diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DataManagementPlanManager.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DataManagementPlanManager.java
index d76ad4cd1..b27b1cbb0 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DataManagementPlanManager.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DataManagementPlanManager.java
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ public class DataManagementPlanManager {
         });
         String fileName = dmpEntity.getLabel();
         fileName = fileName.replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z0-9+ ]", "");
-        File exportFile = new File(environment.getProperty("configuration.exportUrl") + fileName + ".docx");
+        File exportFile = new File(fileName + ".docx");
         FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(exportFile);
         document.write(out);
         out.close();
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DatasetManager.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DatasetManager.java
index 69fe8f399..cb7653663 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DatasetManager.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DatasetManager.java
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public class DatasetManager {
         visibilityRuleService.buildVisibilityContext(pagedDatasetProfile.getRules());
         wordBuilder.build(document, pagedDatasetProfile, visibilityRuleService);
         String label = datasetEntity.getLabel().replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z0-9+ ]", "");
-        File exportFile = new File(environment.getProperty("configuration.exportUrl") + label + ".docx");
+        File exportFile = new File(label + ".docx");
         FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(exportFile);
         document.write(out);
         out.close();
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ public class DatasetManager {
         byte[] queueResult = new RestTemplate().postForObject(environment.getProperty("pdf.converter.url") + "convert/office"
                 , requestEntity, byte[].class);
 
-        File resultPdf = new File(environment.getProperty("configuration.exportUrl") + label + ".pdf");
+        File resultPdf = new File(label + ".pdf");
         FileOutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(resultPdf);
         IOUtils.write(queueResult, output);
         output.close();
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DocumentManager.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DocumentManager.java
index 600064253..db7fcf3a9 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DocumentManager.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DocumentManager.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class DocumentManager {
         visibilityRuleService.setProperties(properties);
         visibilityRuleService.buildVisibilityContext(pagedDatasetProfile.getRules());
         wordBuilder.build(document, pagedDatasetProfile, visibilityRuleService);
-        File exportFile = new File(environment.getProperty("configuration.exportUrl") + dataset.getLabel() + ".docx");
+        File exportFile = new File(dataset.getLabel() + ".docx");
         FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(exportFile);
         document.write(out);
         out.close();
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/application-devel.properties b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/application-devel.properties
index 03641f5cd..5faa11279 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/application-devel.properties
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/application-devel.properties
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ pdf.converter.url=http://localhost:88/
 configuration.externalUrls=/tmp/ExternalUrls.xml
 configuration.dynamicProjectUrl=/tmp/ProjectConfiguration.xml
 configuration.h2020template=C:\\Users\\gkolokythas\\Documents\\openDmp\\dmp-backend\\web\\src\\main\\resources\\documents\\h2020.docx
-configuration.exportUrl=C:\\Users\\gkolokythas\\Documents\\openDmp\\dmp-backend\\web\\src\\main\\exportFiles\\
 
 #############TWITTER LOGIN CONFIGURATIONS#########
 twitter.login.redirect_uri=http://127.0.0.1:4200/login/twitter