diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/ckandatapublisherwidget/server/utils/Utils.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/ckandatapublisherwidget/server/utils/Utils.java
index 69cb6b5..e0b0ed2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/ckandatapublisherwidget/server/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/ckandatapublisherwidget/server/utils/Utils.java
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ public class Utils {
 				postRequest.setEntity(input);
 				HttpResponse response = client.execute(postRequest);
 
+				basePath = basePath.startsWith("https") ? basePath : basePath.replace("http", "https").replace(":80", "");
 				logger.debug("Url is " + basePath + SOCIAL_SERVICE_APPLICATION_TOKEN + "?gcube-token=" + tokenUser);
 
 				if (response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() != 201) {