diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c3822df5..ba19714c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <groupId>ch.ethz.seb</groupId>
   <artifactId>seb-server</artifactId>
-  <version>${sebserver-version}</version>
+  <version>${revision}</version>
   <name>seb-server</name>
   <description>web-service for SEB maintenance and monitoring active SEB sessions</description>
 
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
   <properties>
     <sebserver-version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</sebserver-version>
     <build-version>${sebserver-version}</build-version>
+    <revision>${sebserver-version}</revision>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+    <file.encoding>UTF-8</file.encoding>
   </properties>
 
   <!-- NOTE: There currently are two profiles, a default one to build on 
@@ -77,6 +79,9 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+                <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+            </configuration>
           </plugin>
 
           <plugin>
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/gui/content/ExamFormConfigs.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/gui/content/ExamFormConfigs.java
index 0e723415..14aefdfe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/gui/content/ExamFormConfigs.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/gui/content/ExamFormConfigs.java
@@ -192,14 +192,14 @@ public class ExamFormConfigs implements TemplateComposer {
                 })
                 .publishIf(() -> modifyGrant && configurationTable.hasAnyContent() && editable, false)
 
-                .newAction(ActionDefinition.EXAM_CONFIGURATION_EXPORT)
-                .withParentEntityKey(entityKey)
-                .withSelect(
-                        getConfigSelection(configurationTable),
-                        this::downloadExamConfigAction,
-                        CONFIG_EMPTY_SELECTION_TEXT_KEY)
-                .noEventPropagation()
-                .publishIf(() -> readGrant && configurationTable.hasAnyContent(), false)
+//                .newAction(ActionDefinition.EXAM_CONFIGURATION_EXPORT)
+//                .withParentEntityKey(entityKey)
+//                .withSelect(
+//                        getConfigSelection(configurationTable),
+//                        this::downloadExamConfigAction,
+//                        CONFIG_EMPTY_SELECTION_TEXT_KEY)
+//                .noEventPropagation()
+//                .publishIf(() -> readGrant && configurationTable.hasAnyContent(), false)
 
                 .newAction(ActionDefinition.EXAM_CONFIGURATION_GET_CONFIG_KEY)
                 .withSelect(
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/lms/LmsAPIService.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/lms/LmsAPIService.java
index a2ea0622..60a81539 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/lms/LmsAPIService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/lms/LmsAPIService.java
@@ -105,12 +105,14 @@ public interface LmsAPIService {
         }
         final String name = filterMap.getQuizName();
         final DateTime from = filterMap.getQuizFromTime();
+        final DateTime now = DateTime.now(DateTimeZone.UTC);
         return q -> {
             final boolean nameFilter = StringUtils.isBlank(name) || (q.name != null && q.name.contains(name));
             final boolean startTimeFilter =
-                    (from == null) || (q.startTime != null && (q.startTime.isEqual(from) || q.startTime.isAfter(from)));
-            final boolean currentlyRunning = q.endTime == null || DateTime.now(DateTimeZone.UTC).isBefore(q.endTime);
-            return nameFilter && (startTimeFilter || currentlyRunning);
+                    from == null || (q.startTime != null && (q.startTime.isEqual(from) || q.startTime.isAfter(from)));
+            final DateTime endTime = now.isAfter(from) ? now : from;
+            final boolean fromTimeFilter = (endTime == null || q.endTime == null || endTime.isBefore(q.endTime));
+            return nameFilter && (startTimeFilter || fromTimeFilter);
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/lms/impl/moodle/MoodleCourseAccess.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/lms/impl/moodle/MoodleCourseAccess.java
index 0f502147..419112cd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/lms/impl/moodle/MoodleCourseAccess.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/lms/impl/moodle/MoodleCourseAccess.java
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ public class MoodleCourseAccess extends CourseAccess {
                     ? Utils.toUnixTimeInSeconds(filterMap.getQuizFromTime())
                     : Utils.toUnixTimeInSeconds(DateTime.now(DateTimeZone.UTC).minusYears(DEFAULT_FROM_YEARS));
 
+            System.out.println("******************** fromTime=" + fromTime);
+
             // first get courses from Moodle for page
             final Map<String, CourseData> courseData = new HashMap<>();
             final Collection<CourseData> coursesPage = getCoursesPage(restTemplate, fromTime, page, 100);
@@ -694,8 +696,8 @@ public class MoodleCourseAccess extends CourseAccess {
         final String course_module;
         final String name;
         final String intro; // HTML
-        final Long time_open;
-        final Long time_close;
+        final Long time_open; // unix-time seconds UTC
+        final Long time_close; // unix-time seconds UTC
         final Long time_limit; // unix-time seconds UTC
 
         @JsonCreator
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/WebServiceSecurityConfig.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/WebServiceSecurityConfig.java
index ddcc9ac2..27917766 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/WebServiceSecurityConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/WebServiceSecurityConfig.java
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ public class WebServiceSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
                     tokenStore,
                     webServiceClientDetails,
                     authenticationManager,
-                    // TODO create a proper error handling here with also documentation on SEB Binding Specification
                     (request, response, exception) -> {
                         response.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_UTF8_VALUE);
                         response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNAUTHORIZED);
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config/application.properties b/src/main/resources/config/application.properties
index be6a3135..6b753cf6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/config/application.properties
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ server.tomcat.uri-encoding=UTF-8
 
 ### encoding
 file.encoding=UTF-8
-spring.mandatory-file-encoding=UTF-8
+spring.mandatoryFileEncoding=UTF-8
 spring.http.encoding.charset=UTF-8
 spring.http.encoding.enabled=true
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/messages.properties b/src/main/resources/messages.properties
index f20bda70..2497d733 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/messages.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/messages.properties
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ sebserver.exam.action.delete=Delete Exam
 sebserver.exam.action.sebrestriction.enable=Apply SEB Lock
 sebserver.exam.action.sebrestriction.disable=Release SEB Lock
 sebserver.exam.action.sebrestriction.details=SEB Restriction Details
-sebserver.exam.action.createClientToStartExam=Export Start Exam Config
+sebserver.exam.action.createClientToStartExam=Export SEB Start Config
 
 sebserver.exam.info.pleaseSelect=At first please select an Exam from the list
 
diff --git a/src/test/resources/application-test.properties b/src/test/resources/application-test.properties
index acc8a0d9..853b0aae 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/application-test.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/application-test.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+### encoding
+server.tomcat.uri-encoding=UTF-8
+file.encoding=UTF-8
+spring.mandatoryFileEncoding=UTF-8
+spring.http.encoding.charset=UTF-8
+spring.http.encoding.enabled=true
+
 server.address=localhost
 server.port=8080
 server.servlet.context-path=/