diff --git a/explore/angular.json b/explore/angular.json
index 13b8446e..dd429b36 100644
--- a/explore/angular.json
+++ b/explore/angular.json
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@
             "assets": [
               "src/assets",
               "src/robots.txt",
-              "src/sitemap.xml"
+              "src/sitemap.xml",
+              {
+                "glob": "**/*",
+                "input": "src/sitemaps",
+                "output": "/"
+              }
             ],
             "styles": [
               "src/styles.css",
@@ -85,7 +90,12 @@
             "assets": [
               "src/assets",
               "src/robots.txt",
-              "src/sitemap.xml"
+              "src/sitemap.xml",
+              {
+                "glob": "**/*",
+                "input": "src/sitemaps",
+                "output": "/"
+              }
             ]
           }
         },
diff --git a/explore/src/assets/env-properties.json b/explore/src/assets/env-properties.json
index 39d2652d..0f179d1e 100644
--- a/explore/src/assets/env-properties.json
+++ b/explore/src/assets/env-properties.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   "piwikSiteId" : "6",
   "loginUrl" :"http://scoobydoo.di.uoa.gr:8080/dnet-openaire-users-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/openid_connect_login",
 
-  "userInfoUrl" : "http://rudie.di.uoa.gr:8280/dnet-openaire-users-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/api/users/getUserInfo?accessToken=",
+  "userInfoUrl" : "http://rudie.di.uoa.gr:8080/dnet-openaire-users-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/api/users/getUserInfo?accessToken=",
 
   "logoutUrl" :"https://aai.openaire.eu/proxy/saml2/idp/SingleLogoutService.php?ReturnTo=",
 
diff --git a/explore/src/sitemaps/publicationSitemap.xml b/explore/src/sitemaps/publicationSitemap.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8654a3af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/explore/src/sitemaps/publicationSitemap.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd">
+
+   <url>
+      <loc><![CDATA[https://explore.openaire.eu/search/find/publications]]></loc>
+      <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
+      <priority>0.9</priority>
+   </url>
+
+   <url>
+      <loc><![CDATA[https://explore.openaire.eu/search/advanced/publications]]></loc>
+      <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
+      <priority>0.8</priority>
+   </url>
+
+</urlset>