diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/services/utilities/MailServiceImpl.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/services/utilities/MailServiceImpl.java
index 2ef6c4720..0a782c6f2 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/services/utilities/MailServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/services/utilities/MailServiceImpl.java
@@ -11,10 +11,16 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSender;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
+import javax.mail.BodyPart;
 import javax.mail.Message;
 import javax.mail.MessagingException;
+import javax.mail.internet.MimeBodyPart;
 import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
+import javax.mail.internet.MimeMultipart;
 import java.io.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
 
 
 @Service("mailService")
@@ -36,9 +42,34 @@ public class MailServiceImpl implements MailService {
 
     @Override
     public void sendSimpleMail(SimpleMail mail) throws MessagingException {
+        List<String> imageSources = parseImages(mail.getContent());
+        List<String> cids = new ArrayList<>();
+        if (!imageSources.isEmpty()) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < imageSources.size(); i++) {
+                cids.add(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+            }
+            mail.setContent(replaceImageSources(mail.getContent(), cids));
+        }
+        MimeMultipart content = new MimeMultipart("related");
+        BodyPart messageBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
+        messageBodyPart.setContent(mail.getContent(), "text/html; charset=UTF-8");
+        content.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart);
+        if (!imageSources.isEmpty()) {
+            for (int i =0; i < imageSources.size(); i++) {
+                MimeBodyPart imagePart = new MimeBodyPart();
+                try {
+                    imagePart.attachFile(applicationContext.getResource(imageSources.get(i)).getFile());
+                    imagePart.setContentID("<" + cids.get(i) + ">");
+                    imagePart.setDisposition(MimeBodyPart.INLINE);
+                    content.addBodyPart(imagePart);
+                } catch (IOException | MessagingException e) {
+                    logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
         MimeMessage message = this.emailSender.createMimeMessage();
         message.setSubject(mail.getSubject());
-        message.setText(mail.getContent(), "utf-8", "html");
+        message.setContent(content);
         message.addRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, mail.getTo());
         message.setFrom(env.getProperty("mail.from"));
         this.emailSender.send(message);
@@ -66,4 +97,39 @@ public class MailServiceImpl implements MailService {
     public String getMailTemplateSubject() {
         return env.getProperty("mail.subject");
     }
+
+    private List<String> parseImages(String content) {
+        List<String> imagePaths = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        int lastIndex = 0;
+
+        while (lastIndex != -1) {
+            lastIndex = content.indexOf("img src=\"", lastIndex);
+
+            if (lastIndex != -1) {
+                imagePaths.add(content.substring(lastIndex + 9, content.indexOf("\"", lastIndex + 9)));
+                lastIndex ++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return imagePaths;
+    }
+
+    private String replaceImageSources(String content, List<String> cids) {
+
+        int lastIndex = 0;
+        int cidIndex = 0;
+
+        while (lastIndex != -1) {
+            lastIndex = content.indexOf("img src=\"", lastIndex);
+
+            if (lastIndex != -1) {
+                content = content.replace(content.substring(lastIndex + 9, content.indexOf("\"", lastIndex + 9)), "cid:" + cids.get(cidIndex));
+                lastIndex ++;
+                cidIndex ++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return content;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/templates/email/emailConfirmation.html b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/templates/email/emailConfirmation.html
index aca51690c..a83e48013 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/templates/email/emailConfirmation.html
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/templates/email/emailConfirmation.html
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
                             <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
                                 <tr>
                                     <td>
-                                        <img src=".\images\OpenDMP.png" alt="OpenDMP" width="100" height="81">
+                                        <img src="classpath:images\OpenDMP.png" alt="OpenDMP" width="100" height="81">
                                         <h2>Thank you for joining OpenDMP!</h2>
                                         <p>Please confirm that your email address is correct to continue.
                                             <br/>The link will expire in {expiration_time}.</p>