diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 8b50bd0a4fd7f29e9c51821c5c10843f517ff8f6..d01ec17d3c336f0a7436f6d92a047d0f4206191c 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ PUSHER_APP_ID=
 PUSHER_KEY=
 PUSHER_SECRET=
 
-METADATA_URL=‘https://mdx.idem.garr.it/edugain/entities/’
+METADATA_URL='https://mdx.idem.garr.it/edugain/entities/'
diff --git a/app/Libraries/EarcUtils.php b/app/Libraries/EarcUtils.php
index 0e63a2e7020390e9ad05c8a15e16aa9910909c51..792a5752c373b3b3393590e90c12a8a238a3516e 100755
--- a/app/Libraries/EarcUtils.php
+++ b/app/Libraries/EarcUtils.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class EarcUtils
     public static function getIdpMetadata($entityid)
     {
         $metaloader = new MetaLoader(null);
-        $metaloader->loadSource(array('src' => env('‘METADATA_URL’') . urlencode($entityid)));
+        $metaloader->loadSource(array('src' => config('app.metadata_url') . urlencode($entityid)));
         $metaloader->writeMetadataFiles(Configuration::getInstance()->getPathValue('metadatagenerateddir', 'metadata-generated-idp/'));
 
         include Configuration::getInstance()->getPathValue('metadatagenerateddir', 'metadata-generated-idp/').'saml20-idp-remote.php';
diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index eafd77b2f4a07f8000373f384f41c3f744053e6f..470b3fa20db0babcbf96eecf301e065fb5e12d0d 100755
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ return [
         'http://eduid.hu' => 'https://attributes.eduid.hu',
     ],
 
-
+    'metadata_url' => env('METADATA_URL'),
+   
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     | Autoloaded Service Providers