diff --git a/spring-mvc/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/controller/FooController.java b/spring-mvc/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/controller/FooController.java
index a2628cbbbf..3698cc24d5 100644
--- a/spring-mvc/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/controller/FooController.java
+++ b/spring-mvc/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/controller/FooController.java
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package org.baeldung.spring.web.controller;
 
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
 
 @Controller
 public class FooController {
@@ -13,9 +15,21 @@ public class FooController {
 	// API
 
 	@RequestMapping(value = "/foos")
+	@ResponseBody
 	public String getFoos() {
-		System.out.println("simplePattern method was called");
-		return "someResult";
+		return "Get some Foos";
+	}
+
+	@RequestMapping(value = "/foos", method = RequestMethod.POST)
+	@ResponseBody
+	public String getFoosPost() {
+		return "Post some Foos";
+	}
+
+	@RequestMapping(value = "/foos", method = RequestMethod.POST, headers = "key=val")
+	@ResponseBody
+	public String getFoosWithHeader() {
+		return "Get some Foos with Header";
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-mvc/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/spring-mvc/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index ba2bb591ed..5c163a20ad 100644
--- a/spring-mvc/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 	</servlet-mapping>
 
 	<welcome-file-list>
-		<welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
+		<welcome-file />
 	</welcome-file-list>
 
 </web-app>
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