diff --git a/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/MIPApplication.java b/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/MIPApplication.java
index 0b1ff5c70503cc0c3206d786259bfcec3432b59f..85f378799c4abe795946e37ba98270eb6d4e31b1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/MIPApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/MIPApplication.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
  */
 package org.hbp.mip;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.hbp.mip.model.*;
 import org.hibernate.Session;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ import javax.servlet.http.Cookie;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.security.Principal;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -74,7 +78,19 @@ public class MIPApplication extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
 
     @RequestMapping("/user")
     @ResponseBody
-    public Principal user(Principal principal) {
+    public Principal user(Principal principal, HttpServletResponse response) {
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+        try {
+            String userJSON = mapper.writeValueAsString(getUser(principal));
+            Cookie cookie = new Cookie("user", URLEncoder.encode(userJSON,"UTF-8"));
+            cookie.setPath("/");
+            response.addCookie(cookie);
+        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
         return principal;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/model/User.java b/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/model/User.java
index 6ee077d2017774cd4e5f46e2adfafe90006521c1..c0f743bce39884985ed2eb17e851758471bb10dd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/model/User.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/model/User.java
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ public class User {
             }
         }
 
+        if(this.picture == null || this.picture.isEmpty())
+        {
+            this.picture = "images/users/default_user.png";
+        }
+
     }
 
     public Long getId() {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/images/users/default_user.png b/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/images/users/default_user.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f90088857ea7c5cd34bbf3a07e9b166deb4026ad
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/images/users/default_user.png differ
diff --git a/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/header/header.html b/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/header/header.html
index dd6cacc155a4d513f4df3af3205c9e6db18918ce..0b296f8748e6e42372f8fb85ace47d71b06b73e6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/header/header.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/header/header.html
@@ -1,64 +1,64 @@
-<div class="container-fluid">
-    <div class="logo-area">
-
-      <a class="navbar-brand" href="#/home">Human Brain Project</a>
-
-      <div class="toolbar-icon-bg hidden-xs" id="toolbar-search">
-        <div class="input-group">
-          <span class="input-group-btn"><button class="btn" type="button"><i class="ti ti-search"></i></button></span>
-          <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="{{ 'header.menu.search' | translate }}" size="25">
-        </div>
-      </div>
-        <span id="trigger-sidebar" class="toolbar-trigger toolbar-icon-bg" ng-click="toggleLeftBar()" ng-show="!getLayoutOption('layoutHorizontal')">
-			<a data-toggle="tooltips" data-placement="right" title="{{'header.menu.my-data' | translate}}" href="#/data/mydata">
-				<span class="icon-bg">
-					<i class="ti ti-menu"></i>
-				</span>
-            </a>
-		</span>
-		<span class="toolbar-trigger toolbar-icon-bg" >
-			<a href="#/data/communitydata" title="{{'header.menu.my-community' | translate}}">
-				<span class="icon-bg">
-					<i class="ti ti-world"></i>
-				</span>
-            </a>
-		</span>
-    </div>
-    <!-- logo-area -->
-
-    <ul class="nav navbar-nav toolbar pull-right">
-      <li class="toolbar-icon-bg hidden-xs disabled">
-        <a href="" title="{{'header.menu.ee' | translate}}"><span class="icon-bg"><i>{{'header.menu.ee' | translate}}</i></span></a>
-      </li>
-
-      <li class="toolbar-icon-bg hidden-xs">
-        <a href="#/models" title="{{'header.menu.ia' | translate}}"><span class="icon-bg"><i>{{'header.menu.ia' | translate}}</i></span></a>
-      </li>
-
-      <li class="toolbar-icon-bg hidden-xs disabled">
-        <a href="" title="{{'header.menu.bsd' | translate}}"><span class="icon-bg"><i>{{'header.menu.bsd' | translate}}</i></span></a>
-      </li>
-
-      <li class="dropdown toolbar-icon-bg">
