diff --git a/src/main/java/org/frankframework/flow/project/Project.java b/src/main/java/org/frankframework/flow/project/Project.java
index 370d8f6..abff592 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/frankframework/flow/project/Project.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/frankframework/flow/project/Project.java
@@ -45,11 +45,7 @@ public void setConfigurationXml(String filepath, String xmlContent) {
         }
     }
 
-    public ProjectSettings getProjectSettings() {
-        return this.projectSettings;
-    }
-
-    public boolean isFilterEnabled(FilterType type) {
+	public boolean isFilterEnabled(FilterType type) {
         return projectSettings.isEnabled(type);
     }
 
@@ -92,7 +88,7 @@ public boolean updateAdapter(String configurationName, String adapterName, Strin
     }
 
     private Document parseXml(String xmlContent) throws Exception {
-        DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+        DocumentBuilderFactory factory = XmlSecurityUtils.createSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
         factory.setIgnoringComments(true);
         factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
         DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
@@ -100,7 +96,7 @@ private Document parseXml(String xmlContent) throws Exception {
     }
 
     private Node parseNewAdapter(Document configDoc, String newAdapterXml) throws Exception {
-        DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+        DocumentBuilderFactory factory = XmlSecurityUtils.createSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
         factory.setIgnoringComments(true);
         factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
         DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();