diff --git a/explore/angular.json b/explore/angular.json
index bce9196c..49b10b4b 100644
--- a/explore/angular.json
+++ b/explore/angular.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
             "assets": [
               "src/assets",
               "src/robots.txt",
-              "src/OpenSearchDescriptor",
+              "src/OpenSearchDescriptor.xml",
               {
                 "glob": "**/*",
                 "input": "src/sitemaps",
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
             "assets": [
               "src/assets",
               "src/robots.txt",
-              "src/OpenSearchDescriptor",
+              "src/OpenSearchDescriptor.xml",
               {
                 "glob": "**/*",
                 "input": "src/sitemaps",
diff --git a/explore/src/OpenSearchDescriptor b/explore/src/OpenSearchDescriptor.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from explore/src/OpenSearchDescriptor
rename to explore/src/OpenSearchDescriptor.xml
diff --git a/explore/src/environments/environment.beta.ts b/explore/src/environments/environment.beta.ts
index 2c97f7d2..b1402aae 100644
--- a/explore/src/environments/environment.beta.ts
+++ b/explore/src/environments/environment.beta.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export let properties: EnvProperties = {
   pagingLimit: 20,
   resultsPerPage: 10,
 
-  "baseLink" : "/",
+  "baseLink" : "",
   "domain":"https://beta.explore.openaire.eu",
   
   searchLinkToResult: "/search/result?id=",
diff --git a/explore/src/environments/environment.prod.ts b/explore/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
index 78cf6fc1..68d78161 100644
--- a/explore/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
+++ b/explore/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export let properties: EnvProperties = {
   pagingLimit: 20,
   resultsPerPage: 10,
 
-  "baseLink" : "/",
+  "baseLink" : "",
   "domain": "https://explore.openaire.eu",
   
   searchLinkToResult: "/search/result?id=",
diff --git a/explore/src/environments/environment.test.ts b/explore/src/environments/environment.test.ts
index 7d80b4a3..2c670a5c 100644
--- a/explore/src/environments/environment.test.ts
+++ b/explore/src/environments/environment.test.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export let properties: EnvProperties = {
   pagingLimit: 20,
   resultsPerPage: 10,
 
-  "baseLink" : "/",
+  "baseLink" : "",
   "domain": "https://test.explore.openaire.eu",
   
   searchLinkToResult: "/search/result?id=",
diff --git a/explore/src/environments/environment.ts b/explore/src/environments/environment.ts
index 5048bae5..72883a2d 100644
--- a/explore/src/environments/environment.ts
+++ b/explore/src/environments/environment.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ export let properties: EnvProperties = {
   environment: "development",
   adminToolsPortalType: "explore",
   dashboard: "explore",
-  enablePiwikTrack: false,
-  useCache: true,
-  useLongCache: true,
+  enablePiwikTrack: true,
+  useCache: false,
+  useLongCache: false,
   showAddThis: true,
   metricsAPIURL: "https://beta.services.openaire.eu/usagestats/",
   framesAPIURL: "https://beta.openaire.eu/stats3/",
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export let properties: EnvProperties = {
   statisticsFrameAPIURL: "https://beta.openaire.eu/stats/",
   statisticsFrameNewAPIURL: "https://stats.madgik.di.uoa.gr/stats-api/",
   useNewStatistisTool: true,
+  // claimsAPIURL: "http://scoobydoo.di.uoa.gr:8080/dnet-claims-service-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT/rest/claimsService/",
   claimsAPIURL: "http://dl170.madgik.di.uoa.gr:8180/dnet-claims-service-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT/rest/claimsService/",
   searchAPIURLLAst: "http://beta.services.openaire.eu/search/v2/api/",
   searchResourcesAPIURL: "https://beta.services.openaire.eu/search/v2/api/resources",
diff --git a/explore/src/index.beta.html b/explore/src/index.beta.html
index 5a792a2e..ed23db7a 100644
--- a/explore/src/index.beta.html
+++ b/explore/src/index.beta.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       <link rel="search"
             type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"
             title="OpenAIRE Explore"
-            href="./OpenSearchDescriptor">
+            href="./OpenSearchDescriptor.xml">
       <meta charset="utf-8">
       <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
       <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
diff --git a/explore/src/index.html b/explore/src/index.html
index 5a792a2e..ed23db7a 100644
--- a/explore/src/index.html
+++ b/explore/src/index.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       <link rel="search"
             type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"
             title="OpenAIRE Explore"
-            href="./OpenSearchDescriptor">
+            href="./OpenSearchDescriptor.xml">
       <meta charset="utf-8">
       <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
       <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
diff --git a/explore/src/index.prod.html b/explore/src/index.prod.html
index a69998bc..63111496 100644
--- a/explore/src/index.prod.html
+++ b/explore/src/index.prod.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       <link rel="search"
             type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"
             title="OpenAIRE Explore"
-            href="./OpenSearchDescriptor">
+            href="./OpenSearchDescriptor.xml">
       <meta charset="utf-8">
       <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
       <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
diff --git a/explore/src/robots.prod.txt b/explore/src/robots.prod.txt
index ca9f278e..b4e851f6 100644
--- a/explore/src/robots.prod.txt
+++ b/explore/src/robots.prod.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 User-Agent: *
 Disallow: /upload
-Crawl-delay: 30
-Sitemap: https://explore.openaire.eu/sitemap.xml
 
+https://explore.openaire.eu/sitemap/otherSitemapIndex.xml