diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5868f71..f0ae0ce 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,10 +68,11 @@
 			<artifactId>52n-wps-server-gcube</artifactId>
 			<version>[3.6.1-SNAPSHOT, 3.7.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<!-- <dependency> <groupId>org.gcube.dataanalysis</groupId> <artifactId>ecological-engine</artifactId> 
-			<version>[1.8.5-SNAPSHOT,2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version> <exclusions> <exclusion> 
-			<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> </exclusion> 
-			</exclusions> </dependency> -->
+		<dependency> 
+			<groupId>org.gcube.dataanalysis</groupId> 
+			<artifactId>ecological-engine</artifactId> 
+			<version>[1.8.5-SNAPSHOT,2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version> 
+		</dependency> 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.dataanalysis</groupId>
 			<artifactId>ecological-engine-wps-extension</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/dataanalysis/wps/statisticalmanager/synchserver/test/AlgorithmTest.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/dataanalysis/wps/statisticalmanager/synchserver/test/AlgorithmTest.java
index f47de31..8378d20 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/dataanalysis/wps/statisticalmanager/synchserver/test/AlgorithmTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/dataanalysis/wps/statisticalmanager/synchserver/test/AlgorithmTest.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;
@@ -14,15 +15,21 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class AlgorithmTest {
 
-	String protocol=null;
-	String hostname = null;
-	String token= null;
-	String layerID = null;
-			
+
 			
 	@Test
 	public void executeAlgorithmsFromFile() throws Exception{
-
+		
+		String env = "pre";
+		
+		Properties prop = new Properties();
+		prop.load(AlgorithmTest.class.getResourceAsStream("/test_params.properties"));
+			
+		
+		String protocol = "http";
+		String hostname = prop.getProperty(env+".host");
+		String token = prop.getProperty(env+".token");
+		String layerID = prop.getProperty(env+".layer");
 		
 		Iterator<String> uris =  getUrisIterator();