diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/dataanalysis/geo/retrieval/GeoIntersector.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/dataanalysis/geo/retrieval/GeoIntersector.java
index 12b4d62..36bfb8c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/dataanalysis/geo/retrieval/GeoIntersector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/dataanalysis/geo/retrieval/GeoIntersector.java
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ public class GeoIntersector {
 		featurer.setScope(scope);
 		this.configDir=cfgDir;
 	}
-
+	
+	public FeaturesManager getFeaturer(){
+		return featurer;
+	}
+	
 	public LinkedHashMap<String, Double> getFeaturesInTime(String layerTitle, double x, double y) throws Exception {
 		return getFeaturesInTime(layerTitle, x, y, 0);
 	}
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ public class GeoIntersector {
 						boolean found = false;
 						
 						for (FeaturedPolygon poly:featuresInTime){
-								if (poly.p.covers(po)){
+								if (poly!=null && poly.p!=null && poly.p.covers(po)){
 //									System.out.println(po+" intersected by "+poly.p+ " assigning value "+poly.value);
 //									features.add(poly.value);
 									featuresarray[k] =  poly.value;