diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/StatsApi.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/StatsApi.java
index 694bf32..adbea81 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/StatsApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/StatsApi.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public interface StatsApi {
     @RequestMapping(value = "/getStatistics" , method = RequestMethod.GET,
             produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
     @ResponseBody
-    Map<String, String> getStatistics() throws JSONException;
+    Map<String, Object> getStatistics() throws JSONException;
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/StatsApiImpl.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/StatsApiImpl.java
index ebb0a57..0903882 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/StatsApiImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/StatsApiImpl.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class StatsApiImpl implements StatsApi {
 
 
     @Override
-    public Map<String, String> getStatistics() throws JSONException {
+    public Map<String, Object> getStatistics() throws JSONException {
 
 
         String aggregators = getTotalByType("datasource",baseAddress+"/resources",
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ public class StatsApiImpl implements StatsApi {
         String publications = getTotalByType("other",baseAddress,"/publications/count");
         String datasets = getTotalByType("other",baseAddress,"/datasets/count");
         String software = getTotalByType("other",baseAddress,"/software/count");
-        String usagestats = getUsageStatsTotal();
+        JSONObject usagestats = getUsageStatsTotal();
 
 
-        HashMap<String,String> stats = new HashMap<>();
+        HashMap<String,Object> stats = new HashMap<>();
         stats.put("aggregators",aggregators);
         stats.put("dataRepositories",dataRepositories);
         stats.put("literature",literature);
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ public class StatsApiImpl implements StatsApi {
         stats.put("publications",publications);
         stats.put("datasets",datasets);
         stats.put("software",software);
-        stats.put("usagestats",usagestats);
+
+        stats.put("usagestats",usagestats.toString());
 
 
         return stats;
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ public class StatsApiImpl implements StatsApi {
 
     }
 
-    private String getUsageStatsTotal() throws JSONException {
+    private JSONObject getUsageStatsTotal() throws JSONException {
         UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder
                 .fromHttpUrl(usagestatsBaseAddress + "/totals")
                 .build().encode();
@@ -121,7 +122,12 @@ public class StatsApiImpl implements StatsApi {
 
         Integer downloads = lastYear.getInt("downloads");
         Integer views = lastYear.getInt("views");
+        String year = lastYear.getString("year");
 
-        return String.valueOf(downloads+views);
+        JSONObject usagestats = new JSONObject();
+        usagestats.put("number",String.valueOf(downloads+views));
+        usagestats.put("year",year);
+
+        return usagestats;
     }
 }