-        <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle username" data-toggle="dropdown" data-position="right">
-          <img class="img-circle" ng-src="{{user.picture}}" alt="{{user.fullname}}"/>
-        </a>
-        <ul class="dropdown-menu userinfo arrow">
-          <li><a href="#/profile"><i class="ti ti-user"></i><span>{{'header.menu.profile' | translate}}</span></a></li>
-          <li class="disabled"><a href=""><i class="ti ti-settings"></i><span>{{'header.menu.settings' | translate}}</span></a>
-          </li>
-          <li class="divider"></li>
-          <li><a href="" ng-click="logout()"><i class="ti ti-shift-right"></i><span>{{'header.menu.signout' | translate}}</span></a></li>
-        </ul>
-      </li>
-      <li class="toolbar-trigger toolbar-icon-bg">
-          <a href="#/hbpapps" title="{{'header.menu.app' | translate}}">
-                <span class="icon-bg">
-                    <i class="ti ti-layout-grid3-alt " style="font-family: 'themify';font-weight: normal;"></i>
-                </span>
-          </a>
-      </li>
-    </ul>
-
-</div>
-
+<div class="container-fluid">
+  <div class="logo-area">
+
+    <a class="navbar-brand" href="#/home">Human Brain Project</a>
+
+    <div class="toolbar-icon-bg hidden-xs" id="toolbar-search">
+      <div class="input-group">
+        <span class="input-group-btn"><button class="btn" type="button"><i class="ti ti-search"></i></button></span>
+        <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="{{ 'header.menu.search' | translate }}" size="25">
+      </div>
+    </div>
+        <span id="trigger-sidebar" class="toolbar-trigger toolbar-icon-bg" ng-click="toggleLeftBar()" ng-show="!getLayoutOption('layoutHorizontal')">
+      <a data-toggle="tooltips" data-placement="right" title="{{'header.menu.my-data' | translate}}" href="#/data/mydata">
+        <span class="icon-bg">
+          <i class="ti ti-menu"></i>
+        </span>
+      </a>
+    </span>
+    <span class="toolbar-trigger toolbar-icon-bg" >
+      <a href="#/data/communitydata" title="{{'header.menu.my-community' | translate}}">
+        <span class="icon-bg">
+          <i class="ti ti-world"></i>
+        </span>
+      </a>
+    </span>
+  </div>
+  <!-- logo-area -->
+
+  <ul class="nav navbar-nav toolbar pull-right">
+    <li class="toolbar-icon-bg hidden-xs disabled">
+      <a href="" title="{{'header.menu.ee' | translate}}"><span class="icon-bg"><i>{{'header.menu.ee' | translate}}</i></span></a>
+    </li>
+
+    <li class="toolbar-icon-bg hidden-xs">
+      <a href="#/models" title="{{'header.menu.ia' | translate}}"><span class="icon-bg"><i>{{'header.menu.ia' | translate}}</i></span></a>
+    </li>
+
+    <li class="toolbar-icon-bg hidden-xs disabled">
+      <a href="" title="{{'header.menu.bsd' | translate}}"><span class="icon-bg"><i>{{'header.menu.bsd' | translate}}</i></span></a>
+    </li>
+
+    <li class="dropdown toolbar-icon-bg">
+      <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle username" data-toggle="dropdown" data-position="right">
+        <img class="img-circle" ng-src="{{user.picture}}" alt="{{user.fullname}}"/>
+      </a>
+      <ul class="dropdown-menu userinfo arrow">
+        <li><a href="#/profile"><i class="ti ti-user"></i><span>{{'header.menu.profile' | translate}}</span></a></li>
+        <li class="disabled"><a href=""><i class="ti ti-settings"></i><span>{{'header.menu.settings' | translate}}</span></a>
+        </li>
+        <li class="divider"></li>
+        <li><a href="" ng-click="logout()"><i class="ti ti-shift-right"></i><span>{{'header.menu.signout' | translate}}</span></a></li>
+      </ul>
+    </li>
+    <li class="toolbar-trigger toolbar-icon-bg">
+      <a href="#/hbpapps" title="{{'header.menu.app' | translate}}">
+        <span class="icon-bg">
+                    <i class="ti ti-layout-grid3-alt " style="font-family: 'themify';font-weight: normal;"></i>
+        </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+  </ul>
+
+</div>
+
diff --git a/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/login/login.html b/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/login/login.html
index 49be41e44df1b94bd7dcd1061d41ee27d77222f2..c89289efa6ccbdef222e62c1dc425c75e75fe795 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/login/login.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/login/login.html
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
-<div class="container login-form">
-    <a href="#" class="login-logo"><img masked-image src="images/logo-big.png"></a>
-    <div class="row">
-        <div class="col-md-12">
-            <div class="block-header block-login">
-                <h3>&nbsp;</h3>
-                <h2>Login to HBP</h2>
-                
