diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/proxy/fetching/RemoteFetcherUtils.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/proxy/fetching/RemoteFetcherUtils.java
index ca2781f81..6d2d2a281 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/proxy/fetching/RemoteFetcherUtils.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/proxy/fetching/RemoteFetcherUtils.java
@@ -82,8 +82,11 @@ public class RemoteFetcherUtils {
             if (jarr.get(0) instanceof String) {
                 return jarr.get(0).toString();
             } else {
-                return  ((Map<String, String>)jarr.get(0)).get("content");
-
+                for (Object o : jarr) {
+                    if ((o instanceof Map) && ((Map) o).containsKey("content")) {
+                        return ((Map<String, String>) o).get("content");
+                    }
+                }
             }
         } else if (value instanceof Map) {
             return ((Map<String, String>)value).get("content");
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/documents/word/WordBuilder.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/documents/word/WordBuilder.java
index ea2b49924..6a341fed4 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/documents/word/WordBuilder.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/documents/word/WordBuilder.java
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ public class WordBuilder {
                         if (field.getValue() != null && !field.getValue().toString().isEmpty()) {
                             this.indent = indent;
                             String format = this.formatter(field);
-                            if(format != null){
+                            if(format != null && !format.isEmpty()){
                                 if(format.charAt(0) == '['){
                                     format = format.substring(1, format.length() - 1).replaceAll(",", ", ");
                                 }
@@ -310,6 +310,9 @@ public class WordBuilder {
 
     private String formatter(Field field) throws IOException {
         String comboboxType = null;
+        if (field.getValue() == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
         switch (field.getViewStyle().getRenderStyle()) {
             case "researchers":
             case "projects":
@@ -388,12 +391,15 @@ public class WordBuilder {
             case "datepicker":
             case "datePicker":{
                 Instant instant;
-                try {
-                    instant = Instant.parse((String) field.getValue());
-                } catch (DateTimeParseException ex) {
-                    instant = Instant.from(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd").withZone(ZoneId.systemDefault()).parse((String)field.getValue()));
+                if (!((String)field.getValue()).isEmpty()) {
+                    try {
+                        instant = Instant.parse((String) field.getValue());
+                    } catch (DateTimeParseException ex) {
+                        instant = Instant.from(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd").withZone(ZoneId.systemDefault()).parse((String) field.getValue()));
+                    }
+                    return field.getValue() != null ? DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd").withZone(ZoneId.systemDefault()).format(instant) : "";
                 }
-                return field.getValue() != null ? DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd").withZone(ZoneId.systemDefault()).format(instant) : "";
+                return (String) field.getValue();
             }
             case "freetext":
             case "textarea":