diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a6dec5e..d9df7d6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@
         <version>1.0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <properties></properties>
+    <properties>
+        <batik.version>1.18</batik.version>
+        <fop.version>2.10</fop.version>
+
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
@@ -200,6 +205,7 @@
             </resource>
         </resources>
 
+
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -252,6 +258,18 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.2.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                    <nonFilteredFileExtensions>
+                        <nonFilteredFileExtension>ttf</nonFilteredFileExtension>
+                        <nonFilteredFileExtension>otf</nonFilteredFileExtension>
+                    </nonFilteredFileExtensions>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/reactome/server/analysis/service/config/ExporterConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/reactome/server/analysis/service/config/ExporterConfig.java
index c363b1e..82864af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/reactome/server/analysis/service/config/ExporterConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/reactome/server/analysis/service/config/ExporterConfig.java
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ public class ExporterConfig {
     Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger("threadLogger");
     @Autowired
     public ExporterConfig(ResourceLoader loader) throws IOException {
-        Resource resource = loader.getResource("file:resources/fonts");
+        Resource resource = loader.getResource("classpath:fonts");
         String fontPath = resource.getFile().getAbsolutePath();
         log.debug("Configuring Diagram Exporter with font path : " + fontPath);
         DiagramExporterService.configureFontPath(fontPath);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/fonts/arial.ttf b/src/main/resources/fonts/arial.ttf
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/fonts/arialbd.ttf b/src/main/resources/fonts/arialbd.ttf
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/fonts/arialbi.ttf b/src/main/resources/fonts/arialbi.ttf
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/fonts/ariali.ttf b/src/main/resources/fonts/ariali.ttf
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