diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7361d25011c..37db4a9d156 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,5 +22,3 @@ scripts/api/py_api_wrapper/local-data/*
 doc/sphinx-guides/build
 faces-config.NavData
 src/main/java/BuildNumber.properties
-/nbproject/
-
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 77eeaf9abab..288f2f7fb62 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,11 +49,7 @@
                 <enabled>true</enabled>
             </snapshots>
         </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>unknown-jars-temp-repo</id>
-            <name>A temporary repository created by NetBeans for libraries and jars it could not identify. Please replace the dependencies in this repository with correct ones and delete this repository.</name>
-            <url>file:${project.basedir}/lib</url>
-        </repository>
+
     </repositories>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -140,11 +136,6 @@
             <version>16.0.1</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>unknown.binary</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javax.ws.rs-api-2.0</artifactId>
-            <version>SNAPSHOT</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax</groupId>
             <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Sys.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Sys.java
index bcdab6359bf..713895d3839 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Sys.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Sys.java
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@
 package edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.api;
 
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.settings.SettingsServiceBean;
-import static edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.util.json.JsonPrinter.*;
 import javax.ejb.EJB;
 import javax.json.Json;
-import javax.json.JsonValue;
 import javax.json.JsonObjectBuilder;
 import javax.ws.rs.GET;
 import javax.ws.rs.Path;
@@ -35,12 +33,10 @@ public Response getDatasetPublishPopupCustomText(){
         JsonObjectBuilder response = Json.createObjectBuilder();
         
         if(setting != null){
-            response.add("DatasetPublishPopupCustomText", json(setting));
+            return okResponse(response.add("DatasetPublishPopupCustomText", setting));
         } else {
-        response.add("DatasetPublishPopupCustomText", JsonValue.NULL);
+            return notFound("Setting DatasetPublishPopupCustomText not found");
         }
-
-        return okResponse(response);
     }
  
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/SysIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/SysIT.java
index cef435dbb55..ae287626b86 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/SysIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/SysIT.java
@@ -5,25 +5,44 @@
  */
 package edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.api;
 
-import com.jayway.restassured.response.Response;
 import static com.jayway.restassured.RestAssured.*;
+import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.settings.SettingsServiceBean;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
 
 /**
  *
  * @author jacksonokuhn
  */
 public class SysIT {
- 
+
     /**
      * Test of getDatasetPublishPopupCustomText method, of class Sys.
      */
     @Test
     public void testGetDatasetPublishPopupCustomText() {
+        
         System.out.println("checking getDatasetPublishPopupCustomText");
-        Response result = given().urlEncodingEnabled(false).get("/api/system/settings/:DatasetPublishPopupCustomText");
-        result.prettyPrint();
-        assertEquals(200, result.getStatusCode());
+        
+        given().urlEncodingEnabled(false)
+                .get("/api/system/settings/:DatasetPublishPopupCustomText")
+                .then().assertThat().statusCode(404)
+                .body("message", equalTo("Setting DatasetPublishPopupCustomText not found"));
+        
+        given().urlEncodingEnabled(false)
+                .body("Hello world!").put("/api/admin/settings/DatasetPublishPopupCustomText");
+                
+        given().urlEncodingEnabled(false)
+                .get("/api/system/settings/:DatasetPublishPopupCustomText")
+                .then().assertThat().statusCode(200)
+                .body("data.DatasetPublishPopupCustomText", equalTo("Hello world!"));
+                
+        given().urlEncodingEnabled(false)
+                .delete("/api/admin/settings/DatasetPublishPopupCustomText");
+                
+        given().urlEncodingEnabled(false)
+                .get("/api/system/settings/:DatasetPublishPopupCustomText")
+                .then().assertThat().statusCode(404)
+                .body("message", equalTo("Setting DatasetPublishPopupCustomText not found"));
     }
-}
+}
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