diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackage.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackage.java
index 3547b02..2ef0478 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackage.java
@@ -255,7 +255,15 @@ public class CKANPackage extends CKAN implements Moderated {
 		if(objectNode.has(PRIVATE_KEY)) {
 			boolean privatePackage = objectNode.get(PRIVATE_KEY).asBoolean();
 			if(privatePackage) {
-				objectNode.put(SEARCHABLE_KEY, true);
+				/*
+				 * This version is not properly managed by CKAN.
+				 * It is converted to: 
+				 * 		searchable: "true" 
+				 * which is incidentally considered as true value even is not correct. 
+				 * We need to provide a string with T as capitol letters to make it working 
+				 * objectNode.put(SEARCHABLE_KEY, true);
+				 */
+				objectNode.put(SEARCHABLE_KEY, "True");
 			}
 		}
 		
@@ -796,6 +804,12 @@ public class CKANPackage extends CKAN implements Moderated {
 		try {
 			JsonNode jsonNode = validateJson(json);
 			
+			/*
+			 * Going to read the item from CKAN just to check the item status.
+			 * I need to reset the result first because the current contains 
+			 * the extras as sent by the client which are not trusted 
+			 */
+			this.result = null;
 			readItem();
 			
 			jsonNode = checkModerationUpdate(jsonNode);
@@ -1010,7 +1024,7 @@ public class CKANPackage extends CKAN implements Moderated {
 			// The item was published before activating the moderation. 
 			// The item is considered as approved and the item representation must be updated
 			setToApproved(result);
-			String ret = sendPostRequest(ITEM_PATCH, getAsString(result));
+			String ret = sendPostRequest(ITEM_UPDATE, getAsString(result));
 			try {
 				result = mapper.readTree(ret);
 			}catch (Exception e) {
@@ -1237,7 +1251,15 @@ public class CKANPackage extends CKAN implements Moderated {
 			addExtraField(jsonNode, Moderated.SYSTEM_CM_ITEM_VISIBILITY, cmItemVisibility.getValue());
 			
 			((ObjectNode) jsonNode).put(PRIVATE_KEY, true);
-			((ObjectNode) jsonNode).put(SEARCHABLE_KEY, false);
+			/*
+			 * This version is not properly managed by CKAN.
+			 * It is converted to: 
+			 * 		searchable: "false" 
+			 * which is considered as true value. 
+			 * We need to provide a string with F as capitol letters to make it working 
+			 * ((ObjectNode) jsonNode).put(SEARCHABLE_KEY, false);
+			 */
+			((ObjectNode) jsonNode).put(SEARCHABLE_KEY, "False");
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -1268,8 +1290,13 @@ public class CKANPackage extends CKAN implements Moderated {
 		}
 		
 		
-		((ObjectNode) jsonNode).put(PRIVATE_KEY, cmItemVisibility == CMItemVisibility.RESTRICTED ? true :false);
-		((ObjectNode) jsonNode).put(SEARCHABLE_KEY, true);
+		boolean privateItem = cmItemVisibility == CMItemVisibility.RESTRICTED ? true :false;
+		((ObjectNode) jsonNode).put(PRIVATE_KEY, privateItem);
+		if(privateItem) {
+			((ObjectNode) jsonNode).put(SEARCHABLE_KEY, "True");
+		}else {
+			((ObjectNode) jsonNode).remove(SEARCHABLE_KEY);
+		}
 	}
 	
 	private void postItemCreated() throws Exception {
@@ -1317,7 +1344,7 @@ public class CKANPackage extends CKAN implements Moderated {
 							throw new MethodNotSupportedException("Only catalogue moderator can approve a pending item.");
 						}
 						setToApproved(result);
-						String ret = sendPostRequest(ITEM_PATCH, getAsString(result));
+						String ret = sendPostRequest(ITEM_UPDATE, getAsString(result));
 						result = mapper.readTree(ret);
 						
 						moderationThread.setItemCoordinates(itemID, name);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackageTest.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackageTest.java
index 2c64e13..7d0e80c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackageTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackageTest.java
@@ -585,7 +585,11 @@ public class CKANPackageTest extends ContextTest {
 		JsonNode readItemObjectNode = mapper.readTree(readItem);
 		String updatedNotes = "A research of Luca Frosini made during the PhD";
 		((ObjectNode) readItemObjectNode).put(NOTES_KEY, updatedNotes);
-		ckanPackage.update(mapper.writeValueAsString(readItemObjectNode));
+		String ret = ckanPackage.update(mapper.writeValueAsString(readItemObjectNode));
+		logger.debug("Updated {}", ret);
+		
+		ckanPackage = new CKANPackage();
+		ckanPackage.setName(ITEM_NAME_VALUE);
 		ckanPackage.message("I hope now it can be approved.");
 		
 		
@@ -630,16 +634,16 @@ public class CKANPackageTest extends ContextTest {
 //		logger.debug("{}", res);
 	}
 	
-	@Ignore
-//	@Test
+//	@Ignore
+	@Test
 	public void deleteAllItemsInAllOrganizations() {
 		CKANPackage ckanPackage = new CKANPackage();
 		MultivaluedMap<String, String> mvm = new MultivaluedHashMap<String,String>();
 		mvm.add(GCatConstants.OWN_ONLY_QUERY_PARAMETER, "false");
 		UriInfo uriInfo = getUriInfo(mvm);
 		ckanPackage.setUriInfo(uriInfo);
-//		String res = ckanPackage.deleteAll(true);
-//		logger.debug("{}", res);
+		String res = ckanPackage.deleteAll(true);
+		logger.debug("{}", res);
 	}
 	
 	@Test