diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/SparkAtomicActionJob.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/SparkAtomicActionJob.java
index 68b17c31f..a9d498f90 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/SparkAtomicActionJob.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/SparkAtomicActionJob.java
@@ -101,21 +101,20 @@ public class SparkAtomicActionJob {
 		Dataset<CSVProgramme> programme = readPath(spark, programmePath, CSVProgramme.class);
 		Dataset<EXCELTopic> topic = readPath(spark, topicPath, EXCELTopic.class);
 
-		project
+		Dataset<Project> aaproject = project
 			.joinWith(programme, project.col("programme").equalTo(programme.col("code")), "left")
-			.joinWith(topic, project.col("topics").equalTo(topic.col("code")), "left")
-			.map((MapFunction<Tuple2<Tuple2<CSVProject, CSVProgramme>, EXCELTopic>, Project>) c -> {
-				Tuple2<CSVProject, CSVProgramme> projectprogramme = c._1();
-				CSVProject csvProject = projectprogramme._1();
-				Optional<CSVProgramme> ocsvProgramme = Optional.ofNullable(projectprogramme._2());
+			.map((MapFunction<Tuple2<CSVProject, CSVProgramme>, Project>) c -> {
+				// Tuple2<CSVProject, CSVProgramme> projectprogramme = c._1();
+				CSVProject csvProject = c._1();
+				Optional<CSVProgramme> ocsvProgramme = Optional.ofNullable(c._2());
 
-				String topicdescription = Optional
+//				String topicdescription = Optional
+//					.ofNullable(c._2())
+//					.map(t -> t.getTitle())
+//					.orElse(null);
+
+				return Optional
 					.ofNullable(c._2())
-					.map(t -> t.getTitle())
-					.orElse(null);
-
-				Project p = Optional
-					.ofNullable(projectprogramme._2())
 					.map(csvProgramme -> {
 						Project pp = new Project();
 						pp
@@ -136,14 +135,26 @@ public class SparkAtomicActionJob {
 						setLevels(h2020classification, ocsvProgramme.get().getClassification());
 						h2020classification.setH2020Programme(pm);
 						pp.setH2020classification(Arrays.asList(h2020classification));
-						if (topicdescription != null) {
-							pp.setH2020topicdescription(topicdescription);
-						}
+//						if (topicdescription != null) {
+//							pp.setH2020topicdescription(topicdescription);
+//						}
 						return pp;
 					})
 					.orElse(null);
 
-				return p;
+				// return p;
+			}, Encoders.bean(Project.class));
+
+		aaproject
+			.joinWith(topic, aaproject.col("h2020topiccode").equalTo(topic.col("code")))
+			.map((MapFunction<Tuple2<Project, EXCELTopic>, Project>) p -> {
+				Optional<EXCELTopic> op = Optional.ofNullable(p._2());
+				if (op.isPresent()) {
+					Project rp = p._1();
+					rp.setH2020topicdescription(op.get().getTitle());
+					return rp;
+				}
+				return p._1();
 			}, Encoders.bean(Project.class))
 			.filter(Objects::nonNull)
 			.groupByKey(