diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/ckanutillibrary/CKanUtilsImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/ckanutillibrary/CKanUtilsImpl.java
index 42b60b4..39b0777 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/ckanutillibrary/CKanUtilsImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/ckanutillibrary/CKanUtilsImpl.java
@@ -1063,11 +1063,11 @@ public class CKanUtilsImpl implements CKanUtils{
 		checkArgument(!nameOrId.isEmpty());
 
 		try{
-			// check if exists
+			CheckedCkanClient client = new CheckedCkanClient(CKAN_CATALOGUE_URL, CKAN_TOKEN_SYS);
 			CkanDataset product = client.getDataset(nameOrId);
 			return product != null;
 		}catch(Exception e){
-			logger.error("Unable to retrieve dataset information", e);
+			logger.debug("", e);
 			return false;
 		}
 	}