diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/orcid/ORCIDWorker.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/orcid/ORCIDWorker.java
index 5442620437..db6475dfa8 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/orcid/ORCIDWorker.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/orcid/ORCIDWorker.java
@@ -101,16 +101,18 @@ public class ORCIDWorker extends Thread {
 		SequenceFile.Writer file) throws IOException {
 		final String response = retrieveURL(id, url, token);
 		if (response != null) {
-
-			if (orcidId == null || response == null) {
+			if (orcidId == null) {
 				log.error("Thread {}   {}   {}", id, orcidId, response);
 				throw new RuntimeException("null items ");
 			}
 
 			if (file == null) {
 				log.error("Thread {}   file is null for {}  URL:{}", id, url, orcidId);
-			} else
+			} else {
 				file.append(new Text(orcidId), new Text(response));
+				file.hflush();
+			}
+
 		}
 
 	}
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/orcid/OrcidGetUpdatesFile.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/orcid/OrcidGetUpdatesFile.java
index 6438d737cf..388d32b4e2 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/orcid/OrcidGetUpdatesFile.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/orcid/OrcidGetUpdatesFile.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar.TarArchiveInputStream;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.gzip.GzipCompressorInputStream;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.SequenceFile;
@@ -96,9 +98,14 @@ public class OrcidGetUpdatesFile {
 		urlConn.setConnectTimeout(clientParams.getConnectTimeOut() * 1000);
 		if (urlConn.getResponseCode() > 199 && urlConn.getResponseCode() < 300) {
 			InputStream input = urlConn.getInputStream();
+
+			Path hdfsWritePath = new Path("/tmp/orcid_updates.tar.gz");
+			final FSDataOutputStream fsDataOutputStream = fileSystem.create(hdfsWritePath, true);
+			IOUtils.copy(input, fsDataOutputStream);
+			FSDataInputStream updateFile = fileSystem.open(hdfsWritePath);
 			TarArchiveInputStream tais = new TarArchiveInputStream(new GzipCompressorInputStream(
 				new BufferedInputStream(
-					input)));
+					updateFile.getWrappedStream())));
 			TarArchiveEntry entry;
 
 			BlockingQueue<String> queue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<String>(3000);