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 e00a6da..f12616a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackage.java
@@ -1163,21 +1163,20 @@ public class CKANPackage extends CKAN implements Moderated {
 		return cmItemStatus;
 	}
 	
+	protected void setItemAuthorToModerationThread() {
+		String itemAuthorCkanUsername = "";
+		JsonNode jsonNode = getExtraField(result, Moderated.SYSTEM_CM_ITEM_AUTHOR);
+		if(jsonNode!=null) {
+			itemAuthorCkanUsername = jsonNode.asText();
+			moderationThread.setItemAuthorCkanUsername(itemAuthorCkanUsername);
+		}
+	}
+	
 	protected boolean isModerationEnabled() {
 		boolean moderationEnabled = configuration.isModerationEnabled();
 		if(moderationEnabled && moderationThread==null) {
 			moderationThread = ModerationThread.getDefaultInstance();
 			moderationThread.setCKANUser(ckanUser);
-			
-			if(result!=null) {
-				String itemAuthorCkanUsername = "";
-				JsonNode jsonNode = getExtraField(result, Moderated.SYSTEM_CM_ITEM_AUTHOR);
-				if(jsonNode!=null) {
-					itemAuthorCkanUsername = jsonNode.asText();
-					moderationThread.setItemAuthorCkanUsername(itemAuthorCkanUsername);
-				}
-			}
-			
 		}
 		return moderationEnabled;
 	}
@@ -1487,6 +1486,7 @@ public class CKANPackage extends CKAN implements Moderated {
 						result = mapper.readTree(ret);
 						
 						parseResult();
+						setItemAuthorToModerationThread();
 						moderationThread.setItemCoordinates(itemID, name, itemTitle,  itemURL);
 						moderationThread.postItemApproved(moderatorMessage);
 						
@@ -1539,6 +1539,7 @@ public class CKANPackage extends CKAN implements Moderated {
 						
 						result = mapper.readTree(ret);
 						parseResult();
+						setItemAuthorToModerationThread();
 						moderationThread.setItemCoordinates(itemID, name, itemTitle, itemURL);
 						moderationThread.postItemRejected(moderatorMessage);
 						break;
@@ -1566,6 +1567,8 @@ public class CKANPackage extends CKAN implements Moderated {
 				
 				readItem();
 				
+				isModerationEnabled();
+				
 				// Catalogue Moderators are allowed to post message to the dedicated Stream
 				if(!ckanUser.isCatalogueModerator()) {
 					// Users that are not 
@@ -1577,6 +1580,7 @@ public class CKANPackage extends CKAN implements Moderated {
 				}
 
 				CMItemStatus cmItemStatus = getCMItemStatus();
+				setItemAuthorToModerationThread();
 				moderationThread.setItemCoordinates(itemID, name, itemTitle, itemURL);
 				moderationThread.postUserMessage(cmItemStatus, message);
 				return;