diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c6188a257460c5a0aec4895581dea96db9786376..3e24907c67d1b97942ec2c0df7d6309e19ffd73e 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@
         <artifactId>flyway-core</artifactId>
         <version>4.2.0</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.bedatadriven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jts</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2</version>
+      </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/coremanager/VIPSCoreManagerApplication.java b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/coremanager/VIPSCoreManagerApplication.java
index df2b64c6dfd89e27488acd65e3479022e14e4d35..ce798d4c1cfc597a23d5c09c9696e3f687e9cf77 100755
--- a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/coremanager/VIPSCoreManagerApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/coremanager/VIPSCoreManagerApplication.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public class VIPSCoreManagerApplication extends Application
      */
     private void addRestResourceClassesManually(Set<Class<?>> resources) {
         //resources.add(no.nibio.vips.core.service.ModelResource.class);
+        resources.add(no.nibio.vips.coremanager.config.JacksonConfig.class);
         resources.add(no.nibio.vips.coremanager.service.ManagerResourceImpl.class);
         resources.add(no.nibio.vips.coremanager.service.JsonParseExceptionMapper.class);
     }
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ public class VIPSCoreManagerApplication extends Application
      * given list with all resources defined in the project.
      */
     private void addRestResourceClasses(Set<Class<?>> resources) {
+        resources.add(no.nibio.vips.coremanager.config.JacksonConfig.class);
         resources.add(no.nibio.vips.coremanager.service.JsonParseExceptionMapper.class);
         resources.add(no.nibio.vips.coremanager.service.ManagerResourceImpl.class);
     }