diff --git a/dmp-admin/src/app/login/main-sign-in/main-sign-in.component.ts b/dmp-admin/src/app/login/main-sign-in/main-sign-in.component.ts
index e4f88c1b4..2881383f1 100644
--- a/dmp-admin/src/app/login/main-sign-in/main-sign-in.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-admin/src/app/login/main-sign-in/main-sign-in.component.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export class MainSignInComponent implements OnInit {
 
     this.nativeLogin.login(this.creds.username, this.creds.password).subscribe( 
       response => {
+        
         simple_notifier("success",null,"Successful login");
         
         this.tokenService.setLoggedIn(true);
diff --git a/dmp-admin/src/app/services/rest-base.ts b/dmp-admin/src/app/services/rest-base.ts
index f610ef02e..dc9ff97e0 100644
--- a/dmp-admin/src/app/services/rest-base.ts
+++ b/dmp-admin/src/app/services/rest-base.ts
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@ export class RestBase {
     restpath: string = "rest";
 
 
-    loginPath : string = this.protocol+"://"+this.hostname+":"+this.port+"/"+this.webappname+"/";
+    loginPath : string = this.protocol+"://"+this.hostname+":"+this.port+"/"+this.webappname+"/login/";
     restBasePath: string = this.protocol+"://"+this.hostname+":"+this.port+"/"+this.webappname+"/"+this.restpath+"/";
     
 
     public login(path : string, data : any){
-        return this.http.post<any>(this.loginPath + path, JSON.stringify(data));
+        let options = { headers: new HttpHeaders().set('Content-Type', 'application/json') };
+        return this.http.post<any>(this.loginPath + path, JSON.stringify(data), options);
     }
 
     public get(path : string){