diff --git a/portal.war/src/main/webapp/layout/header.xhtml b/portal.war/src/main/webapp/layout/header.xhtml
index bc73cf9..83cffa0 100755
--- a/portal.war/src/main/webapp/layout/header.xhtml
+++ b/portal.war/src/main/webapp/layout/header.xhtml
@@ -3,17 +3,11 @@
 	xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
 	xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
 	xmlns:s="http://jboss.com/products/seam/taglib"
-	xmlns:a4j="http://richfaces.org/a4j"
 	xmlns:rich="http://richfaces.org/rich" styleClass="my-toolbar-header">
 
 	<h:panelGrid columns="2">
 		<h:outputLink value="http://vamdc.eu">
 			<h:graphicImage value="/img/vamdc_logo.png" alt="vamdc_logo"/>
 		</h:outputLink>
-		<a4j:region selfRendered="true">
-			<h:messages id="messages" globalOnly="true" styleClass="message"
-				errorClass="errormsg" infoClass="infomsg" warnClass="warnmsg"
-				rendered="#{showGlobalMessages != 'false'}" />
-		</a4j:region>
 	</h:panelGrid>
 </s:span>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/portal.war/src/main/webapp/layout/template.xhtml b/portal.war/src/main/webapp/layout/template.xhtml
index 1fb8502..5160c8c 100644
--- a/portal.war/src/main/webapp/layout/template.xhtml
+++ b/portal.war/src/main/webapp/layout/template.xhtml
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ window.history.forward();
 	<div class="header"><ui:include src="header.xhtml"/></div>
 	<ui:include src="menu.xhtml"/>
 	<div class="body">
-		
+		<a:region selfRendered="true">
+			<h:messages id="messages" globalOnly="true" styleClass="message"
+				errorClass="errormsg" infoClass="infomsg" warnClass="warnmsg"
+				rendered="#{showGlobalMessages != 'false'}" />
+		</a:region>
 		<ui:insert name="body" />
 	</div>