diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/Beans.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/Beans.java
index a35796ea..a65879d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/Beans.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/Beans.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public class Beans implements WebMvcConfigurer {
     @Override
     public void addInterceptors(InterceptorRegistry registry) {
         registry.addInterceptor(localeChangeInterceptor());
+        registry.addInterceptor(new CleanUrlInterceptor());
     }
 
     @Bean
diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/CleanUrlInterceptor.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/CleanUrlInterceptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b917664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/CleanUrlInterceptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.config;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerInterceptor;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
+
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+public class CleanUrlInterceptor implements HandlerInterceptor {
+
+    private static final Pattern LANG_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("&?lang=([^&]+)");
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean preHandle(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Object handler) throws Exception {
+        String queryString = request.getQueryString();
+        if (queryString != null && !queryString.isEmpty()) {
+            String requestURI = request.getRequestURI();
+
+            // Keep the lang parameter if it exists
+            Matcher langMatcher = LANG_PATTERN.matcher(queryString);
+            String langQueryString = langMatcher.find() ? "lang=" + langMatcher.group(1) : "";
+
+            // Check if there are any other query parameters besides the lang parameter
+            String remainingQueryString = queryString.replaceAll(LANG_PATTERN.pattern(), "").replaceAll("&+", "&").replaceAll("^&|&$", "");
+
+            if (!remainingQueryString.isEmpty()) {
+                // Redirect to the URL without other query parameters
+                String redirectUrl = requestURI + (langQueryString.isEmpty() ? "" : "?" + langQueryString);
+                response.sendRedirect(redirectUrl);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void postHandle(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Object handler, ModelAndView modelAndView) {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void afterCompletion(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Object handler, Exception ex) {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/MergeController.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/MergeController.java
index 186656ff..f8c343e7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/MergeController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/MergeController.java
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ public class MergeController {
             for (PDPage page : pages) {
                 mergedDoc.addPage(page);
             }
+            
+            
         }
 
         // Return the merged document
@@ -55,8 +57,16 @@ public class MergeController {
 
         PDDocument mergedDoc = mergeDocuments(documents);
 
+        
         // Return the merged PDF as a response
-        return PdfUtils.pdfDocToWebResponse(mergedDoc, files[0].getOriginalFilename().replaceFirst("[.][^.]+$", "") + "_merged.pdf");
+        ResponseEntity<byte[]> response = PdfUtils.pdfDocToWebResponse(mergedDoc, files[0].getOriginalFilename().replaceFirst("[.][^.]+$", "") + "_merged.pdf");
+        
+        for (PDDocument doc : documents) {
+            // Close the document after processing
+            doc.close();
+           }
+        
+        return response;
     }
 
 }
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