diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 62660d9..9e965d2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.gcube.tools</groupId>
-		<version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.1.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<groupId>org.gcube.data.access</groupId>
 	<artifactId>ckan-connector</artifactId>
-	<version>1.1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 	<name>ckan connector</name>
 	<description>a ckan connector for automatic login</description>
@@ -80,6 +81,12 @@
 			<version>3.0.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.data-publishing</groupId>
+			<artifactId>gcat-client</artifactId>
+			<version>[1.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/.gitignore b/src/main/.gitignore
index 85393fc..6bb99d3 100644
--- a/src/main/.gitignore
+++ b/src/main/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 webapp/
+=======
+webapp
+>>>>>>> refs/remotes/origin/feature/16359
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/ckanconnector/ConnectorManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/ckanconnector/ConnectorManager.java
index 00bedbf..b22cd2f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/ckanconnector/ConnectorManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/ckanconnector/ConnectorManager.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
 import org.gcube.common.authorization.library.provider.AuthorizationProvider;
 import org.gcube.common.scope.api.ScopeProvider;
+import org.gcube.gcat.client.User;
 import org.python.core.PyLong;
 import org.python.core.PyObject;
 import org.python.core.PyString;
@@ -82,22 +83,34 @@ public class ConnectorManager {
 			String ckanKey = context.getInitParameter("ckanKey");
 			String originalUserName = AuthorizationProvider.instance.get().getClient().getId();
 			String changedUserName =  originalUserName.replace(".", "_");
+			
+			
+			
 			int internalPort = Integer.parseInt(context.getInitParameter("internalPort"));		
 			String localhostName = "http://127.0.0.1:"+internalPort;
 			long startCheckUser = System.currentTimeMillis();
 			CkanClient ckanClient = new CkanClient(localhostName, ckanKey);
-			CkanUser user = null;
-			try{
-				user = ckanClient.getUser(changedUserName);				
-			}catch(Exception e){
-				log.warn("user {} doesn't exist, the system will create it",originalUserName, e);
-			}	
-			log.info("checking user took {}",(System.currentTimeMillis()-startCheckUser));
-			if (user==null){
-				long startCreateUser = System.currentTimeMillis();
-				user = ckanClient.createUser(new CkanUser(changedUserName, originalUserName+"@gcube.ckan.org" , randomString.nextString() ));			
-				log.info("create user took {}",(System.currentTimeMillis()-startCreateUser));
+			
+			
+			try {
+				User user = new User();
+				user.read(changedUserName);
+			}catch (Throwable tr) {
+				log.error("Error while contacting gCat. The old code will made the work", tr);
+				CkanUser user = null;
+				try{
+					user = ckanClient.getUser(changedUserName);				
+				}catch(Exception e){
+					log.warn("user {} doesn't exist, the system will create it",originalUserName, e);
+				}	
+				log.info("checking user took {}",(System.currentTimeMillis()-startCheckUser));
+				if (user==null){
+					long startCreateUser = System.currentTimeMillis();
+					user = ckanClient.createUser(new CkanUser(changedUserName, originalUserName+"@gcube.ckan.org" , randomString.nextString() ));			
+					log.info("create user took {}",(System.currentTimeMillis()-startCreateUser));
+				}
 			}
+			
 			addUserToVres(vres, changedUserName, ckanClient, ckanKey, localhostName);
 
 			log.info("logging {} in scope {}",originalUserName, ScopeProvider.instance.get());