diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/spring-main.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/spring-main.xml
index f66e53fff1dc47966c073e962ba7ceb43b9b0018..328d79f17611f93bc712a24ab4e485545500b2f2 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/spring-main.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/spring-main.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="templateMessage" class="org.springframework.mail.SimpleMailMessage">
-		<property name="from" value="${mail.sender.address} <${mail.sender.address}>"/>
+		<property name="from" value="${mail.sender.address} &lt;${mail.sender.address}&gt;"/>
 		<property name="subject" value="${security.user-db.registration-mail.subject}"/>
 		<property name="text" value="${security.user-db.registration-mail.body}"/>
 	</bean>