diff --git a/adapters/mso-sdnc-adapter/WebContent/WEB-INF/jboss-deployment-structure.xml b/adapters/mso-sdnc-adapter/WebContent/WEB-INF/jboss-deployment-structure.xml
index 88d5024..f7fc214 100644
--- a/adapters/mso-sdnc-adapter/WebContent/WEB-INF/jboss-deployment-structure.xml
+++ b/adapters/mso-sdnc-adapter/WebContent/WEB-INF/jboss-deployment-structure.xml
@@ -5,12 +5,17 @@
 			<module name="org.apache.log4j" />
 			<module name="org.slf4j" />
 			<module name="org.slf4j.impl" />
+			<module name="org.jboss.resteasy.resteasy-jackson-provider" />
+			<module name="org.jboss.resteasy.resteasy-jettison-provider" />
 		</exclusions>
 		<dependencies>
 			    <module name="org.jboss.jandex" slot="main" />
                 <module name="org.javassist" slot="main" />
                 <module name="org.antlr" slot="main" />
                 <module name="org.dom4j" slot="main" />
+                <module name="org.jboss.resteasy.resteasy-jackson2-provider" services="import" />
+                <!-- This module contain the ProviderBase class: -->
+                <module name="com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs.jackson-jaxrs-json-provider" export="true" />
 		</dependencies>
 	</deployment>
 </jboss-deployment-structure>
diff --git a/adapters/mso-sdnc-adapter/src/main/java/org/openecomp/mso/adapters/sdnc/sdncrest/SDNCServiceRequestConnector.java b/adapters/mso-sdnc-adapter/src/main/java/org/openecomp/mso/adapters/sdnc/sdncrest/SDNCServiceRequestConnector.java
index bd864d0..be6fc34 100644
--- a/adapters/mso-sdnc-adapter/src/main/java/org/openecomp/mso/adapters/sdnc/sdncrest/SDNCServiceRequestConnector.java
+++ b/adapters/mso-sdnc-adapter/src/main/java/org/openecomp/mso/adapters/sdnc/sdncrest/SDNCServiceRequestConnector.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 
 			// ack-final-indicator is optional: default to "Y".
 
-			if (ackFinalIndicator == null) {
+			if (ackFinalIndicator == null || ackFinalIndicator.trim().isEmpty()) {
 				ackFinalIndicator = "Y";
 			}
 
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@
 
                 response.addParam(tagName, tagValue);
             }
+
 			return response;
 		} catch (ParseException e) {
 			throw e;