diff --git a/datasetxml2oai-pmh.xslt b/datasetxml2oai-pmh.xslt
index 42f305d..8198118 100755
--- a/datasetxml2oai-pmh.xslt
+++ b/datasetxml2oai-pmh.xslt
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
                     </sampleIdentifier>
                 </oai-identifier>
             </description>
-            <description>
+            <!-- <description>
                 <eprints xmlns="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/1.1/eprints" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/1.1/eprints http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/1.1/eprints.xsd">
                     <content>
                         <text>
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
                         See https://gitea.geologie.ac.at/geolba/tethys/ for more information.
                     </comment>
                 </eprints>
-            </description>
+            </description> -->
         </Identify>
     </xsl:template>
     
diff --git a/notes.txt b/notes.txt
index cede692..3f1d8cd 100644
--- a/notes.txt
+++ b/notes.txt
@@ -105,4 +105,11 @@ git config --global user.name
 git config --global user.email
 
 git remote add origin https://gitea.geologie.ac.at/geolba/tethys.api.git 
-git push -o repo.private=false --set-upstream origin master
\ No newline at end of file
+git push -o repo.private=false --set-upstream origin master
+
+
+
+npm install --save multer
+
+curl -X POST -d "verb=identify" -H "Content-Type: application/xml" http://localhost:3000/oai
+curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -d '{"verb": "Identify"}' http://localhost:8080/oai
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index 33d5e84..672b371 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -40,11 +40,14 @@ export class App extends Server {
             next();
         });
 
-        // this.app.use(bodyParser.json());
-        // this.app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
+        // this.app.use(bodyParser.json());       
+        // for parsing application/json
         this.app.use(bodyParser.json({ limit: "100mb" }));
+        // for parsing application/xwww-
         this.app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ limit: "50mb", extended: true }));
-        this.app.use(bodyParser.json({ type: "application/vnd.api+json" }));
+        // this.app.use(forms.array()); 
+        // for parsing multipart/form-data = uploads
+        // this.app.use(upload.array()); 
     }
 
     private boostrap(): void {
diff --git a/src/controllers/oai.controller.ts b/src/controllers/oai.controller.ts
index 65d9e84..595ca61 100644
--- a/src/controllers/oai.controller.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/oai.controller.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,16 @@ export class OaiController {
             (earliestDateFromDb = dayjs(firstPublishedDataset.server_date_published).format("YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss[Z]"));
         this.xsltParameter["earliestDatestamp"] = earliestDateFromDb;
 
-        const oaiRequest: OaiParameter = request.query;
+        let oaiRequest: OaiParameter = {};
+        if (request.method == "POST") {
+            oaiRequest = request.body;
+        } else if (request.method == "GET") {
+            oaiRequest = request.query;
+        } else {
+            this.xsltParameter["oai_error_code"] = "unknown";
+            this.xsltParameter["oai_error_message"] = "An internal error occured.";
+        }
+        // const oaiRequest: OaiParameter = request.body;
         try {
             await this.handleRequest(oaiRequest, request);
         } catch (error) {
@@ -450,7 +459,7 @@ export class OaiController {
                     };
                     includeArray.push(icncludeFilter);
                 }
-            }            
+            }
 
             // const timeZone = "Europe/Vienna"; // Canonical time zone name
             // &from=2020-09-03&until2020-09-03
@@ -506,7 +515,7 @@ export class OaiController {
                         OaiErrorCodes.BADARGUMENT,
                     );
                 }
-                fromDate = dayjs.tz(from, "Europe/Vienna")
+                fromDate = dayjs.tz(from, "Europe/Vienna");
                 fromDate.hour() == 0 && (fromDate = fromDate.startOf("day"));
 
                 const now = dayjs();
@@ -534,7 +543,7 @@ export class OaiController {
                         OaiErrorCodes.BADARGUMENT,
                     );
                 }
-                untilDate = dayjs.tz(until, "Europe/Vienna"); 
+                untilDate = dayjs.tz(until, "Europe/Vienna");
                 untilDate.hour() == 0 && (untilDate = untilDate.endOf("day"));
 
                 const firstPublishedDataset: Dataset = (await Dataset.earliestPublicationDate()) as Dataset;