diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/util/GenericResource.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/util/GenericResource.java
index 7fdf654..e3d9376 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/util/GenericResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/util/GenericResource.java
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ public class GenericResource implements GenericResourceInfoI {
 	}
 
 
-
 	/**
 	 * @return the name of the active VRE
 	 */
@@ -453,9 +452,16 @@ public class GenericResource implements GenericResourceInfoI {
 	}
 
 	public List<ISGenericResource> getGenericResourcesByType(String type) throws RemoteException {
+		return getGenericResourcesByType(session.getScope(), type);
+	}
+	
+	
+	public static List<ISGenericResource> getGenericResourcesByType(String scope, String type) throws RemoteException {
+		ScopeProvider.instance.set(scope);
 		List<ISGenericResource> output = new ArrayList<ISGenericResource>();
 		SimpleQuery queryMan = null;
 		try {
+			client = clientFor(org.gcube.common.resources.gcore.GenericResource.class);
 			queryMan = queryFor(org.gcube.common.resources.gcore.GenericResource.class);
 			queryMan.addCondition("$resource/Profile/SecondaryType eq '"+type+"'");
 			List <org.gcube.common.resources.gcore.GenericResource> results = client.submit(queryMan);
@@ -468,6 +474,7 @@ public class GenericResource implements GenericResourceInfoI {
 		}
 	}
 	
+	
 
 	/**
 	 * @param id the id of the generic resource