diff --git a/dmp-backend/src/main/java/helpers/SerializerProvider.java b/dmp-backend/src/main/java/helpers/SerializerProvider.java
index f1bce00a5..22c25dc90 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/src/main/java/helpers/SerializerProvider.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/src/main/java/helpers/SerializerProvider.java
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 package helpers;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.hibernate5.Hibernate5Module;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.hibernate5.Hibernate5Module.Feature;
@@ -52,5 +57,17 @@ public class SerializerProvider {
 		return "["+StringUtils.join(list.toArray(), ",")+"]";
 	}
 	
+	public static  <T> T fromJson(String jsonObject, Class<T> type) throws Exception {
+		return getJsonSerializer().readValue(jsonObject, type);
+	}
+	
+	public static  <T> T fromJson(String jsonObject, JavaType type) throws Exception {
+		return getJsonSerializer().readValue(jsonObject, type);
+	}
+	
+	public static  <T> T fromJson(String jsonObject, TypeReference type) throws Exception {
+		return getJsonSerializer().readValue(jsonObject, type);
+	}
+	
 	
 }
diff --git a/dmp-backend/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/dmp.properties b/dmp-backend/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/dmp.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 743c06c7a..000000000
--- a/dmp-backend/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/dmp.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-##########################Security##########################################
-#security.portmapping.http = 7081
-#security.portmapping.https = 7444
-##########################/Security########################################
-
-##########################Persistence##########################################
-persistence.jdbc.driver = org.postgresql.Driver
-persistence.jdbc.url = jdbc:postgresql://host:5432/dbname
-persistence.dbusername = valid-user
-persistence.dbpassword = valid-pass
-##########################/Persistence##########################################
-
-###################Allowed Proxy Service Host ############################
-proxy.allowed.host = https://eestore.paas2.uninett.no
-#######################################################
-
-########################Persistence/Hibernate Generic#############################
-persistence.hibernate.show_sql = false
-persistence.hibernate.hbm2dll = validate
-persistence.hibernate.dialect = org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
-#persistence.hibernate.dialect = org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.postgis.PostgisDialect
-########################Persistence/Hibernate Generic#############################
-
-
-########################Persistence/Hibernate/Batch##############################
-persistence.hibernate.jdbc.batch_size = 30
-persistence.hibernate.order_inserts = true
-persistence.hibernate.order_updates = true
-persistence.hibernate.batch_versioned_data = true
-persistence.hibernate.jdbc.batch_versioned_data = DELAYED_ACQUISITION_AND_RELEASE_AFTER_TRANSACTION
-########################Persistence/Hibernate/Batch##############################
-
-
-########################Persistence/Hibernate/Connection pool####################	    	        
-persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.provider_class = org.hibernate.service.jdbc.connections.internal.C3P0ConnectionProvider
-persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.min_size = 5
-persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.max_size = 100
-persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.timeout = 0
-persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.max_statements = 50
-persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.acquire_retry_attempts = 30
-persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.acquire_retry_delay = 1000
-persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.idle_test_period = 3000
-persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.break_after_acquire_failure = false
-persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.idle_connection_test_period = 3600
-persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.test_connection_on_checkin = true
-persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.test_connection_on_checkout = false
-persistence.hibernate.connectionpool.c3p0.preferred_test_query = select 1
-########################Persistence/Hibernate/Connection pool####################
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dmp-backend/src/test/java/TestRest.java b/dmp-backend/src/test/java/TestRest.java
index 823c3ca2d..6c158a42a 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/src/test/java/TestRest.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/src/test/java/TestRest.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
 import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.CollectionType;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.TypeFactory;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException;
 
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@ import dao.entities.UserInfoDao;
 import entities.DatasetProfile;
 import entities.DatasetProfileRuleset;
 import entities.DatasetProfileViewstyle;
+import entities.Project;
 import entities.Service;
 import helpers.SerializerProvider;
 import rest.entities.DMPs;
@@ -156,29 +160,37 @@ public class TestRest {
 	
 	
 	
-//	@Test
-    public void testProject() {
+	@Test
+    public void testUserProject() {
 		
 //		System.out.println(projectsService.listProjects().getBody());
-//		System.out.println(dmpsService.listDMPs().getBody());
+
+//		System.out.println(projectsService.getProjectsOfUser().getBody());
+		
+		CollectionType typeReference = TypeFactory.defaultInstance().constructCollectionType(List.class, Project.class);
+		List<Project> userProjects = null;
+		try {
+			userProjects = SerializerProvider.fromJson(projectsService.getProjectsOfUser().getBody().toString(), typeReference) ;
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			fail("Should not have thrown any exception");
+		}
+		
+		assertNotNull(userProjects);
+		System.out.println(userProjects.size());
+		
+		System.out.println(SerializerProvider.toJson(userProjects));
+		
 		
-		System.out.println(projectsService.getProjectsOfUser().getBody());
 		
         assertEquals("aaa", "aaa");
 
     }
 	
-	@Test
+//	@Test
     public void testDmpUser() {
 		
 		System.out.println(dmpsService.getDmpsOfUser().getBody());
 		
-		
-//		System.out.println(projectsService.listProjects().getBody());
-//		System.out.println(dmpsService.listDMPs().getBody());
-		
-		
-		
         assertEquals("aaa", "aaa");