diff --git a/dmp-backend/src/main/java/rest/entities/Projects.java b/dmp-backend/src/main/java/rest/entities/Projects.java
index 4405fafa7..2679270ba 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/src/main/java/rest/entities/Projects.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/src/main/java/rest/entities/Projects.java
@@ -263,19 +263,19 @@ public class Projects  {
 			
 			Project newproj = projectDao.create(project);
 			
-			DMP newdmp = new DMP();
-			newdmp.setId(null);
-			newdmp.setLabel("Auto-Generated");
-			newdmp.setCreated(new Date());
-			newdmp.setVersion(1);
-			newdmp.setStatus(new Short("0"));
-			newdmp.setProject(newproj);
-			
-			Set<UserInfo> users = new HashSet<UserInfo>();
-			users.add(userInfo);
-			newdmp.setUsers(users);
-			
-			newdmp = dMPDao.create(newdmp); 			
+//			DMP newdmp = new DMP();
+//			newdmp.setId(null);
+//			newdmp.setLabel("Auto-Generated");
+//			newdmp.setCreated(new Date());
+//			newdmp.setVersion(1);
+//			newdmp.setStatus(new Short("0"));
+//			newdmp.setProject(newproj);
+//			
+//			Set<UserInfo> users = new HashSet<UserInfo>();
+//			users.add(userInfo);
+//			newdmp.setUsers(users);
+//			
+//			newdmp = dMPDao.create(newdmp); 			
 			
 			return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.OK).body(SerializerProvider.toJson(newproj));	
 		}
diff --git a/dmp-backend/src/main/java/rest/entities/Users.java b/dmp-backend/src/main/java/rest/entities/Users.java
index 9b97ee93b..4360c68d8 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/src/main/java/rest/entities/Users.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/src/main/java/rest/entities/Users.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class Users  {
 	
 	
 
-	@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, value = { "/user/whoami" }, produces="application/json")
+	@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, value = { "/user/whoami" }, produces="application/json;charset=UTF-8")
 	public @ResponseBody ResponseEntity<Object> whoami(){
 		
 		
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ public class Users  {
 		
 		UserInfo userInfo = userInfoDao.getUserInfo(userID);
 		
+		System.out.println(userInfo.getName());
 		
 		if(userInfo==null) //this should normally never happer
 			return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body("There's no such a user on the system. You shouldn't be here");
diff --git a/dmp-backend/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/dmp-backend/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 6de4a1563..8cc95c48c 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/dmp-backend/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -65,16 +65,16 @@
   </listener>
   
 
-  <context-param>
-    <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
-    <param-value>/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml,/WEB-INF/spring-security.xml</param-value>
-<!-- 	<param-value>/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml</param-value> -->
-  </context-param>
-  <session-config>
-    <session-timeout>30</session-timeout>
-  </session-config>
+    <!-- THIS FILTER IS FOR SPRING SECURITY -->
+	 <context-param>
+	    <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
+	    <param-value>/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml,/WEB-INF/spring-security.xml</param-value>
+	<!-- 	<param-value>/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml</param-value> -->
+	 </context-param>
+	 <session-config>
+	   <session-timeout>30</session-timeout>
+	 </session-config>
   
-  <!-- THIS FILTER IS FOR SPRING SECURITY -->
 	<filter>
 	   <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
 	   <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy</filter-class>
@@ -85,6 +85,23 @@
 	</filter-mapping>
   
   
+  <!-- THIS FILTER IS FOR SUPPORTING UNICODE CHARACTERS -->
+  <filter>  
+    <filter-name>encodingFilter</filter-name>  
+    <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter</filter-class>  
+    <init-param>  
+       <param-name>encoding</param-name>  
+       <param-value>UTF-8</param-value>  
+    </init-param>  
+    <init-param>  
+       <param-name>forceEncoding</param-name>  
+       <param-value>true</param-value>  
+    </init-param>  
+</filter>  
+<filter-mapping>  
+    <filter-name>encodingFilter</filter-name>  
+    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>  
+</filter-mapping> 
 
   
 </web-app>
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