diff --git a/apps/dhp-mdstore-manager/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/data/mdstore/manager/utils/ZeppelinClient.java b/apps/dhp-mdstore-manager/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/data/mdstore/manager/utils/ZeppelinClient.java
index bf273265..a6763772 100644
--- a/apps/dhp-mdstore-manager/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/data/mdstore/manager/utils/ZeppelinClient.java
+++ b/apps/dhp-mdstore-manager/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/data/mdstore/manager/utils/ZeppelinClient.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class ZeppelinClient {
 
 	private Paragraph confParagraph(final MDStoreWithInfo mdstore, final String currentVersionPath) throws MDStoreManagerException {
 		try {
-			final String code = IOUtils.toString(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/zeppelin/conf.tmpl.py"), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+			final String code = IOUtils.toString(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/zeppelin/paragraph_conf.tmpl"), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
 				.replaceAll("__DS_NAME__", StringEscapeUtils.escapeJava(mdstore.getDatasourceName()))
 				.replaceAll("__DS_ID__", StringEscapeUtils.escapeJava(mdstore.getDatasourceId()))
 				.replaceAll("__API_ID__", StringEscapeUtils.escapeJava(mdstore.getApiId()))
diff --git a/apps/dhp-mdstore-manager/src/main/resources/zeppelin/conf.tmpl.py b/apps/dhp-mdstore-manager/src/main/resources/zeppelin/conf.tmpl.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6907e5ab..00000000
--- a/apps/dhp-mdstore-manager/src/main/resources/zeppelin/conf.tmpl.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-%pyspark
-
-dsName = "__DS_NAME__"
-dsId = "__DS_ID__"
-apiId = "__API_ID__"
-mdId = "__MDSTORE_ID__"
-mdVersion = "__VERSION__"
-path = "__PATH__"
-
-print "Datasource Name:", dsName
-print "Datasource ID:", dsId
-print "Api ID:", apiId
-print "MdStore ID:", mdId
-print "Version ID:", mdVersion
-print "Version Data Path:", path
diff --git a/apps/dhp-mdstore-manager/src/main/resources/zeppelin/paragraph_conf.tmpl b/apps/dhp-mdstore-manager/src/main/resources/zeppelin/paragraph_conf.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..666809f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/dhp-mdstore-manager/src/main/resources/zeppelin/paragraph_conf.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+%spark
+
+val dsName = "__DS_NAME__"
+val dsId = "__DS_ID__"
+val apiId = "__API_ID__"
+val mdId = "__MDSTORE_ID__"
+val mdVersion = "__VERSION__"
+val path = "__PATH__"