diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DatasetProfileManager.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DatasetProfileManager.java
index e38ed2333..34505d0fa 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DatasetProfileManager.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DatasetProfileManager.java
@@ -199,7 +199,10 @@ public class DatasetProfileManager {
     public eu.eudat.logic.utilities.documents.xml.datasetProfileXml.datasetProfileModel.DatasetProfile createDatasetProfileFromXml(MultipartFile multiPartFile) {
         ImportXmlBuilderDatasetProfile xmlBuilder = new ImportXmlBuilderDatasetProfile();
         try {
-            return xmlBuilder.build(convert(multiPartFile));
+            File localFile = convert(multiPartFile);
+            eu.eudat.logic.utilities.documents.xml.datasetProfileXml.datasetProfileModel.DatasetProfile profile = xmlBuilder.build(localFile);
+            Files.deleteIfExists(localFile.toPath());
+            return profile;
         } catch (IOException e) {
             logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
         }
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/documents/xml/datasetProfileXml/ExportXmlBuilderDatasetProfile.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/documents/xml/datasetProfileXml/ExportXmlBuilderDatasetProfile.java
index 45d53242b..c86294e74 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/documents/xml/datasetProfileXml/ExportXmlBuilderDatasetProfile.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/documents/xml/datasetProfileXml/ExportXmlBuilderDatasetProfile.java
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ public class ExportXmlBuilderDatasetProfile {
                         WordListData wordListDataObject = (WordListData) field.getData();
                         dataOut.setAttribute("label", wordListDataObject.getLabel());
                         dataOut.setAttribute("type", wordListDataObject.getType());
+                        dataOut.setAttribute("multiList", wordListDataObject.getMultiList().toString());
                         Element options = element.createElement("options");
                         wordListDataObject.getOptions().forEach(optionChildFor -> {
                             Element optionChild = element.createElement("option");
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/components/commons/datafield/WordListData.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/components/commons/datafield/WordListData.java
index 1a2bc455f..51cd7f840 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/components/commons/datafield/WordListData.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/components/commons/datafield/WordListData.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class WordListData extends ComboBoxData<WordListData> {
     @Override
     public Element toXml(Document doc) {
         Element root = super.toXml(doc);
-        root.setAttribute("multiList", this.multiList.toString());
+        root.setAttribute("multiList", this.multiList != null ? this.multiList.toString() : "false");
         Element element = doc.createElement("options");
         if (this.options != null) {
             for (Option option : this.options) {
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ public class WordListData extends ComboBoxData<WordListData> {
                     this.options.add(newOption);
                 }
             }
-            this.multiList = (Boolean) ((Map<String, Object>) data).get("multiList");
+            Object multiList1 = ((Map<String, Object>) data).get("multiList");
+            this.multiList = multiList1 instanceof String ? Boolean.parseBoolean((String) multiList1) : (Boolean) multiList1;
         }
         return this;
     }
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ public class WordListData extends ComboBoxData<WordListData> {
     @Override
     public Map<String, Object> toMap(Element item) {
         HashMap dataMap = new HashMap();
+        dataMap.put("multiList", item != null ? item.getAttribute("multiList") : "false");
         dataMap.put("label", item != null ? item.getAttribute("label") : "");
         dataMap.put("type", item != null ? item.getAttribute("type") : "wordlist");
         Element optionsElement = (Element) item.getElementsByTagName("options").item(0);