diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/ckandatapublisherwidget/server/CKANPublisherServicesImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/ckandatapublisherwidget/server/CKANPublisherServicesImpl.java
index fdaab7c..9b9f92f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/ckandatapublisherwidget/server/CKANPublisherServicesImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/ckandatapublisherwidget/server/CKANPublisherServicesImpl.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.gcube.portlets.widgets.ckandatapublisherwidget.server;
 
-import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Calendar;
@@ -278,7 +277,7 @@ public class CKANPublisherServicesImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements C
 				toCreate.setId(datasetId);
 
 				// retrieve the url
-				String datasetUrl =  utils.getPortletUrl() + "?" + URLEncoder.encode("path=" +  utils.getUrlFromDatasetIdOrName(userApiKey, datasetId, true), "UTF-8");
+				String datasetUrl =  utils.getUrlFromDatasetIdOrName(datasetId);
 				toCreate.setSource(datasetUrl);
 
 				// start a thread that will associate this dataset with the group