diff --git a/smartgears/dataminer_app/defaults/main.yml b/smartgears/dataminer_app/defaults/main.yml
index acf76ea4..37446b54 100644
--- a/smartgears/dataminer_app/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/smartgears/dataminer_app/defaults/main.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ dataminer_wps_extension: war
 dataminer_wps_file: '{{ dataminer_wps_name }}-{{ dataminer_wps_version }}.{{ dataminer_wps_extension }}'
 dataminer_wps_repository_url: 'http://maven.research-infrastructures.eu/nexus/content/repositories/{{ gcube_repository }}'
 dataminer_wps_algorithms_svn: http://svn.research-infrastructures.eu/public/d4science/gcube/trunk/data-analysis/DataMinerConfiguration/algorithms/
+dataminer_wps_algorithms_dest: '{{ smartgears_user_home }}/wps_algorithms/algorithms'
 
 dataminer_data_file_from_thredds: 'http://thredds.d4science.org/thredds/fileServer/public/netcdf/gebco_08_OCEANS_CLIMATOLOGY_METEOROLOGY_ATMOSPHERE_.nc'
 
diff --git a/smartgears/dataminer_app/tasks/dataminer-app.yml b/smartgears/dataminer_app/tasks/dataminer-app.yml
index a379b509..4dd3504c 100644
--- a/smartgears/dataminer_app/tasks/dataminer-app.yml
+++ b/smartgears/dataminer_app/tasks/dataminer-app.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
       unarchive: copy=no src={{ smartgears_user_home }}/{{ dataminer_wps_file }} dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ dataminer_wps_name }} creates={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ dataminer_wps_name }}/WEB-INF/lib
       notify: Restart smartgears
 
+    - name: Install the dataminer web.xml
+      template: src=web.xml.j2 dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ dataminer_wps_name }}/WEB-INF/lib/web.xml
+      notify: Restart smartgears
+
     - name: Create a directory where to install the algorithms directory
       file: path={{ smartgears_user_home }}/wps_algorithms state=directory
 
diff --git a/smartgears/dataminer_app/templates/algorithms-updater.j2 b/smartgears/dataminer_app/templates/algorithms-updater.j2
index f1659905..35e05716 100644
--- a/smartgears/dataminer_app/templates/algorithms-updater.j2
+++ b/smartgears/dataminer_app/templates/algorithms-updater.j2
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ set -o pipefail
 INFRA_REFERENCE={{ dataminer_infra_reference }}
 ADD_ALGORITHM_DIR={{ smartgears_user_home }}/algorithmInstaller
 ADD_ALGORITHM_PATH={{ smartgears_user_home }}/algorithmInstaller/addAlgorithm.sh
-ALGORITHMS_FILE={{ smartgears_user_home }}/wps_algorithms/algorithms/${INFRA_REFERENCE}/algorithms
+ALGORITHMS_FILE={{ dataminer_wps_algorithms_dest }}/${INFRA_REFERENCE}/algorithms
 OUT_DIR=$( mktemp -d -t algorithms-updater.XXXXXXXXXX )
 ALGORITHMS_TEMP_SCRIPT=$OUT_DIR/add_algorithms
 LOG_DIR={{ smartgears_user_home }}/wps_algorithms_install_log/
 LOG_FILE=${LOG_DIR}/algorithms_updater.log
 ALGORITHMS_INSTALLED_FILE=${LOG_DIR}/already_installed_algorithms.txt
 LOCK_FILE=${LOG_DIR}/.algorithms_updater.lock
-ALGO_DIR={{ smartgears_user_home }}/wps_algorithms/algorithms
+ALGO_DIR={{ dataminer_wps_algorithms_dest }}
 RUNNING_JOB=
 RUNNING_JOB_RETVAL=
 
