diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/impl/RoleManagementServiceImpl.java b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/impl/RoleManagementServiceImpl.java
index 2f33d5a5df..29db06c3d0 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/impl/RoleManagementServiceImpl.java
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/impl/RoleManagementServiceImpl.java
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ import org.wso2.carbon.user.mgt.common.UserAdminException;
 import javax.ws.rs.*;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -231,9 +233,9 @@ public class RoleManagementServiceImpl implements RoleManagementService {
             userStoreManager.addRole(roleInfo.getRoleName(), roleInfo.getUsers(), permissions);
 
             //TODO fix what's returned in the entity
-            return Response.created(new URI(API_BASE_PATH + "/" + roleInfo.getRoleName())).entity(
-                    "Role '" + roleInfo.getRoleName() + "' has " +
-                            "successfully been added").build();
+            return Response.created(new URI(API_BASE_PATH + "/" + URLEncoder.encode(roleInfo.getRoleName(), "UTF-8"))).
+                    entity("Role '" + roleInfo.getRoleName() + "' has " + "successfully been"
+                    + " added").build();
         } catch (UserStoreException e) {
             String msg = "Error occurred while adding role '" + roleInfo.getRoleName() + "'";
             log.error(msg, e);
@@ -245,6 +247,11 @@ public class RoleManagementServiceImpl implements RoleManagementService {
             log.error(msg, e);
             return Response.serverError().entity(
                     new ErrorResponse.ErrorResponseBuilder().setMessage(msg).build()).build();
+        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            String msg = "Error occurred while encoding role name";
+            log.error(msg, e);
+            return Response.serverError().entity(
+                    new ErrorResponse.ErrorResponseBuilder().setMessage(msg).build()).build();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.ui/src/main/resources/jaggeryapps/devicemgt/app/pages/cdmf.page.role.create/public/js/bottomJs.js b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.ui/src/main/resources/jaggeryapps/devicemgt/app/pages/cdmf.page.role.create/public/js/bottomJs.js
index d67c46ea8b..2cb8292af7 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.ui/src/main/resources/jaggeryapps/devicemgt/app/pages/cdmf.page.role.create/public/js/bottomJs.js
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.ui/src/main/resources/jaggeryapps/devicemgt/app/pages/cdmf.page.role.create/public/js/bottomJs.js
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ clearInline["role-name"] = function () {
  */
 validateInline["role-name"] = function () {
     var roleNameInput = $("input#roleName");
-    if (inputIsValid( roleNameInput.data("regex"), roleNameInput.val()) && roleNameInput.indexOf("@") < 0 &&
-        roleNameInput.indexOf("/") < 0) {
+    var roleName = roleNameInput.val();
+    if (inputIsValid( roleNameInput.data("regex"), roleName) && roleName.indexOf("@") < 0 && roleName.indexOf("/") < 0) {
         disableInlineError("roleNameField", "roleNameEmpty", "roleNameError");
     } else {
         enableInlineError("roleNameField", "roleNameEmpty", "roleNameError");
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
         if (!roleName) {
             $(errorMsg).text("Role name is a required field. It cannot be empty.");
             $(errorMsgWrapper).removeClass("hidden");
-        } else if (!inputIsValid(roleNameInput.data("regex"), roleName)) {
+        } else if (!inputIsValid(roleNameInput.data("regex"), roleName) || roleName.indexOf("@") >= 0 ||
+            roleName.indexOf("/") >= 0) {
             $(errorMsg).text(roleNameInput.data("error-msg"));
             $(errorMsgWrapper).removeClass("hidden");
         } else if (!domain) {
diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.ui/src/main/resources/jaggeryapps/devicemgt/app/pages/cdmf.page.roles/public/js/role-listing.js b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.ui/src/main/resources/jaggeryapps/devicemgt/app/pages/cdmf.page.roles/public/js/role-listing.js
index 907d124f70..4a6b44fbb8 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.ui/src/main/resources/jaggeryapps/devicemgt/app/pages/cdmf.page.roles/public/js/role-listing.js
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.ui/src/main/resources/jaggeryapps/devicemgt/app/pages/cdmf.page.roles/public/js/role-listing.js
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ $("#role-grid").on("click", ".remove-role-link", function () {
                 if (userStore) {
                     role = userStore + '/' + role;
                 }
-                $('[id=role-' + role + ']').remove();
+                $('[id="role-' + role + '"]').remove();
                 $(modalPopupContent).html($('#remove-role-success-content').html());
                 $("a#remove-role-success-link").click(function () {
                     hidePopup();
diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.ui/src/main/resources/jaggeryapps/devicemgt/app/pages/cdmf.page.users/public/js/listing.js b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.ui/src/main/resources/jaggeryapps/devicemgt/app/pages/cdmf.page.users/public/js/listing.js
index b737f4472c..af9792e18a 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.ui/src/main/resources/jaggeryapps/devicemgt/app/pages/cdmf.page.users/public/js/listing.js
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.ui/src/main/resources/jaggeryapps/devicemgt/app/pages/cdmf.page.users/public/js/listing.js
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ function removeUser(username) {
                     if (domain) {
                         username = domain + '/' + username;
                     }
-                    $('[id=user-' + username + ']').remove();
+                    $('[id="user-' + username + '"]').remove();
                     // update modal-content with success message
                     modalDialog.header("User Removed.");
                     modalDialog.content("Done. User was successfully removed.");