diff --git a/portal/pom.xml b/portal/pom.xml
index 0d8374ed469..a2b41dfe157 100644
--- a/portal/pom.xml
+++ b/portal/pom.xml
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
           <warName>${final.war.name}</warName>
           <webappDirectory>${project.build.directory}/portal</webappDirectory>
           <filteringDeploymentDescriptors>true</filteringDeploymentDescriptors>
+          <escapeString>\</escapeString>
           <webResources>
             <resource>
               <directory>${project.parent.basedir}/persistence/persistence-connections/src/main/resources</directory>
diff --git a/portal/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/portal/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index afc4fb444ea..3956944a745 100755
--- a/portal/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/portal/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
     <!-- dbcp profile is defined here to prevent exceptions during war deployment -->
     <context-param>
         <param-name>spring.profiles.active</param-name>
-        <param-value>${dbconnector:dbcp},${authenticate},${google.analytics.tracking:ga-api-tracking-disabled}</param-value>
+        <param-value>\${dbconnector:dbcp},\${authenticate},\${google.analytics.tracking:ga-api-tracking-disabled}</param-value>
     </context-param>
     <context-param>
         <param-name>spring.liveBeansView.mbeanDomain</param-name>
-        <param-value>${dbconnector:dbcp},${authenticate}</param-value>
+        <param-value>\${dbconnector:dbcp},\${authenticate}</param-value>
     </context-param>
     
     <context-param>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
     <context-param>
         <param-name>webAppRootKey</param-name>
-        <param-value>${app.name}.${timestamp}</param-value>
+        <param-value>\${app.name}.${timestamp}</param-value>
     </context-param>
 
     <context-param>