diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/documentstore/persistence/PersistenceCouchDB.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/documentstore/persistence/PersistenceCouchDB.java
index 02253dc..fc5271e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/documentstore/persistence/PersistenceCouchDB.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/documentstore/persistence/PersistenceCouchDB.java
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ public class PersistenceCouchDB extends PersistenceBackend {
 	protected void createItem(JsonNode node, String id) throws Exception {
 		httpCouchClient.put(node.toString(), id);
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected void closeConnection() throws Exception {}
 
 	/**
 	 * {@inheritDoc}
@@ -79,5 +82,7 @@ public class PersistenceCouchDB extends PersistenceBackend {
 		Record record = RecordUtility.getRecord(result);
 		return record;
 	}
+
+	
 	
 }