diff --git a/spring-security-login/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml b/spring-security-login/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
index 7079e0e04b..6394c92699 100644
--- a/spring-security-login/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-security-login/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@
 		<intercept-url pattern="/login*" access="isAnonymous()" />
 		<intercept-url pattern="/**" access="isAuthenticated()" />
 
-		<form-login login-page='/login.html' default-target-url="/homepage.html"
-			authentication-failure-url="/login.html?error=true" />
+		<form-login 
+			login-page='/login.html' 
+			login-processing-url="/perform_login" 
+			default-target-url="/homepage.html"
+			authentication-failure-url="/login.html?error=true" 
+			always-use-default-target="true"/>
 
 	</http>
 
diff --git a/spring-security-login/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/view/login.jsp b/spring-security-login/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/view/login.jsp
index ba8b774804..013ceccb4e 100644
--- a/spring-security-login/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/view/login.jsp
+++ b/spring-security-login/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/view/login.jsp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <body>
 	<h1>Login</h1>
 
-	<form name='f' action="j_spring_security_check" method='POST'>
+	<form name='f' action="perform_login" method='POST'>
 
 		<table>
 			<tr>