-                    <button type="button" onclick="location.href='http://155.105.202.58:8080/login/hbp';" class="btn-round">
-							<span>
-								<span>{{'login.title' | translate }}</span>
-								<i class="ti ti-arrow-down"></i>
-							</span>
-                    </button>
-                
-                    <a href="" class="forgot-pass">{{'login.forgot-password' | translate }}</a>
-                </form>
-                <ul>
-                    <li>the human brain</li>
-                    <li>project</li>
-                </ul>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-</div>
+<div class="container login-form">
+  <a href="#" class="login-logo"><img masked-image src="images/logo-big.png"></a>
+  <div class="row">
+    <div class="col-md-12">
+      <div class="block-header block-login">
+        <h3>&nbsp;</h3>
+        <h2>Login to HBP</h2>
+
+        <button type="button" onclick="location.href='http://155.105.202.58:8080/login/hbp';" class="btn-round">
+              <span>
+                <span>{{'login.title' | translate }}</span>
+                <i class="ti ti-arrow-down"></i>
+              </span>
+        </button>
+
+        <a href="" class="forgot-pass">{{'login.forgot-password' | translate }}</a>
+        </form>
+        <ul>
+          <li>the human brain</li>
+          <li>project</li>
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/users/users.service.js b/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/users/users.service.js
index 24f786e647b871b0f0198f3c3e060ff68e338557..0dfcf039d7e334bcffc8dab470d789c1dca14074 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/users/users.service.js
+++ b/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/users/users.service.js
@@ -1,80 +1,80 @@
-/**
- * Created by Florent PERINEL on 14/08/2015.
- */
-'use strict';
-
-angular.module('chuvApp.users')
-  .factory('User', ['$rootScope','backendUrl','$http','$cookieStore','base64', function ($rootScope,backendUrl,$http,$cookieStore,base64) {
-
-    var datas = [
-      { id: 1, login: "admin", password: "kitten", firstname: "Bogdan", lastname: "DRAGANSKI", fullname: "Bogdan DRAGANSKI", team: "Scientist",
-        picture: "images/users/Bogdan.jpg",  web:"http://www.hbpproject.eu", email: "admin@hbpproject.eu", phone:"+33 6 00 00 00 00", birthday: "1982-01-22", gender:"Male",
-        languages:["French"], city:"Lausanne", country:"Switzerland" },
-
-      { id: 2, login: "l.dib", password: "user", firstname: "Linda", lastname: "DIB", fullname: "Linda DIB", team: "Scientist",
-        picture: "images/users/Linda.png", web:"http://www.hbpproject.eu",
-        email: "a.kiliaan@hbpproject.eu", phone:"+33 6 00 00 00 00", birthday: "1983-05-02", gender:"Female",
-        languages:["French","Netherlands"], city:"Nijmegen", country:"Netherlands" },
-
-      { id: 3, login: "llaursen", password: "poc", firstname: "Lucas", lastname: "LAURSEN", fullname: "Lucas LAURSEN", team: "Press",
-        picture: "images/users/llaursen.jpg", web:"http://www.hbpproject.eu", email: "llaursen@hbpproject.eu", phone:"06 00 00 00 00", birthday: "1982-05-10", gender:"Male",
-        languages:["French","Spanish"], city:"Madric", country:"Spain"  }
-    ];
-
-    var currentUser = datas[0];
-
-    return {
-
-      current: function () {
-        return $cookieStore.get('user');
-      },
-      hasCurrent : function(){
-          return $cookieStore.get('user') !== null && $cookieStore.get('user') !== undefined;
-      },
-      removeCurrent: function () {
-            return $cookieStore.remove('user');
-      },
-
-      authenticate: function (login, password) {
-          currentUser = {username:login,password:password};
-          var cString = login + ':' + password;
-          return $http.post(backendUrl+"/authenticate",currentUser,{
-              headers:{
-                'Authorization':'Basic ' + base64.encode(cString)
-              }
-          }).success(function (response) {
-              $cookieStore.put('user',response);
-              return response;
-           }
-          );
-      },
-
-      get: function (id) {
-        for (var idx in datas) {
-          if (datas.hasOwnProperty(idx) && datas[idx].id == id) {
-            return datas[idx];
-          }
-        }
-        return null;
-      },
-
-      create: function (user) {
-        return user
-      },
-
-      update: function (user) {
-        return user
-      },
-
-      remove: function (id) {
-        for (var idx in datas) {
-          if (datas.hasOwnProperty(idx) && datas[idx].id == id) {
-            datas.splice(idx, 1);
-            return;
-          }
-        }
-      }
-
-    };
-
-  }]);
+/**
+ * Created by Florent PERINEL on 14/08/2015.
