diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 351b8d0..a02f15e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,19 +60,13 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.cloud/spring-cloud-starter-netflix-hystrix -->
         <!--
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-netflix-hystrix</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.9.RELEASE</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-bootstrap</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.1</version>
-    </dependency>
-    -->
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+          <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-bootstrap</artifactId>
+          <version>3.0.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        -->
         <!--
             <dependency>
                  <groupId>javax.el</groupId>
@@ -323,11 +317,6 @@
             <artifactId>cors-filter</artifactId>
             <version>2.5</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.netflix.hystrix</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hystrix-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5.18</version>
-        </dependency>
         <!--
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.netflix.rxjava</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/StatsServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/StatsServiceImpl.java
index 235e9e3..dc7ee95 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/StatsServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/StatsServiceImpl.java
@@ -1,17 +1,26 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.service;
 
-import eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.service.customHystrixCommands.*;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestClientException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponents;
+import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 @Service("statsService")
 public class StatsServiceImpl implements StatsService {
 
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(StatsServiceImpl.class);
+
     @Autowired
     RestTemplate restTemplate;
 
@@ -24,27 +33,288 @@ public class StatsServiceImpl implements StatsService {
 
     @Override
     public Map getStatistics()  {
-
-        UsageStatsTotalHystrixCommand usageStatsTotalHystrixCommand = new UsageStatsTotalHystrixCommand(usagestatsEvents,restTemplate);
-        DataRepositoriesHystrixCommand dataRepositoriesHystrixCommand = new DataRepositoriesHystrixCommand(baseAddress,restTemplate);
-        AggregatorsHystrixCommand aggregatorsHystrixCommand = new AggregatorsHystrixCommand(baseAddress,restTemplate);
-        LiteratureHystrixCommand literatureHystrixCommand = new LiteratureHystrixCommand(baseAddress,restTemplate);
-        JournalHystrixCommand journalHystrixCommand = new JournalHystrixCommand(baseAddress,restTemplate);
-        PublicationHystrixCommand publicationHystrixCommand = new PublicationHystrixCommand(baseAddress,restTemplate);
-        DatasetsHystrixCommand datasetsHystrixCommand = new DatasetsHystrixCommand(baseAddress,restTemplate);
-        SoftwareHystrixCommand softwareHystrixCommand = new SoftwareHystrixCommand(baseAddress,restTemplate);
-        LastYearUsageStatsHystrixCommand lastYearUsageStatsHystrixCommand = new LastYearUsageStatsHystrixCommand(usagestatsBaseAddress,restTemplate);
-
         Map<String,Object> stats = new HashMap<>();
-        stats.put("aggregators",aggregatorsHystrixCommand.execute());
-        stats.put("dataRepositories",dataRepositoriesHystrixCommand.execute());
-        stats.put("literature",literatureHystrixCommand.execute());
-        stats.put("journal",journalHystrixCommand.execute());
-        stats.put("publications",publicationHystrixCommand.execute());
-        stats.put("datasets",datasetsHystrixCommand.execute());
-        stats.put("software",softwareHystrixCommand.execute());
-        stats.put("lastYearUsagestats", lastYearUsageStatsHystrixCommand.execute());
-        stats.put("usagestats",usageStatsTotalHystrixCommand.execute());
+        stats.put("aggregators", this.getAggregatorsStats());
+        stats.put("dataRepositories", this.getDataRepositoriesMetadata());
+        stats.put("literature", this.getLiteratureStats());
+        stats.put("journal", this.getJournalsStats());
+        stats.put("publications", this.getPublicationStats());
+        stats.put("datasets", this.getDatasetsStats());
+        stats.put("software", this.getSoftwareStats());
+        stats.put("lastYearUsagestats", this.getLastYearUsageStats());
+        stats.put("usagestats", this.getUsageStatsTotal());
         return stats;
     }
+
+
+    private String getAggregatorsStats()
+    {
+        String url = baseAddress + "/resources" +
+                "?query= " +
+                " oaftype exact datasource and " +
+                " ( datasourcetypename exact Institutional Repository Aggregator " +
+                "     or datasourcetypename exact Publication Repository Aggregator )";
+
+        UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder
+                .fromHttpUrl(url)
+                .queryParam("page", 0)
+                .queryParam("size", 0)
+                .queryParam("format", "json")
