diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/config/ContentManagementWebConfig.java b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/config/ContentManagementWebConfig.java
index 6fd68394ea..2c5b423029 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/config/ContentManagementWebConfig.java
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/config/ContentManagementWebConfig.java
@@ -23,14 +23,13 @@ public class ContentManagementWebConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
 
     @Override
     public void configureContentNegotiation(final ContentNegotiationConfigurer configurer) {
-        configurer.favorPathExtension(true).
-        favorParameter(false).
+        configurer.favorPathExtension(false).
+        favorParameter(true).
         parameterName("mediaType").
         ignoreAcceptHeader(true).
         useJaf(false).
-        defaultContentType(MediaType.TEXT_HTML).
+        defaultContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).
         mediaType("xml", MediaType.APPLICATION_XML).
-        mediaType("html", MediaType.TEXT_HTML).
         mediaType("json", MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
     }
 
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/EmployeeController.java b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/EmployeeController.java
index 8a41718b8c..e18bbdbf63 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/EmployeeController.java
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/EmployeeController.java
@@ -29,15 +29,6 @@ public class EmployeeController {
         return employeeMap.get(Id);
     }
 
-    @RequestMapping(value = "/employee/{Id}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
-    public String getEmployeeByIdHtmlView(@PathVariable final long Id, final ModelMap model) {
-        model.addAttribute("name", employeeMap.get(Id).getName());
-        model.addAttribute("contactNumber", employeeMap.get(Id).getContactNumber());
-        model.addAttribute("id", employeeMap.get(Id).getId());
-
-        return "employeeView";
-    }
-
     @RequestMapping(value = "/addEmployee", method = RequestMethod.POST)
     public String submit(@ModelAttribute("employee") final Employee employee, final BindingResult result, final ModelMap model) {
         if (result.hasErrors()) {
diff --git a/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/EmployeeController.java b/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/EmployeeController.java
index 753f243edb..aa25f47a2a 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/EmployeeController.java
+++ b/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/EmployeeController.java
@@ -22,35 +22,24 @@ public class EmployeeController {
 
 	@RequestMapping(value = "/employee", method = RequestMethod.GET)
 	public ModelAndView showForm() {
-		return new ModelAndView("employeeHome", "employee", new Employee());
+	    return new ModelAndView("employeeHome", "employee", new Employee());
 	}
 
 	@RequestMapping(value = "/employee/{Id}", produces = { "application/json", "application/xml" }, method = RequestMethod.GET)
 	public @ResponseBody Employee getEmployeeById(@PathVariable final long Id) {
-		return employeeMap.get(Id);
-	}
-
-	@RequestMapping(value = "/employee/{Id}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
-	public String getEmployeeByIdHtmlView(@PathVariable final long Id, final ModelMap model) {
-		model.addAttribute("name", employeeMap.get(Id).getName());
-		model.addAttribute("contactNumber", employeeMap.get(Id).getContactNumber());
-		model.addAttribute("id", employeeMap.get(Id).getId());
-
-		return "employeeView";
+	    return employeeMap.get(Id);
 	}
 
 	@RequestMapping(value = "/addEmployee", method = RequestMethod.POST)
 	public String submit(@ModelAttribute("employee") final Employee employee, final BindingResult result, final ModelMap model) {
-		if (result.hasErrors()) {
-			return "error";
-		}
-		model.addAttribute("name", employee.getName());
-		model.addAttribute("contactNumber", employee.getContactNumber());
-		model.addAttribute("id", employee.getId());
-
-		employeeMap.put(employee.getId(), employee);
-
-		return "employeeView";
+	    if (result.hasErrors()) {
+	        return "error";
+	    }
+	    model.addAttribute("name", employee.getName());
+	    model.addAttribute("contactNumber", employee.getContactNumber());
+	    model.addAttribute("id", employee.getId());
+	    employeeMap.put(employee.getId(), employee);
+            return "employeeView";
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/resources/contentManagementWebMvcConfig.xml b/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/resources/contentManagementWebMvcConfig.xml
index 0fcd85e399..e68c88d19d 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/resources/contentManagementWebMvcConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/resources/contentManagementWebMvcConfig.xml
@@ -13,31 +13,30 @@
 	<mvc:annotation-driven content-negotiation-manager="contentNegotiationManager" />
 	<context:component-scan base-package="org.baeldung.spring.controller" />
 	<bean id="viewResolver"
-		class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
-		<property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/view/" />
-		<property name="suffix" value=".jsp" />
+	  class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
+	    <property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/view/" />
+	    <property name="suffix" value=".jsp" />
 	</bean>
 
 	<mvc:view-controller path="/sample.html" view-name="sample" />
 
 	<!-- Content strategy using path extension -->
 	<bean id="contentNegotiationManager"
-		class="org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManagerFactoryBean">
-		<property name="favorPathExtension" value="true" />
-		<property name="favorParameter" value="false"/>
-		<property name="parameterName" value="mediaType"/>
-		<property name="ignoreAcceptHeader" value="true" />
-		<property name="defaultContentType" value="text/html" />
-		<property name="useJaf" value="false" />
+	  class="org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManagerFactoryBean">
+	    <property name="favorPathExtension" value="false" />
+	    <property name="favorParameter" value="true"/>
+	    <property name="parameterName" value="mediaType"/>
+	    <property name="ignoreAcceptHeader" value="true" />
+	    <property name="defaultContentType" value="application/json" />
+	    <property name="useJaf" value="false" />
 
-		<property name="mediaTypes">
-			<map>
-				<entry key="html" value="text/html" />
-				<entry key="json" value="application/json" />
-				<entry key="xml" value="application/xml" />
-			</map>
-		</property>
+	    <property name="mediaTypes">
+	        <map>
+		    <entry key="json" value="application/json" />
+		    <entry key="xml" value="application/xml" />
+	        </map>
+	    </property>
 	 </bean>
 
 
-</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
+</beans>