diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKAN.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKAN.java
index 493b2af..cde72ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKAN.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKAN.java
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ public abstract class CKAN {
 	
 	protected GXHTTPStringRequest getGXHTTPStringRequest(String path, boolean post)
 			throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
-		String catalogueURL = CatalogueConfigurationFactory.getInstance().getCkanURL();
+		String catalogueURL = CKANUtility.getCkanURL();
 		
 		GXHTTPStringRequest gxhttpStringRequest = HTTPUtility.createGXHTTPStringRequest(catalogueURL, path, post);
 		gxhttpStringRequest.isExternalCall(true);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANUtility.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANUtility.java
index d3c6c03..859eec6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANUtility.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANUtility.java
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ import org.gcube.gcat.configuration.CatalogueConfigurationFactory;
  */
 public class CKANUtility {
 	
+	public static String getCkanURL() {
+		try {
+			return CatalogueConfigurationFactory.getInstance().getCkanURL();
+		} catch(Exception e) {
+			throw new InternalServerErrorException(e);
+		}
+	}
+	
 	public static String getSysAdminAPI() {
 		try {
 			return CatalogueConfigurationFactory.getInstance().getSysAdminToken();