+                .build().encode();
+
+        try {
+            ResponseEntity<Map> rs = restTemplate.exchange(uriComponents.toUri(), HttpMethod.GET, null, Map.class);
+            Map metadata = (Map) ((Map<?, ?>) Objects.requireNonNull(rs.getBody())).get("meta");
+            return String.valueOf(metadata.get("total"));
+        } catch ( RestClientException rce ) {
+            LOGGER.error(rce.getMessage());
+            return null;
+        } catch ( Exception e ) {
+            LOGGER.error("", e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private String getDataRepositoriesMetadata()
+    {
+        String url = baseAddress + "/resources" +
+                "?query= " +
+                " oaftype exact datasource and " +
+                " datasourcetypename exact Data Repository ";
+
+        UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder
+                .fromHttpUrl(url)
+                .queryParam("page",0)
+                .queryParam("size",0)
+                .queryParam("format","json")
+                .build().encode();
+
+        try {
+            ResponseEntity<Map> rs = restTemplate.exchange(uriComponents.toUri(), HttpMethod.GET, null, Map.class);
+            Map metadata = (Map) ((Map<?, ?>) Objects.requireNonNull(rs.getBody())).get("meta");
+            if ( metadata == null ) {
+                LOGGER.error("The metadata was null!");
+                return null;
+            }
+            return String.valueOf(metadata.get("total"));
+        } catch ( RestClientException rce ) {
+            LOGGER.error(rce.getMessage());
+            return null;
+        } catch ( Exception e ) {
+            LOGGER.error("", e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private String getLiteratureStats()
+    {
+        String url = baseAddress + "/resources" +
+                "?query= " +
+                " oaftype exact datasource and " +
+                " ( datasourcetypename exact Institutional Repository  " +
+                "     or datasourcetypename exact Publication Repository )";
+
+        UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder
+                .fromHttpUrl(url)
+                .queryParam("page", 0)
+                .queryParam("size", 0)
+                .queryParam("format", "json")
+                .build().encode();
+
+        try {
+            ResponseEntity<Map> rs = restTemplate.exchange(uriComponents.toUri(), HttpMethod.GET, null, Map.class);
+            Map metadata = (Map) ((Map<?, ?>) Objects.requireNonNull(rs.getBody())).get("meta");
+            if ( metadata == null ) {
+                LOGGER.error("The metadata was null!");
+                return null;
+            }
+            return String.valueOf(metadata.get("total"));
+        } catch ( RestClientException rce ) {
+            LOGGER.error(rce.getMessage());
+            return null;
+        } catch ( Exception e ) {
+            LOGGER.error("", e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private String getJournalsStats()
+    {
+        String url = baseAddress + "/resources" +
+                "?query= " +
+                " oaftype exact datasource and " +
+                " datasourcetypename exact Journal";
+
+        UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder
+                .fromHttpUrl(url)
+                .queryParam("page", 0)
+                .queryParam("size", 0)
+                .queryParam("format", "json")
+                .build().encode();
+
+        try {
+            ResponseEntity<Map> rs = restTemplate.exchange(uriComponents.toUri(), HttpMethod.GET, null, Map.class);
+            Map metadata = (Map) ((Map<?, ?>) Objects.requireNonNull(rs.getBody())).get("meta");
+            if ( metadata == null ) {
+                LOGGER.error("The metadata was null!");
+                return null;
+            }
+            return String.valueOf(metadata.get("total"));
+        } catch ( RestClientException rce ) {
+            LOGGER.error(rce.getMessage());
+            return null;
+        } catch ( Exception e ) {
+            LOGGER.error("", e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private String getPublicationStats()
+    {
+        String url = baseAddress + "/publications/count";
+
+        UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder
+                .fromHttpUrl(url)
+                .queryParam("page", 0)
+                .queryParam("size", 0)
+                .queryParam("format", "json")
+                .build().encode();
+
+        try {
+            ResponseEntity<Map> rs = restTemplate.exchange(uriComponents.toUri(), HttpMethod.GET, null, Map.class);
+            Map metadata = (Map<?, ?>) rs.getBody();
+            if ( metadata == null ) {
+                LOGGER.error("The metadata was null!");
+                return null;
+            }
+            return String.valueOf(metadata.get("total"));
+        } catch ( RestClientException rce ) {
+            LOGGER.error(rce.getMessage());
+            return null;
+        } catch ( Exception e ) {
+            LOGGER.error("", e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private String getDatasetsStats()
+    {
+        String url = baseAddress + "/datasets/count";
