diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e11e6110c53748e3f15eeee1eeec2e8ae224913a..8f43474ad93041f02daa629c04e8299e41144502 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,17 @@
         	<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.webjars</groupId>
+            <artifactId>webjars-locator</artifactId>
+            <version>[0.30,)</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.webjars</groupId>
+            <artifactId>atmosphere-javascript</artifactId>
+            <version>2.3.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-websocket</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/cern/c2mon/client/atmosphere/TagUpdateMessage.java b/src/main/java/cern/c2mon/client/atmosphere/TagUpdateMessage.java
index 814166ff76bd4d21f28941df93d4a0df5cfd74f2..d3ee8640ca4f06fe4a30ef0f75b03bfc83108827 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cern/c2mon/client/atmosphere/TagUpdateMessage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cern/c2mon/client/atmosphere/TagUpdateMessage.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class TagUpdateMessage implements SimplifiedTag {
 	public TagUpdateMessage(Tag tag){
 		this.setId(tag.getId())
 			.setName(tag.getName())
-		    .setValue(tag.getValue().toString())
+		    .setValue(tag.getValue()!=null?tag.getValue().toString():"")
 		    .setControlTag(tag.isControlTag())
 		    .setAliveTag(tag.isAliveTag())
 		    .setTimestamp(tag.getTimestamp().getTime())
diff --git a/src/main/resources/static/index.html b/src/main/resources/static/index.html
index a6175b5140e2df54683abac656611f0b109d1902..64c2165bdb0a68641d11d91fa221980ff8482869 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/static/index.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/static/index.html
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <html>
-<head><title>C2MON Atmosphere Publisher</title></head>
+<head>
+<title>C2MON Atmosphere Publisher</title>
+
+</head>
 <body>
 <h1>Hello world !</h1>
 </body>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/static/test/index.html b/src/main/resources/static/test/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e172f243e38f60bb5c6f58156e2e325ed8a1e6ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/static/test/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<html>
+<head>
+<title>C2MON Atmosphere Publisher Sanity Testing Page</title>
+<script src="../webjars/atmosphere-javascript/atmosphere.js"></script>
+</head>
+<body>
+<h1>Test</h1>
+<script>
+  var socket = atmosphere;
+  var request = new atmosphere.AtmosphereRequest();
+  request.url = "../broadcast";
+  request.contentType = "application/json";
+  request.transport = 'websocket';
+  request.fallbackTransport = 'long-polling';
+  request.onOpen = function(response){
+    console.log('Atmosphere connected using ' + response.transport);
+    subSocket.push(JSON.stringify({add:["dip://dip/acc/LHC/RunControl/Page1"]}));
+  };
+  request.onMessage = function (response) {
+        console.log('Atmosphere received : '+response.responseBody);
+        try {
+            var json = JSON.parse(response.responseBody);
+            console.log('JSON message : ',json);
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.log('Error: ', response.responseBody);
+            return;
+        }
+
+    };
+
+    request.onError = function(response) {
+        console.log('Atmosphere error :', response.responseBody);
+    };
+    
+    var subSocket = socket.subscribe(request);
+    
+</script>
+</body>
+</html>
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