+ */
+'use strict';
+
+angular.module('chuvApp.users')
+  .factory('User', ['$rootScope','backendUrl','$http','$cookieStore','base64', function ($rootScope,backendUrl,$http,$cookieStore,base64) {
+
+    var datas = [
+      { id: 1, login: "admin", password: "kitten", firstname: "Bogdan", lastname: "DRAGANSKI", fullname: "Bogdan DRAGANSKI", team: "Scientist",
+        picture: "images/users/Bogdan.jpg",  web:"http://www.hbpproject.eu", email: "admin@hbpproject.eu", phone:"+33 6 00 00 00 00", birthday: "1982-01-22", gender:"Male",
+        languages:["French"], city:"Lausanne", country:"Switzerland" },
+
+      { id: 2, login: "l.dib", password: "user", firstname: "Linda", lastname: "DIB", fullname: "Linda DIB", team: "Scientist",
+        picture: "images/users/Linda.png", web:"http://www.hbpproject.eu",
+        email: "a.kiliaan@hbpproject.eu", phone:"+33 6 00 00 00 00", birthday: "1983-05-02", gender:"Female",
+        languages:["French","Netherlands"], city:"Nijmegen", country:"Netherlands" },
+
+      { id: 3, login: "llaursen", password: "poc", firstname: "Lucas", lastname: "LAURSEN", fullname: "Lucas LAURSEN", team: "Press",
+        picture: "images/users/llaursen.jpg", web:"http://www.hbpproject.eu", email: "llaursen@hbpproject.eu", phone:"06 00 00 00 00", birthday: "1982-05-10", gender:"Male",
+        languages:["French","Spanish"], city:"Madric", country:"Spain"  }
+    ];
+
+    var currentUser = datas[0];
+
+    return {
+
+      current: function () {
+        return $cookieStore.get('user');
+      },
+      hasCurrent : function(){
+          return $cookieStore.get('user') !== null && $cookieStore.get('user') !== undefined;
+      },
+      removeCurrent: function () {
+            return $cookieStore.remove('user');
+      },
+
+      authenticate: function (login, password) {
+          currentUser = {username:login,password:password};
+          var cString = login + ':' + password;
+          return $http.post(backendUrl+"/authenticate",currentUser,{
+              headers:{
+                'Authorization':'Basic ' + base64.encode(cString)
+              }
+          }).success(function (response) {
+              $cookieStore.put('user',response);
+              return response;
+           }
+          );
+      },
+
+      get: function (id) {
+        for (var idx in datas) {
+          if (datas.hasOwnProperty(idx) && datas[idx].id == id) {
+            return datas[idx];
+          }
+        }
+        return null;
+      },
+
+      create: function (user) {
+        return user
+      },
+
+      update: function (user) {
+        return user
+      },
+
+      remove: function (id) {
+        for (var idx in datas) {
+          if (datas.hasOwnProperty(idx) && datas[idx].id == id) {
+            datas.splice(idx, 1);
+            return;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+    };
+
+  }]);