diff --git a/smartgears/dataminer_app/templates/web.xml.j2 b/smartgears/dataminer_app/templates/web.xml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ced0bfbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smartgears/dataminer_app/templates/web.xml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"
+	version="2.4">
+	<display-name>52°North Web Processing Service, Git:
+		1665e1b7b2188755161d4f0f3a6acf562d0444e1 @ 2015-03-21 00:30:20
+	</display-name>
+	<description>A web processing framework supporting the OGC WPS 1.0.0 specification</description>
+
+	<context-param>
+		<param-name>algorithmDirectory</param-name>
+		<param-value>{{ dataminer_wps_algorithms_dest }}</param-value>
+	</context-param>
+
+	<!-- security-constraint> <web-resource-collection> <web-resource-name>My 
+		JSP</web-resource-name> <url-pattern>/webAdmin/index.jsp</url-pattern> <http-method>GET</http-method> 
+		<http-method>POST</http-method> </web-resource-collection> <auth-constraint> 
+		<role-name>wpsAdmin</role-name> </auth-constraint> <user-data-constraint> 
+		<transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee> </user-data-constraint -->
+	<!-- /security-constraint> <login-config> <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method> 
+		<realm-name>Basic Authentication</realm-name> </login-config> <Security roles 
+		referenced by this web application -->
+	<!-- >security-role> <description>The role that is required to log in to 
+		the Manager Application</description> <role-name>manager</role-name> </security-role -->
+
+	<!--filter> <filter-name>CommunicationSizeLogFilter</filter-name> <filter-class>org.n52.wps.server.CommunicationSizeLogFilter</filter-class> 
+		</filter -->
+	<!--filter> <filter-name>CompressingFilter</filter-name> <filter-class>com.planetj.servlet.filter.compression.CompressingFilter</filter-class> 
+		<init-param> <param-name>debug</param-name> <param-value>false</param-value> 
+		</init-param> <init-param> <param-name>statsEnabled</param-name> <param-value>true</param-value> 
+		</init-param> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>CompressingFilter</filter-name> 
+		<url-pattern>/WebProcessingService</url-pattern> </filter-mapping -->
+	<!-->filter-mapping> <filter-name>CommunicationSizeLogFilter</filter-name> 
+		<url-pattern>/WebProcessingService</url-pattern> </filter-mapping -->
+
+	<!-- <filter> <filter-name>ResponseURLFilter</filter-name> <filter-class>org.n52.wps.server.ResponseURLFilter</filter-class> 
+		</filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>ResponseURLFilter</filter-name> <url-pattern>*</url-pattern> 
+		</filter-mapping> -->
+
+	<servlet>
+		<servlet-name>wpsServlet</servlet-name>
+		<servlet-class>org.gcube.data.analysis.wps.WebProcessingService</servlet-class>
+		<!--<servlet-class>org.n52.wps.server.WebProcessingService</servlet-class> -->
+		<load-on-startup>0</load-on-startup>
+		<init-param>
+			<param-name>wps.config.file</param-name>
+			<param-value>config/wps_config.xml</param-value>
+		</init-param>
+	</servlet>
+	<servlet>
+		<servlet-name>cancelComputationServlet</servlet-name>
+		<servlet-class>org.gcube.data.analysis.wps.CancelComputation</servlet-class>
+		<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
+	</servlet>
+	<servlet>
+		<servlet-name>retrieveResultServlet</servlet-name>
+		<servlet-class>org.n52.wps.server.RetrieveResultServlet</servlet-class>
+		<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
+	</servlet>
+	<servlet-mapping>
+		<servlet-name>wpsServlet</servlet-name>
+		<url-pattern>/WebProcessingService</url-pattern>
+	</servlet-mapping>
+	<servlet-mapping>
+		<servlet-name>retrieveResultServlet</servlet-name>
+		<url-pattern>/RetrieveResultServlet</url-pattern>
+	</servlet-mapping>
+	<servlet-mapping>
+		<servlet-name>cancelComputationServlet</servlet-name>
+		<url-pattern>/CancelComputationServlet</url-pattern>
+	</servlet-mapping>
+	<welcome-file-list>
+		<welcome-file>/index.html</welcome-file>
+	</welcome-file-list>
+
+	<!-- 52n Security -->
+	<context-param>
+		<param-name>security.config.validation</param-name>
+		<param-value>false</param-value>
+		<!--description> disables validation of the security-config.xml this is 
+			necessary because the MavenProject: org.n52.wps:52n-wps-webapp:3.3.0-SNAPSHOT 
+			@ D:\dev\GitHub4w\WPS\52n-wps-webapp\pom.xml mechanism works only if the 
+			validation is disabled. </description -->
+	</context-param>
+
+	<filter>
+		<filter-name>CORS</filter-name>
+		<filter-class>com.thetransactioncompany.cors.CORSFilter</filter-class>
+		<init-param>
+			<param-name>cors.allowOrigin</param-name>
+			<param-value>*</param-value>
+		</init-param>
+		<init-param>
+			<param-name>cors.allowGenericHttpRequests</param-name>
+			<param-value>true</param-value>
+		</init-param>
+		<init-param>
+			<param-name>cors.supportedMethods</param-name>
+			<param-value>GET, POST, HEAD, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS</param-value>
+		</init-param>
+		<init-param>
+			<param-name>cors.supportedHeaders</param-name>
+			<param-value>*</param-value>
+		</init-param>
+		<init-param>
+			<param-name>cors.exposedHeaders</param-name>
+			<param-value>*</param-value>
+		</init-param>
+	</filter>
+	<filter-mapping>
+		<filter-name>CORS</filter-name>
+		<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
+	</filter-mapping>
+
+	<!-- <filter> <filter-name>authn</filter-name> -->
+	<!-- display-name>Authentication Chain Filter</display-name -->
+	<!-- description> Delegates calls to AuthenticationChainFilter that is defined 
+		in the security-config. </description -->
+	<!-- <filter-class>org.n52.security.service.config.support.SecurityConfigDelegatingServletFilter</filter-class> 
+		</filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>authn</filter-name> <url-pattern>/webAdmin/*</url-pattern> 
+		</filter-mapping> <listener> <listener-class>org.n52.security.service.config.support.SecurityConfigContextListener</listener-class> 
+		</listener> -->
+
+</web-app>