&gt;
 
-            <!--
+            &lt;!&ndash;
                 Plain authorization request builder, puts all options as query parameters on the GET request
-            -->
+            &ndash;&gt;
     <bean class="org.mitre.openid.connect.client.service.impl.PlainAuthRequestUrlBuilder" id="plainAuthRequestUrlBuilder" />
-</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
+</beans>-->
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml
index a7cd216..2f77e0f 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 
     <!-- <import resource="classpath:META-INF/cxf/cxf-extension-soap.xml"/>-->
 
-    <!--<import resource="classpath:META-INF/cxf/cxf.xml"/>
+    <import resource="classpath:META-INF/cxf/cxf.xml"/>
+
     <import resource="classpath:META-INF/cxf/cxf-extension-jaxws.xml"/>
     <import resource="classpath:META-INF/cxf/cxf-servlet.xml"/>
     <import resource="classpath*:/cxf.xml"/>
@@ -28,9 +29,8 @@
     <import resource="classpath*:/eu/dnetlib/enabling/hcm/springContext-hcmService.xml"/>
     <import resource="classpath*:/gr/uoa/di/driver/app/springContext-commons.xml"/>
     <import resource="classpath*:/gr/uoa/di/driver/app/springContext-registrator.xml"/>
-    <import resource="classpath*:/eu/dnetlib/repos/springContext-repos-dms-cached.xml"/>-->
-
 
+    <import resource="classpath*:/eu/dnetlib/repos/springContext-repos-dms-cached.xml"/>
     <context:property-placeholder location="classpath*:/eu/**/application.properties" />
 
     <bean class="eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.service.config.CascadingPropertyLoader" id="propertyLoader">
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 1db6c6c..fb104ea 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@ http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee "
         <param-name>log4jExposeWebAppRoot</param-name>
         <param-value>false</param-value>
     </context-param>
-    <filter>
-        <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
-        <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy</filter-class>
-    </filter>
-    <filter-mapping>
-        <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
-        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
-    </filter-mapping>
     <listener>
         <listener-class>org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener</listener-class>
     </listener>
@@ -41,37 +33,17 @@ http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee "
     </context-param>
 
 
-    <filter>
-        <filter-name>CorsFilter</filter-name>
-        <filter-class>org.apache.catalina.filters.CorsFilter</filter-class>
-        <init-param>
-            <param-name>cors.allowed.origins</param-name>
-            <param-value>*</param-value>
-        </init-param>
-        <init-param>
-            <param-name>cors.allowed.headers</param-name>
-            <param-value>Content-Type,X-Requested-With,accept,authorization,Origin,Access-Control-Request-Method,Access-Control-Request-Headers</param-value>
-        </init-param>
-        <init-param>
-            <param-name>cors.allowed.methods</param-name>
-            <param-value>GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS, HEAD</param-value>
-        </init-param>
-    </filter>
+    <servlet>
+        <servlet-name>spring</servlet-name>
+        <servlet-class>
+            org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet
+        </servlet-class>
+        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
+    </servlet>
 
-    <filter-mapping>
-        <filter-name>CorsFilter</filter-name>
-        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
-    </filter-mapping>
-
-    <filter>
-        <filter-name>springSessionRepositoryFilter</filter-name>
-        <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy</filter-class>
-    </filter>
-    <filter-mapping>
-        <filter-name>springSessionRepositoryFilter</filter-name>
-        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
-        <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
-        <dispatcher>ERROR</dispatcher>
-    </filter-mapping>
+    <servlet-mapping>
+        <servlet-name>spring</servlet-name>
+        <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
+    </servlet-mapping>
 
 </web-app>
\ No newline at end of file