diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/transfer/model/plugins/thredds/ThreddsInfo.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/transfer/model/plugins/thredds/ThreddsInfo.java
index 25f331d..d7e9ef1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/transfer/model/plugins/thredds/ThreddsInfo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/transfer/model/plugins/thredds/ThreddsInfo.java
@@ -23,27 +23,52 @@ public class ThreddsInfo {
 	private String localBasePath;
 	private String instanceBaseUrl;
 	private ThreddsCatalog catalog;
-	
-	
+
+
 	private String adminUser;
 	private String adminPassword;
-	
+
 	private int version;
 	private int minor;
 	private int build;
 	private int revision;
 	private String ghnId;
-	
-	
+
+
 	public ThreddsCatalog getById(String id) {
 		return findById(catalog,id); 
 	}
-	
+
+
+	public ThreddsCatalog getByFittingLocation(String toMatchLocation) {
+		return getByFittingLocation(catalog, toMatchLocation);
+	}
 	
 	private static ThreddsCatalog findById(ThreddsCatalog catalog,String id) {
-		if(catalog!=null&&catalog.getID()!=null&&catalog.getID().equals(id)) return catalog;		
-		for(ThreddsCatalog cat : catalog.getSubCatalogs().getLinkedCatalogs())
-			return findById(cat,id);		
+		if(catalog!=null) {
+			if(catalog.getID()!=null&&catalog.getID().equals(id)) return catalog;		
+			if(catalog.getSubCatalogs()!=null&&catalog.getSubCatalogs().getLinkedCatalogs()!=null)
+				for(ThreddsCatalog cat : catalog.getSubCatalogs().getLinkedCatalogs())
+					return findById(cat,id);
+		}
 		return null;
 	}
+
+	private static ThreddsCatalog getByFittingLocation(ThreddsCatalog catalog,String toMatchPath) {
+		if(catalog!=null) {
+			if(catalog.getDeclaredDataSetRoot()!=null&&catalog.getDeclaredDataSetRoot().getLocation()!=null&&
+					matchesPath(catalog.getDeclaredDataSetRoot().getLocation(),toMatchPath)) return catalog;
+			for(DataSetScan scan : catalog.getDeclaredDataSetScan()) 
+				if(scan!=null&&scan.getLocation()!=null&&matchesPath(scan.getLocation(), toMatchPath))
+					return catalog;
+			if(catalog.getSubCatalogs()!=null&&catalog.getSubCatalogs().getLinkedCatalogs()!=null)
+				for(ThreddsCatalog cat:catalog.getSubCatalogs().getLinkedCatalogs())	
+					getByFittingLocation(cat, toMatchPath);
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	private static boolean matchesPath(String catalogPath,String toMatchPath) {
+		return toMatchPath.startsWith(catalogPath);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/data/transfer/test/MarshallUnmarshalTest.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/data/transfer/test/MarshallUnmarshalTest.java
index 8039bb2..d370d70 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/data/transfer/test/MarshallUnmarshalTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/data/transfer/test/MarshallUnmarshalTest.java
@@ -267,9 +267,9 @@ public class MarshallUnmarshalTest {
 		
 		ThreddsCatalog mainCatalog=new ThreddsCatalog();
 		mainCatalog.setCatalogFile("catalog.xml");
-		mainCatalog.setDeclaredDataSetRoot(new DataSetRoot("public","public/genericRoot",1000l));
+		mainCatalog.setDeclaredDataSetRoot(new DataSetRoot("public",info.getLocalBasePath()+"/public/genericRoot",1000l));
 		mainCatalog.setDeclaredDataSetScan(new HashSet<DataSetScan>());
-		mainCatalog.getDeclaredDataSetScan().add(new DataSetScan("generic scan","/public","public/genericScanned","ROOT-DatasetScan"));
+		mainCatalog.getDeclaredDataSetScan().add(new DataSetScan("generic scan","/public",info.getLocalBasePath()+"/public/genericScanned","ROOT-DatasetScan"));
 		
 		CatalogCollection collection=new CatalogCollection();
 		collection.setID("Catalog_VREs");
@@ -282,14 +282,17 @@ public class MarshallUnmarshalTest {
 		subCatalog.setName("ThreddsCatalog for tuna atlas");
 		subCatalog.setTitle("This is a catalog bla bla");
 		//info from catalog file
-		subCatalog.setDeclaredDataSetRoot(new DataSetRoot("/tuna","vres/tuna",1000l));
+		subCatalog.setDeclaredDataSetRoot(new DataSetRoot("/tuna",info.getLocalBasePath()+"/vres/tuna",1000l));
 		subCatalog.setDeclaredDataSetScan(new HashSet<DataSetScan>());
-		subCatalog.getDeclaredDataSetScan().add(new DataSetScan("tuna scan","/tuna","vres/tunaScanned","TUNA-DatasetScan"));
+		subCatalog.getDeclaredDataSetScan().add(new DataSetScan("tuna scan","/tuna",info.getLocalBasePath()+"/vres/tunaScanned","TUNA-DatasetScan"));
+		subCatalog.getDeclaredDataSetScan().add(new DataSetScan("tuna scan2","/more_tuna",info.getLocalBasePath()+"/vres/tunaScanned2","TUNA-DatasetScan2"));
 		collection.getLinkedCatalogs().add(subCatalog);
 		mainCatalog.setSubCatalogs(collection);
 		
 		info.setCatalog(mainCatalog);
 		info.getById(subCatalog.getID());
+		System.out.println(info.getByFittingLocation("/tmp/public/genericScanned"));
+		System.out.println(info.getByFittingLocation("/tmp/more_tuna/anotherfolder/inside/this/one/"));
 		return info;
 	}