diff --git a/demo-shell/src/app/app.module.ts b/demo-shell/src/app/app.module.ts
index ea808c5f2e..eb4cd99688 100644
--- a/demo-shell/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/demo-shell/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { ChartsModule } from 'ng2-charts';
 import { HttpClientModule, HTTP_INTERCEPTORS } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { BrowserAnimationsModule, NoopAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
 
-import { AppConfigService, TRANSLATION_PROVIDER, DebugAppConfigService, CoreModule, CoreAutomationService } from '@alfresco/adf-core';
+import { AppConfigService, TRANSLATION_PROVIDER, DebugAppConfigService, CoreModule, CoreAutomationService, AuthBearerInterceptor } from '@alfresco/adf-core';
 import { ExtensionsModule } from '@alfresco/adf-extensions';
 import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
 import { MaterialModule } from './material.module';
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ import { MonacoEditorModule } from 'ngx-monaco-editor';
 import { ContentModule } from '@alfresco/adf-content-services';
 import { InsightsModule } from '@alfresco/adf-insights';
 import { ProcessModule } from '@alfresco/adf-process-services';
-import { AuthBearerInterceptor } from './services';
 import { AppExtensionsModule } from './app-extension.module';
 import { TreeViewSampleComponent } from './components/tree-view/tree-view-sample.component';
 import { CloudLayoutComponent } from './components/cloud/cloud-layout.component';
diff --git a/demo-shell/src/app/services/index.ts b/demo-shell/src/app/services/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1017c7c5af..0000000000
--- a/demo-shell/src/app/services/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*!
- * @license
- * Copyright 2019 Alfresco Software, Ltd.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-export * from './auth-bearer.interceptor';
diff --git a/demo-shell/src/app/services/auth-bearer.interceptor.ts b/lib/core/services/auth-bearer.interceptor.ts
similarity index 77%
rename from demo-shell/src/app/services/auth-bearer.interceptor.ts
rename to lib/core/services/auth-bearer.interceptor.ts
index 96d8c564cd..19fb4d9be3 100644
--- a/demo-shell/src/app/services/auth-bearer.interceptor.ts
+++ b/lib/core/services/auth-bearer.interceptor.ts
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { throwError as observableThrowError, Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { throwError as observableThrowError, Observable, of } from 'rxjs';
 import { Injectable, Injector } from '@angular/core';
 import {
   HttpHandler, HttpInterceptor, HttpRequest,
-  HttpSentEvent, HttpHeaderResponse, HttpProgressEvent, HttpResponse, HttpUserEvent
+  HttpSentEvent, HttpHeaderResponse, HttpProgressEvent, HttpResponse, HttpUserEvent, HttpHeaders
 } from '@angular/common/http';
-import { AuthenticationService } from '@alfresco/adf-core';
+import { AuthenticationService } from './authentication.service';
 import { catchError, mergeMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 @Injectable()
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class AuthBearerInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {
 
   constructor(private injector: Injector) { }
 
-  private loadExcludedUrlsRegex(): void {
+  private loadExcludedUrlsRegex() {
     const excludedUrls: string[] = this.authService.getBearerExcludedUrls();
     this.excludedUrlsRegex = excludedUrls.map((urlPattern) => new RegExp(urlPattern, 'gi')) || [];
 
@@ -64,14 +64,20 @@ export class AuthBearerInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {
     return this.authService.addTokenToHeader(req.headers)
       .pipe(
         mergeMap((headersWithBearer) => {
-        const kcReq = req.clone({ headers: headersWithBearer });
-        return next.handle(kcReq)
-          .pipe(
-            catchError((error) => {
+          const headerWithContentType = this.appendJsonContentType(headersWithBearer);
+          const kcReq = req.clone({ headers: headerWithContentType});
+          return next.handle(kcReq)
+            .pipe(
+              catchError((error) => {
                 return observableThrowError(error);
-            })
-          );
+              })
+           );
       })
       );
   }
+
+  private appendJsonContentType(headers: HttpHeaders): HttpHeaders {
+    return headers.set('Content-Type', 'application/json;charset=UTF-8');
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/lib/core/services/public-api.ts b/lib/core/services/public-api.ts
index edcde89b34..70907406c4 100644
--- a/lib/core/services/public-api.ts
+++ b/lib/core/services/public-api.ts
@@ -61,3 +61,4 @@ export * from './ecm-user.service';
 export * from './identity-user.service';
 export * from './identity-group.service';
 export * from './identity-role.service';
+export * from './auth-bearer.interceptor';