diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 953de0b..ace8266 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.7">
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index ec4300d..714351a 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.7
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e2f5c75..ae86876 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
 	<artifactId>common-jaxrs-client</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>gcube-jaxrs-client</name>
 
 	<parent>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/calls/jaxrs/TargetFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/calls/jaxrs/TargetFactory.java
index ead81d8..d969813 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/calls/jaxrs/TargetFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/calls/jaxrs/TargetFactory.java
@@ -29,23 +29,14 @@ public class TargetFactory implements TargetFactoryDSL.AtClause{
 	public GXWebTargetAdapterRequest getAsGxRest(String address) {
 
 		try{
-					
-						
-			/*
-			String resourceAddress = address.substring(0, address.indexOf("/service"));
 			
-			WebTarget resourcetarget = client.target(resourceAddress).path("/resource/");
+			GXWebTargetAdapterRequest webTarget = null;
+			if (address.startsWith("https")) {
+				log.info("using secure call");
+				webTarget = GXWebTargetAdapterRequest.newHTTPSRequest(address).path(target.path());
+			}	else webTarget =  GXWebTargetAdapterRequest.newRequest(address).path(target.path());
 			
-			int status = resourcetarget.request().get().getStatus();
-				
-			if (status!=200)
-				throw new Exception();*/
-			
-			//WebTarget webTarget = client.target(address).path(target.path());
-			
-			
-			
-			GXWebTargetAdapterRequest webTarget = GXWebTargetAdapterRequest.newRequest(address).path(target.path());
+			 
 			
 			webTarget.configProperty(ClientProperties.REQUEST_ENTITY_PROCESSING, "CHUNKED");
 			
@@ -64,6 +55,7 @@ public class TargetFactory implements TargetFactoryDSL.AtClause{
 
 		try{
 					
+			
 			Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient()
 					.property(ClientProperties.FOLLOW_REDIRECTS, Boolean.FALSE)
 					.property(ClientProperties.CHUNKED_ENCODING_SIZE, 1024*1024).property(ClientProperties.OUTBOUND_CONTENT_LENGTH_BUFFER, -1)
@@ -88,5 +80,6 @@ public class TargetFactory implements TargetFactoryDSL.AtClause{
 		return at(new JaxRSEndpointReference(endpoint).address);
 	}
 	
+	
 
 }