diff -r 91d1fc2a3a14 -r 33b6843fdf8a src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/project-form.jsp
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/project-form.jsp	Fri May 22 17:26:27 2020 +0200
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/project-form.jsp	Fri May 22 21:23:57 2020 +0200
@@ -43,15 +43,15 @@
         <tbody>
         <tr>
             <th><fmt:message key="thead.name"/></th>
-            <td><input name="name" type="text" maxlength="20" required value="${project.name}"/></td>
+            <td><input name="name" type="text" maxlength="20" required value="<c:out value="${project.name}"/>" /></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
             <th class="vtop"><fmt:message key="thead.description"/></th>
-            <td><input type="text" name="description" maxlength="200" value="${project.description}"/></td>
+            <td><input type="text" name="description" maxlength="200" value="<c:out value="${project.description}"/>" /></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
             <th><fmt:message key="thead.repoUrl"/></th>
-            <td><input name="repoUrl" type="url" maxlength="50" value="${project.repoUrl}"/></td>
+            <td><input name="repoUrl" type="url" maxlength="50" value="<c:out value="${project.repoUrl}"/>" /></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
             <th><fmt:message key="thead.owner"/></th>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
                     <option value="-1"><fmt:message key="placeholder.null-owner"/></option>
                     <c:forEach var="user" items="${users}">
                         <option
-                                <c:if test="${not empty project.owner and user.id eq project.owner.id}">selected</c:if>
+                                <c:if test="${not empty project.owner and user eq project.owner}">selected</c:if>
                                 value="${user.id}"><c:out value="${user.displayname}"/></option>
                     </c:forEach>
                 </select>