diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5f8ed69..7b0811a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,12 +62,14 @@
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
+    <plugins>
+        <!-- Spring Boot Plugin -->
+        <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+</build>
+
 
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gcc/crslogs/service/BirthAndDeathDetailsService.java b/src/main/java/com/gcc/crslogs/service/BirthAndDeathDetailsService.java
index 26f9cc9..d02681f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gcc/crslogs/service/BirthAndDeathDetailsService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gcc/crslogs/service/BirthAndDeathDetailsService.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
-import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;  
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ public class BirthAndDeathDetailsService {
 
 	    // Remove illegal control characters (but keep line breaks if needed)
 	    return rawJson
+	    	.replace("\\", "\\\\")                       // Escape backslashes
 	        .replaceAll("[\\p{Cntrl}&&[^\r\n\t]]", "") // Remove non-printable control characters (except tabs/newlines)
 	        .replaceAll("\t", "")                     // Remove tab characters explicitly (common cause of error)
 	        .replaceAll("\\s*:\\s*\n\\s*\"", ":\"")   // Fix broken key-value splits