diff --git a/apps/bioschemas-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/bioschemas/api/publisher/BioschemasAPIController.java b/apps/bioschemas-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/bioschemas/api/controller/BioschemasAPIController.java
similarity index 96%
rename from apps/bioschemas-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/bioschemas/api/publisher/BioschemasAPIController.java
rename to apps/bioschemas-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/bioschemas/api/controller/BioschemasAPIController.java
index e94fbf8d..b810e0ef 100644
--- a/apps/bioschemas-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/bioschemas/api/publisher/BioschemasAPIController.java
+++ b/apps/bioschemas-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/bioschemas/api/controller/BioschemasAPIController.java
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.bioschemas.api.publisher;
+package eu.dnetlib.bioschemas.api.controller;
 
-import eu.dnetlib.bioschemas.api.ServiceScrapeDriver;
 import eu.dnetlib.bioschemas.api.scraper.ScrapingExecution;
 import eu.dnetlib.bioschemas.api.scraper.ScrapingExecutor;
+import eu.dnetlib.bioschemas.api.utils.BioschemasException;
 import eu.dnetlib.common.controller.AbstractDnetController;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.io.LineIterator;
diff --git a/apps/bioschemas-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/bioschemas/api/publisher/HomeController.java b/apps/bioschemas-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/bioschemas/api/controller/HomeController.java
similarity index 88%
rename from apps/bioschemas-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/bioschemas/api/publisher/HomeController.java
rename to apps/bioschemas-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/bioschemas/api/controller/HomeController.java
index cad79265..8796f280 100644
--- a/apps/bioschemas-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/bioschemas/api/publisher/HomeController.java
+++ b/apps/bioschemas-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/bioschemas/api/controller/HomeController.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.bioschemas.api.publisher;
+package eu.dnetlib.bioschemas.api.controller;
 
 import eu.dnetlib.common.controller.AbstractDnetController;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
diff --git a/apps/bioschemas-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/bioschemas/api/publisher/BioschemasException.java b/apps/bioschemas-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/bioschemas/api/utils/BioschemasException.java
similarity index 92%
rename from apps/bioschemas-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/bioschemas/api/publisher/BioschemasException.java
rename to apps/bioschemas-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/bioschemas/api/utils/BioschemasException.java
index 594016d2..9a2072eb 100644
--- a/apps/bioschemas-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/bioschemas/api/publisher/BioschemasException.java
+++ b/apps/bioschemas-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/bioschemas/api/utils/BioschemasException.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.bioschemas.api.publisher;
+package eu.dnetlib.bioschemas.api.utils;
 
 /**
  * @author enrico.ottonello