diff --git a/java/src/main/java/com/genexus/filters/APIObjectFilter.java b/java/src/main/java/com/genexus/filters/APIObjectFilter.java
index 441711ac4..2d83bbe8d 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/com/genexus/filters/APIObjectFilter.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/com/genexus/filters/APIObjectFilter.java
@@ -19,82 +19,82 @@
 public class APIObjectFilter extends Filter {
     
     private ArrayList<String> appPath = new ArrayList<String>();
-    
+    static final String PRIVATE_DIR="private";
+    static final String WEB_INFO="WEB-INF";
     public static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(APIObjectFilter.class);
 
-    public void doFilter(IServletRequest request, IServletResponse response, IFilterChain chain) throws Exception {
-        if (request.isHttpServletRequest() && response.isHttpServletResponse()) {
-            IHttpServletRequest httpRequest = request.getHttpServletRequest();
+	public  void doFilter(IServletRequest request, IServletResponse response, IFilterChain chain) throws Exception {
+    	if (request.isHttpServletRequest() && response.isHttpServletResponse()) {
+        	IHttpServletRequest httpRequest = request.getHttpServletRequest();
             String path = httpRequest.getRequestURI().substring(httpRequest.getContextPath().length()).substring(1);
             String urlString = path.toLowerCase();
             boolean isPath = false;
-            for(String appBasePath : appPath)
-            {                
-                if (urlString.startsWith(appBasePath))
-				{
+      		for (String appBasePath : this.appPath) {
+                if (urlString.startsWith(appBasePath)) {
                     isPath = true;
 					break;					
 				}
             }     
-            if(isPath)
-            {
+            if(isPath) {
                 String fwdURI = "/rest/" + path;
+				logger.info("Forwarding from " + path +" to: " + fwdURI) ;
 				httpRequest.getRequestDispatcher(fwdURI).forward(request,response);
             }
-            else
-            {
+            else {
                 chain.doFilter(request, response);
             }
         }
-        else
-        {
+        else {
             chain.doFilter(request, response);
         }
     }
 
     public void init(Map<String, String> headers, String path, String sessionCookieName) throws ServletException {        
         try {
-            String paramValue = headers.get("BasePath");
-            if (paramValue != null && !paramValue.isEmpty())
-            {                
-                if (paramValue.equals("*"))
-                {                    
-                    if (path != null &&  !path.isEmpty())
-                    {                        
-                        paramValue  = path + "private";                        
-                        Path privateFolder = Paths.get(paramValue);
-                        if (!Files.exists(privateFolder)){
-                            paramValue  = path + "WEB-INF" + File.separator + "private";
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                logger.info("API metadata path: " +  paramValue) ; 
-                Stream<Path> walk = Files.walk(Paths.get(paramValue + File.separator)); 
-                List<String> result = walk.map(x -> x.toString()).filter(f -> f.endsWith(".grp.json")).collect(Collectors.toList());
-                for (String temp : result)
-                {
-                    try{
-                        String read = String.join( "", Files.readAllLines(Paths.get(temp)));
-                        JSONObject jo = new JSONObject(read);
-                        String apipath = jo.getString("BasePath");
-                        appPath.add(apipath.toLowerCase());
-                    }
-                    catch(IOException e)
-                    {
-                        logger.error("Exception in API Filter: ", e);  
-                    }
-                }        
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                logger.info("API base path invalid."); 
+			String paramValue = headers.get("BasePath");
+            if (paramValue != null && !paramValue.isEmpty()) {
+				Path privateFolder = null;
+                if (paramValue.equals("*")) {
+					if (path != null && !path.isEmpty()) {
+						privateFolder = Paths.get(path, PRIVATE_DIR);
+						if (!Files.exists(privateFolder)) {
+							privateFolder = Paths.get(path, WEB_INFO, PRIVATE_DIR);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				else {
+				privateFolder = Paths.get(paramValue);
+				}
+				if (privateFolder != null) {
+					logger.info("API metadata folder: [" +  privateFolder.toString() + "]") ;
+            		Stream<Path> walk = Files.walk(privateFolder);
+            		List<String> result = walk.map(x -> x.toString()).filter(f -> f.endsWith(".grp.json")).collect(Collectors.toList());
+            		for (String temp : result) {
+						try {
+							String read = String.join("", Files.readAllLines(Paths.get(temp)));
+							JSONObject jo = new JSONObject(read);
+							String apiPath = jo.getString("BasePath");
+							appPath.add(apiPath.toLowerCase());
+						}
+						catch (IOException e) {
+							logger.error("Exception API Filter Metadata: ", e);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				else {
+					logger.info("API path invalid");
+				}
+        	}
+            else {
+                logger.info("API base path is empty.");
             }
         } 
         catch (Exception e) {
-            logger.error("Exception in API Filter: ", e);            	        
+            logger.error("Exception in API Filter initilization: ", e);
         }
     }
 
     public void destroy() {
     }
+
 }