+
+        UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder
+                .fromHttpUrl(url)
+                .queryParam("page", 0)
+                .queryParam("size", 0)
+                .queryParam("format", "json")
+                .build().encode();
+
+        try {
+            ResponseEntity<Map> rs = restTemplate.exchange(uriComponents.toUri(), HttpMethod.GET, null, Map.class);
+            Map metadata = (Map<?, ?>) rs.getBody();
+            if ( metadata == null ) {
+                LOGGER.error("The metadata was null!");
+                return null;
+            }
+            return String.valueOf(metadata.get("total"));
+        } catch ( RestClientException rce ) {
+            LOGGER.error(rce.getMessage());
+            return null;
+        } catch ( Exception e ) {
+            LOGGER.error("", e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private String getSoftwareStats()
+    {
+        String url = baseAddress + "/software/count";
+
+        UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder
+                .fromHttpUrl(url)
+                .queryParam("page", 0)
+                .queryParam("size", 0)
+                .queryParam("format", "json")
+                .build().encode();
+
+        try {
+            ResponseEntity<Map> rs = restTemplate.exchange(uriComponents.toUri(), HttpMethod.GET, null, Map.class);
+            Map metadata = (Map<?, ?>) rs.getBody();
+            if ( metadata == null ) {
+                LOGGER.error("The metadata was null!");
+                return null;
+            }
+            return String.valueOf(metadata.get("total"));
+        } catch ( RestClientException rce ) {
+            LOGGER.error(rce.getMessage());
+            return null;
+        } catch ( Exception e ) {
+            LOGGER.error("", e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private Map<String,Object> getLastYearUsageStats()
+    {
+        UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder
+                .fromHttpUrl(usagestatsBaseAddress + "/totals")
+                .build().encode();
+
+        try {
+            ResponseEntity<Map> rs = restTemplate.exchange(uriComponents.toUri(), HttpMethod.GET, null, Map.class);
+
+            List yearly_stats = (List) ((Map<?, ?>) Objects.requireNonNull(rs.getBody())).get("yearly_stats");
+            Map lastYear = (Map) yearly_stats.get(yearly_stats.size() - 2);
+            Integer downloads = (Integer) lastYear.get("downloads");
+            Integer views = (Integer) lastYear.get("views");
+            Integer year = (Integer) lastYear.get("year");
+
+            Map<String, Object> usagestats = new HashMap<>();
+            usagestats.put("number", String.valueOf(downloads + views));
+            usagestats.put("year", year);
+            return usagestats;
+        } catch ( RestClientException rce ) {
+            LOGGER.error(rce.getMessage());
+            return null;
+        } catch ( Exception e ) {
+            LOGGER.error("", e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private Integer getUsageStatsTotal()
+    {
+        UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder
+                .fromHttpUrl(usagestatsEvents)
+                .build().encode();
+
+        try {
+            ResponseEntity<Map> rs = restTemplate.exchange(uriComponents.toUri(), HttpMethod.GET, null, Map.class);
+            Map metadata = (Map) ((Map<?, ?>) Objects.requireNonNull(rs.getBody())).get("totals");
+            if ( metadata == null ) {
+                LOGGER.error("The metadata was null!");
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            // String rs = restTemplate.getForObject(uriComponents.toUri(), String.class);
+            // JSONObject resultSet = new JSONObject(rs);
+            // JSONObject totals = resultSet.getJSONObject("totals");
+
+            return (Integer) metadata.get("events");
+        } catch ( RestClientException rce ) {
+            LOGGER.error(rce.getMessage());
+            return null;
+        } catch ( Exception e ) {
+            LOGGER.error("", e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/AggregatorsHystrixCommand.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/AggregatorsHystrixCommand.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 653fb72..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/AggregatorsHystrixCommand.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.service.customHystrixCommands;
-
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommand;
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommandGroupKey;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponents;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-public class AggregatorsHystrixCommand extends HystrixCommand<String> {
-
-    RestTemplate restTemplate;
-    String baseAddress;
-
-    public AggregatorsHystrixCommand(String baseAddress, RestTemplate restTemplate) {
-        super(HystrixCommandGroupKey.Factory.asKey("StatisticsGroup"));
-        this.baseAddress = baseAddress;
-        this.restTemplate = restTemplate;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected String run() throws Exception {
-        String url = baseAddress + "/resources" +
