diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/controllers/TagController.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/controllers/TagController.java
index 89ed51b39..6ab11d11b 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/controllers/TagController.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/controllers/TagController.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import eu.eudat.models.data.external.TagExternalSourcesModel;
 import eu.eudat.models.data.helpers.responses.ResponseItem;
 import eu.eudat.types.ApiMessageCode;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
@@ -33,11 +34,13 @@ import java.util.Map;
 public class TagController extends BaseController {
 
     private Repository<Dataset, TagCriteria> datasetRepository;
+    private Environment environment;
 
     @Autowired
-    public TagController(ApiContext apiContext, Repository tagRepository) {
+    public TagController(ApiContext apiContext, Repository tagRepository, Environment environment) {
         super(apiContext);
         this.datasetRepository = tagRepository;
+        this.environment = environment;
     }
 
     @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, value = {"/external/tags"}, produces = "application/json")
@@ -47,9 +50,8 @@ public class TagController extends BaseController {
        /* List<Map<String, String>> remoteRepos = this.getApiContext().getOperationsContext().getRemoteFetcher().getTags(query, type);
         TagExternalSourcesModel researchersExternalSourcesModel = new TagExternalSourcesModel().fromExternalItem(remoteRepos);*/
 
-        String path = "C:\\Users\\gkolokythas\\Documents\\openDmp\\dmp-backend\\web\\src\\main\\resources\\mockupTags.json";
         ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-        List<Map<String, String>> data = mapper.readValue(new File(path), new TypeReference<List<Map<String, String>>>(){});
+        List<Map<String, String>> data = mapper.readValue(new File(this.environment.getProperty("dataset.tags.mock")), new TypeReference<List<Map<String, String>>>(){});
         TagExternalSourcesModel researchersExternalSourcesModel = new TagExternalSourcesModel().fromExternalItem(data);
 
         return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.OK).body(new ResponseItem<TagExternalSourcesModel>().payload(researchersExternalSourcesModel).status(ApiMessageCode.NO_MESSAGE));
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/application-devel.properties b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/application-devel.properties
index c248050ca..4ca417e32 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/application-devel.properties
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/application-devel.properties
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ configuration.dynamicProjectUrl=/tmp/ProjectConfiguration.xml
 configuration.dynamicFunderUrl=/tmp/FunderConfiguration.xml
 configuration.h2020template=C:\\Users\\gkolokythas\\Documents\\openDmp\\dmp-backend\\web\\src\\main\\resources\\documents\\h2020.docx
 
+####################MOCK FILES CONFIGURATIONS##########
+dataset.tags.mock=/tmp/mockupTags.json
+
 #############TWITTER LOGIN CONFIGURATIONS#########
 twitter.login.redirect_uri=http://127.0.0.1:4200/login/twitter