diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9458f7a..38e79e8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>org.gcube.data.publishing</groupId>
 	<artifactId>document-store-lib-couchdb</artifactId>
-	<version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>Document Store CouchDB Connector</name>
 	<description>Document Store Connector for CouchDB</description>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/documentstore/persistence/PersistenceCouchDB.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/documentstore/persistence/PersistenceCouchDB.java
index b21cb1c..02253dc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/documentstore/persistence/PersistenceCouchDB.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/documentstore/persistence/PersistenceCouchDB.java
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ public class PersistenceCouchDB extends PersistenceBackend {
 		
 		httpCouchClient = new HttpCouchClient(url, dbName, username, password);
 	}
-	
+	@Override
+	public void openConnection() throws Exception {}
 	protected void createItem(JsonNode node, String id) throws Exception {
 		httpCouchClient.put(node.toString(), id);
 	}