-                "?query= " +
-                " oaftype exact datasource and " +
-                " ( datasourcetypename exact Institutional Repository Aggregator " +
-                "     or datasourcetypename exact Publication Repository Aggregator )";
-
-        UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder
-                .fromHttpUrl(url)
-                .queryParam("page", 0)
-                .queryParam("size", 0)
-                .queryParam("format", "json")
-                .build().encode();
-
-        ResponseEntity rs = restTemplate.exchange(uriComponents.toUri(), HttpMethod.GET, null, Map.class);
-        Map metadata = (Map) ((Map) rs.getBody()).get("meta");
-        return String.valueOf(metadata.get("total"));
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected String getFallback() {
-        return null;
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/DataRepositoriesHystrixCommand.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/DataRepositoriesHystrixCommand.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 8bdd0ca..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/DataRepositoriesHystrixCommand.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.service.customHystrixCommands;
-
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommand;
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommandGroupKey;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponents;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-public class DataRepositoriesHystrixCommand extends HystrixCommand<String> {
-
-    RestTemplate restTemplate ;
-    private String baseAddress;
-
-    public DataRepositoriesHystrixCommand(String baseAddress,RestTemplate restTemplate) {
-        super(HystrixCommandGroupKey.Factory.asKey("StatisticsGroup"));
-        this.baseAddress = baseAddress;
-        this.restTemplate = restTemplate;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected String run() {
-        String url = baseAddress+"/resources" +
-                "?query= " +
-                " oaftype exact datasource and " +
-                " datasourcetypename exact Data Repository ";
-
-        UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder
-                .fromHttpUrl(url)
-                .queryParam("page",0)
-                .queryParam("size",0)
-                .queryParam("format","json")
-                .build().encode();
-
-        ResponseEntity rs = restTemplate.exchange(uriComponents.toUri(), HttpMethod.GET,null,Map.class);
-        Map metadata = (Map) ((Map)rs.getBody()).get("meta");
-        return String.valueOf(metadata.get("total"));
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected String getFallback() {
-        return null;
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/DatasetsHystrixCommand.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/DatasetsHystrixCommand.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7353716..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/DatasetsHystrixCommand.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.service.customHystrixCommands;
-
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommand;
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommandGroupKey;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponents;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-public class DatasetsHystrixCommand extends HystrixCommand<String> {
-
-    RestTemplate restTemplate;
-    String baseAddress;
-
-    public DatasetsHystrixCommand(String baseAddress,RestTemplate restTemplate) {
-        super(HystrixCommandGroupKey.Factory.asKey("StatisticsGroup"));
-        this.restTemplate = restTemplate;
-        this.baseAddress = baseAddress;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected String run() throws Exception {
-        String url = baseAddress+"/datasets/count";
-
-        UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder
-                .fromHttpUrl(url)
-                .queryParam("page", 0)
-                .queryParam("size", 0)
-                .queryParam("format", "json")
-                .build().encode();
-
-        ResponseEntity rs = restTemplate.exchange(uriComponents.toUri(), HttpMethod.GET, null, Map.class);
-        Map metadata = (Map) (rs.getBody());
-        return String.valueOf(metadata.get("total"));
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected String getFallback() {
-        return null;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/JournalHystrixCommand.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/JournalHystrixCommand.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ba0bba..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/JournalHystrixCommand.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.service.customHystrixCommands;
-
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommand;
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommandGroupKey;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponents;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-public class JournalHystrixCommand extends HystrixCommand<String> {
-
-    RestTemplate restTemplate;
-    private String baseAddress;
-
