diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/dataanalysis/dataminer/poolmanager/rest/RestPoolManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/dataanalysis/dataminer/poolmanager/rest/RestPoolManager.java
index 2cd8bcc..3210411 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/dataanalysis/dataminer/poolmanager/rest/RestPoolManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/dataanalysis/dataminer/poolmanager/rest/RestPoolManager.java
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ public class RestPoolManager implements PoolManager {
 			@QueryParam("category") String category,
 			@DefaultValue("transducerers") @QueryParam("algorithmType") String algorithmType,
 			@DefaultValue("N") @QueryParam("skipJava") String skipJava,
-			@DefaultValue("false") @QueryParam("publish") boolean publish)
+			@DefaultValue("false") @QueryParam("publish") boolean publish,
+			@DefaultValue("false") @QueryParam("updateSVN") boolean updateSVN)
 			throws IOException, InterruptedException, SVNException {
 		Algorithm algo = this.getAlgorithm(algorithm, /*vre*/null, null, name, description, category, algorithmType, skipJava);
 
@@ -201,8 +202,8 @@ public class RestPoolManager implements PoolManager {
 		if (publish) {
 			service.addAlgToIs(algo);
 	***REMOVED***
-
 		***REMOVED*** update svn
+		if (updateSVN){
 		for (Dependency d : algo.getDependencies()) {
 
 			if (d.getType().equals("os")) {
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ public class RestPoolManager implements PoolManager {
 				ls.add(d.getName());
 				service.updateSVN("r_github_pkgs.txt", ls);
 		***REMOVED***
+	***REMOVED***
 	***REMOVED***
 
 		return service.addAlgorithmToVRE(algo, ScopeProvider.instance.get());
@@ -236,16 +238,19 @@ public class RestPoolManager implements PoolManager {
 			@QueryParam("category") String category,
 			@DefaultValue("transducerers") @QueryParam("algorithmType") String algorithmType,
 			@DefaultValue("N") @QueryParam("skipJava") String skipJava,
-			@DefaultValue("false") @QueryParam("publish") boolean publish)
+			@DefaultValue("false") @QueryParam("publish") boolean publish,
+			@DefaultValue("false") @QueryParam("updateSVN") boolean updateSVN)
 			throws IOException, InterruptedException, SVNException {
 		Algorithm algo = this.getAlgorithm(algorithm, null, hostname, name, description, category, algorithmType,
 				skipJava);
 		***REMOVED*** publish algo
+		
 		if (publish) {
 			service.addAlgToIs(algo);
 	***REMOVED***
 
 		***REMOVED*** update svn
+		if (updateSVN){
 		for (Dependency d : algo.getDependencies()) {
 
 			if (d.getType().equals("os")) {
@@ -263,6 +268,7 @@ public class RestPoolManager implements PoolManager {
 				ls.add(d.getName());
 				service.updateSVN("r_github_pkgs.txt", ls);
 		***REMOVED***
+	***REMOVED***
 	***REMOVED***
 		return service.addAlgorithmToHost(algo, hostname);
 ***REMOVED***
@@ -332,7 +338,7 @@ public class RestPoolManager implements PoolManager {
 		 a.addAlgorithmToVRE(
 		 "http:***REMOVED***data.d4science.org/TVc0TW9Ud1FjYlppK0NHd2pvU0owNmRFWHE4OW4xSGNHbWJQNStIS0N6Yz0",
 		 "test",
-		 null, null, "N", "transducerers", false);
+		 null, null, "N", "transducerers", true, false);
 
 		***REMOVED*** a.addAlgorithmToHost(
 		***REMOVED*** "http:***REMOVED***data.d4science.org/dENQTTMxdjNZcGRpK0NHd2pvU0owMFFzN0VWemw3Zy9HbWJQNStIS0N6Yz0",
@@ -392,7 +398,6 @@ public class RestPoolManager implements PoolManager {
 		return null;
 ***REMOVED***
 
-	
 
 	@Override
 	public List<String> updateSVN(String file, List<String> ldep) throws SVNException {