diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/datacite/DataciteToOAFTransformation.scala b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/datacite/DataciteToOAFTransformation.scala
index 0cdf0accb..045927bed 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/datacite/DataciteToOAFTransformation.scala
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/datacite/DataciteToOAFTransformation.scala
@@ -532,11 +532,11 @@ object DataciteToOAFTransformation {
       JField("awardUri", JString(awardUri)) <- fundingReferences
     } yield awardUri
 
+    result.setId(IdentifierFactory.createIdentifier(result))
     var relations: List[Relation] = awardUris.flatMap(a => get_projectRelation(a, result.getId)).filter(r => r != null)
 
-
     fix_figshare(result)
-    result.setId(IdentifierFactory.createIdentifier(result))
+
     if (result.getId == null)
       return List()