-    public JournalHystrixCommand(String baseAddress, RestTemplate restTemplate) {
-        super(HystrixCommandGroupKey.Factory.asKey("StatisticsGroup"));
-        this.baseAddress = baseAddress;
-        this.restTemplate = restTemplate;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected String run() throws Exception {
-        String url = baseAddress+"/resources"+
-                "?query= " +
-                " oaftype exact datasource and " +
-                " datasourcetypename exact Journal";
-
-        UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder
-                .fromHttpUrl(url)
-                .queryParam("page", 0)
-                .queryParam("size", 0)
-                .queryParam("format", "json")
-                .build().encode();
-
-        ResponseEntity rs = restTemplate.exchange(uriComponents.toUri(), HttpMethod.GET, null, Map.class);
-        Map metadata = (Map) ((Map) rs.getBody()).get("meta");
-        return String.valueOf(metadata.get("total"));
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected String getFallback() {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/LastYearUsageStatsHystrixCommand.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/LastYearUsageStatsHystrixCommand.java
deleted file mode 100644
index eb9561a..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/LastYearUsageStatsHystrixCommand.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.service.customHystrixCommands;
-
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommand;
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommandGroupKey;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponents;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
-
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-public class LastYearUsageStatsHystrixCommand extends HystrixCommand<Map> {
-
-    RestTemplate restTemplate;
-    String usagestatsBaseAddress;
-
-    public LastYearUsageStatsHystrixCommand(String usagestatsBaseAddress,RestTemplate restTemplate) {
-        super(HystrixCommandGroupKey.Factory.asKey("StatisticsGroup"));
-        this.usagestatsBaseAddress = usagestatsBaseAddress;
-        this.restTemplate = restTemplate;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected Map run() throws Exception {
-        UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder
-                .fromHttpUrl(usagestatsBaseAddress + "/totals")
-                .build().encode();
-
-        ResponseEntity rs = restTemplate.exchange(uriComponents.toUri(), HttpMethod.GET,null,Map.class);
-
-        List yearly_stats = (List) ((Map)rs.getBody()).get("yearly_stats");
-        Map lastYear = (Map) yearly_stats.get(yearly_stats.size()-1);
-        Integer downloads = (Integer) lastYear.get("downloads");
-        Integer views = (Integer) lastYear.get("views");
-        Integer year = (Integer) lastYear.get("year");
-
-        Map<String,Object> usagestats = new HashMap<>();
-        usagestats.put("number",String.valueOf(downloads+views));
-        usagestats.put("year",year);
-
-        return usagestats;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected Map getFallback() {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/LiteratureHystrixCommand.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/LiteratureHystrixCommand.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2242e6f..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/LiteratureHystrixCommand.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.service.customHystrixCommands;
-
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommand;
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommandGroupKey;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponents;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-public class LiteratureHystrixCommand extends HystrixCommand<String> {
-
-    RestTemplate restTemplate;
-    private String baseAddress;
-
-    public LiteratureHystrixCommand(String baseAddress , RestTemplate restTemplate) {
-        super(HystrixCommandGroupKey.Factory.asKey("StatisticsGroup"));
-        this.baseAddress = baseAddress;
-        this.restTemplate = restTemplate;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected String run() throws Exception {
-        String url = baseAddress+"/resources"+
-                "?query= " +
-                " oaftype exact datasource and " +
-                " ( datasourcetypename exact Institutional Repository  " +
-                "     or datasourcetypename exact Publication Repository )";
-
-        UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder
-                .fromHttpUrl(url)
-                .queryParam("page", 0)
-                .queryParam("size", 0)
-                .queryParam("format", "json")
-                .build().encode();
-
-        ResponseEntity rs = restTemplate.exchange(uriComponents.toUri(), HttpMethod.GET, null, Map.class);
-        Map metadata = (Map) ((Map) rs.getBody()).get("meta");
-        return String.valueOf(metadata.get("total"));
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected String getFallback() {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/PublicationHystrixCommand.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/PublicationHystrixCommand.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 094198a..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/PublicationHystrixCommand.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.service.customHystrixCommands;
