=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-core/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/user/DefaultUserSettingService.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-core/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/user/DefaultUserSettingService.java	2015-06-16 05:11:29 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-core/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/user/DefaultUserSettingService.java	2015-09-23 07:46:33 +0000
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@
     public Serializable getUserSetting( String name )
     {
         User currentUser = currentUserService.getCurrentUser();
-        return getUserSetting(name, currentUser);
+        
+        return getUserSetting( name, currentUser );
     }
 
 

=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/webapi/controller/UserSettingController.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/webapi/controller/UserSettingController.java	2015-09-14 17:39:27 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/webapi/controller/UserSettingController.java	2015-09-23 07:46:33 +0000
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
+import static org.hisp.dhis.user.UserSettingService.*;
+
 /**
  * @author Lars Helge Overland
  */
@@ -95,19 +97,19 @@
     }
 
     @RequestMapping( value = "/{key}", method = RequestMethod.GET )
-    public void getSystemSetting( @PathVariable( "key" ) String key,
+    public void getUserSetting( @PathVariable( "key" ) String key,
         @RequestParam( value = "user", required = false ) String username,
         HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response ) throws IOException, WebMessageException
     {
-        String value;
+        Serializable value;
 
         if ( username == null )
         {
-            value = getStringValue( key, userSettingService.getUserSetting( key ) );
+            value = userSettingService.getUserSetting( key );
         }
         else
         {
-            value = getStringValue( key, userSettingService.getUserSetting( key, username ) );
+            value = userSettingService.getUserSetting( key, username );
         }
 
         if ( value == null )
@@ -115,7 +117,9 @@
             throw new WebMessageException( WebMessageUtils.notFound( "User setting not found." ) );
         }
 
-        String contentType;
+        String stringVal = getStringValue( key, value );
+        
+        String contentType = null;
 
         if ( request.getHeader( "Accept" ) == null || "*/*".equals( request.getHeader( "Accept" ) ) )
         {
@@ -127,7 +131,7 @@
         }
 
         response.setContentType( contentType );
-        response.getWriter().println( value );
+        response.getWriter().println( stringVal );
     }
 
     @RequestMapping( value = "/{key}", method = RequestMethod.DELETE )
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@
 
     private Serializable valueToSet( String key, String value )
     {
-        if ( key.equals( UserSettingService.KEY_UI_LOCALE ) || key.equals( UserSettingService.KEY_DB_LOCALE ) )
+        if ( KEY_UI_LOCALE.equals( key ) || KEY_DB_LOCALE.equals( key ) )
         {
             return LocaleUtils.getLocale( value );
         }
@@ -150,7 +154,7 @@
 
     private String getStringValue( String key, Serializable value )
     {
-        if ( key.equals( UserSettingService.KEY_UI_LOCALE ) || key.equals( UserSettingService.KEY_DB_LOCALE ) )
+        if ( KEY_UI_LOCALE.equals( key ) || KEY_DB_LOCALE.equals( key ) )
         {
             return ((Locale) value).getLanguage();
         }