diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dc191aa..ecb5df7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>org.gcube.data.transfer</groupId>
 	<artifactId>data-transfer-service</artifactId>
-	<version>2.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.0.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 	<name>DataTransferService</name>
 	<scm>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/transfer/service/transfers/engine/impl/PersistenceProviderImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/transfer/service/transfers/engine/impl/PersistenceProviderImpl.java
index b8e897f..5396bbf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/transfer/service/transfers/engine/impl/PersistenceProviderImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/transfer/service/transfers/engine/impl/PersistenceProviderImpl.java
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -52,9 +54,15 @@ public class PersistenceProviderImpl implements PersistenceProvider {
 
 		toReturn.setAbsolutePath(file.getAbsolutePath());
 		toReturn.setDirectory(file.isDirectory());
+		
+		
+		
 		toReturn.setFilename(file.getName());
 		toReturn.setPersistenceId(persistenceId);
 		toReturn.setPath(subPath);
+		if(file.isDirectory()) {
+			toReturn.setChildren(new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(file.list())));			
+		}
 		log.debug("Returning descriptor {} ",toReturn);
 		return toReturn;
 	}