-
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommand;
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommandGroupKey;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponents;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-public class PublicationHystrixCommand extends HystrixCommand<String> {
-
-    RestTemplate restTemplate;
-    private String baseAddress;
-
-    public PublicationHystrixCommand(String baseAddress, RestTemplate restTemplate) {
-        super(HystrixCommandGroupKey.Factory.asKey("StatisticsGroup"));
-        this.baseAddress = baseAddress;
-        this.restTemplate = restTemplate;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected String run() throws Exception {
-        String url = baseAddress + "/publications/count";
-
-        UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder
-                .fromHttpUrl(url)
-                .queryParam("page", 0)
-                .queryParam("size", 0)
-                .queryParam("format", "json")
-                .build().encode();
-
-        ResponseEntity rs = restTemplate.exchange(uriComponents.toUri(), HttpMethod.GET, null, Map.class);
-        Map metadata = (Map) (rs.getBody());
-        return String.valueOf(metadata.get("total"));
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected String getFallback() {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-}
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diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/SoftwareHystrixCommand.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/SoftwareHystrixCommand.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 09b9f07..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/SoftwareHystrixCommand.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.service.customHystrixCommands;
-
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommand;
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommandGroupKey;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponents;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-public class SoftwareHystrixCommand extends HystrixCommand<String> {
-
-    String baseAddress;
-    RestTemplate restTemplate;
-
-    public SoftwareHystrixCommand(String baseAddress, RestTemplate restTemplate) {
-        super(HystrixCommandGroupKey.Factory.asKey("StatisticsGroup"));
-        this.baseAddress = baseAddress;
-        this.restTemplate = restTemplate;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected String run() {
-        String url = baseAddress + "/software/count";
-
-        UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder
-                .fromHttpUrl(url)
-                .queryParam("page", 0)
-                .queryParam("size", 0)
-                .queryParam("format", "json")
-                .build().encode();
-
-        ResponseEntity rs = restTemplate.exchange(uriComponents.toUri(), HttpMethod.GET, null, Map.class);
-        Map metadata = (Map) (rs.getBody());
-        return String.valueOf(metadata.get("total"));
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected String getFallback() {
-        return null;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/UsageStatsTotalHystrixCommand.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/UsageStatsTotalHystrixCommand.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c878d9b..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/customHystrixCommands/UsageStatsTotalHystrixCommand.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.repo.manager.service.customHystrixCommands;
-
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommand;
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommandGroupKey;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponents;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-public class UsageStatsTotalHystrixCommand extends HystrixCommand<Integer> {
-
-    RestTemplate restTemplate ;
-    String usagestatsEvents;
-
-    public UsageStatsTotalHystrixCommand(String usagestatsEvents,RestTemplate restTemplate) {
-        super(HystrixCommandGroupKey.Factory.asKey("StatisticsGroup"));
-        this.usagestatsEvents = usagestatsEvents;
-        this.restTemplate = restTemplate;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected Integer run() {
-        UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder
-                .fromHttpUrl(usagestatsEvents)
-                .build().encode();
-
-        ResponseEntity rs = restTemplate.exchange(uriComponents.toUri(), HttpMethod.GET,null,Map.class);
-        Map metadata = (Map) ((Map)rs.getBody()).get("totals");
-//        String rs = restTemplate.getForObject(uriComponents.toUri(), String.class);
-//        JSONObject resultSet = new JSONObject(rs);
-//        JSONObject totals = resultSet.getJSONObject("totals");
-        return (Integer) metadata.get("events");
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected Integer getFallback() {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file