diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANUserCache.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANUserCache.java
index 8ca9b5c..1d42d16 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANUserCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANUserCache.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public abstract class CKANUserCache {
 		CKANUser ckanUser = userCache.get(gcubeUsername);
 		if(ckanUser == null) {
 			ckanUser = new CKANUser();
+			ckanUser.setName(gcubeUsername);
 			ckanUser.retrieve();
 			userCache.put(gcubeUsername, ckanUser);
 		}