diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index 1afbdfc..5fe3680 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp" tag="defaultRootSource"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/resources"/>
-        <dependent-module archiveName="workspace-sharing-widget-1.7.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/workspace-sharing-widget-TRUNK/workspace-sharing-widget-TRUNK">
-            <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
-        </dependent-module>
-        <dependent-module archiveName="workspace-uploader-1.4.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/workspace-uploader-TRUNK/workspace-uploader-TRUNK">
-            <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
-        </dependent-module>
         <property name="context-root" value="gcube-ckan-datacatalog"/>
         <property name="java-output-path" value="/gcube-ckan-datacatalog/target/gcube-ckan-datacatalog-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>
     </wb-module>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/gcubeckan/gcubeckandatacatalog/server/GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/gcubeckan/gcubeckandatacatalog/server/GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl.java
index 8689be4..b2fffab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/gcubeckan/gcubeckandatacatalog/server/GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/gcubeckan/gcubeckandatacatalog/server/GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implem
 	private static final String HTTPS = "https";
 	private static final String HTTP = "http";
 	public static String CKANCONNECTORCONTEXT = "CkanConnectorContext";
-//	public static String CKANHIDEHEADER = "CkanHideHeader";
+	//	public static String CKANHIDEHEADER = "CkanHideHeader";
 	public static String CKANCONNECTORLOGOUT = "CkanConnectorLogout";
 	public static final String USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE = ScopeHelper.USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE;
 	private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl.class);
@@ -63,21 +63,25 @@ public class GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implem
 	// ckan utils methods
 	private CKanUtilsImpl instance;
 
-	/* (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see javax.servlet.GenericServlet#init()
+	/**
+	 * Since it needs the scope, we need to check if it is null or not
+	 * @return
 	 */
-	@Override
-	public void init(){
+	private CKanUtilsImpl getCkanUtilsObj(){
 
-		// retrieve ckan information
-		try{
-			String currentScope = ScopeProvider.instance.get();
-			instance = new CKanUtilsImpl(currentScope);
-		}catch(Exception e){
-			logger.error("Unable to retrieve ckan information");
+		if(instance == null){
+			// retrieve ckan information
+			try{
+				String currentScope = ScopeProvider.instance.get();
+				logger.debug("Scope is " + currentScope);
+				instance = new CKanUtilsImpl(currentScope);
+			}catch(Exception e){
+				logger.error("Unable to retrieve ckan information", e);
+			}
 		}
-	}
 
+		return instance;
+	}
 
 	/* (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.gcube.portlets.gcubeckan.gcubeckandatacatalog.client.GcubeCkanDataCatalogService#getCKanConnector(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
@@ -250,7 +254,7 @@ public class GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implem
 				return CkanRole.ADMIN;
 			}
 			// first of all, check if the user is a sysadmin in the catalog (in this case he can do everything)
-			boolean isSysAdmin = instance.isSysAdmin(username, getUserCKanTokenFromSession());
+			boolean isSysAdmin = getCkanUtilsObj().isSysAdmin(username, getUserCKanTokenFromSession());
 
 			if(isSysAdmin){
 
@@ -287,7 +291,7 @@ public class GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implem
 				}
 
 				// with this invocation, we check if the role is present in ckan and if it is not it will be added
-				boolean res = instance.checkRole(username, groupName, correspondentRoleToCheck);
+				boolean res = getCkanUtilsObj().checkRole(username, groupName, correspondentRoleToCheck);
 
 				if(res)
 					return reMapRole(mainRole);
@@ -342,18 +346,25 @@ public class GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implem
 		String username = session.getUsername();
 		logger.debug("User in session is " + username);
 
-		String token = null;
-		if(this.getThreadLocalRequest().getSession().getAttribute(CKAN_TOKEN_KEY) != null)
-			token = (String)this.getThreadLocalRequest().getSession().getAttribute(CKAN_TOKEN_KEY);
-		else{
+		try{
 
-			token = instance.getApiKeyFromUsername(username);
-			this.getThreadLocalRequest().getSession().setAttribute(CKAN_TOKEN_KEY, token);
-			logger.debug("Ckan token has been set for user " + username);
+			String token = null;
+			if(this.getThreadLocalRequest().getSession().getAttribute(CKAN_TOKEN_KEY) != null)
+				token = (String)this.getThreadLocalRequest().getSession().getAttribute(CKAN_TOKEN_KEY);
+			else{
+
+				token = getCkanUtilsObj().getApiKeyFromUsername(username);
+				this.getThreadLocalRequest().getSession().setAttribute(CKAN_TOKEN_KEY, token);
+				logger.debug("Ckan token has been set for user " + username);
+			}
+
+			logger.debug("Found ckan token " + token + " for user " + username);
+			return token;
+
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Error while retrieving the key" , e);
 		}
-
-		logger.debug("Found ckan token " + token + " for user " + username);
-		return token;
+		return null;
 
 	}
 
@@ -367,7 +378,7 @@ public class GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implem
 		ASLSession session = getASLSession(httpSession);
 		String username = session.getUsername();
 		CkanConnectorAccessPoint ckanAP = SessionUtil.getCkanAccessPoint(this.getThreadLocalRequest().getSession());
-//		String token = getGcubeSecurityToken();
+		//		String token = getGcubeSecurityToken();
 		logger.info("Logout from CKAN for: "+username +" by token: "+ckanAP.getGcubeTokenValue());
 
 		String ckanConnectorLogut = getServletContext().getInitParameter(CKANCONNECTORLOGOUT);