diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index e448544..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="ckan-metadata-publisher-widget-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/ckan-metadata-publisher-widget/ckan-metadata-publisher-widget">
-            <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
-        </dependent-module>
-        <dependent-module archiveName="ckan-util-library-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/ckan-util-library/ckan-util-library">
-            <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 79d282d..4b8cea4 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
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ 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 final String USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE = ScopeHelper.USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE;
 	private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl.class);
 	private final static String DEFAULT_ROLE = "OrganizationMember";
@@ -105,6 +106,9 @@ public class GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implem
 		try{
 			String ckanContext = getServletContext().getInitParameter(CKANCONNECTORCONTEXT);
 			logger.debug(CKANCONNECTORCONTEXT + " is: "+ckanContext);
+			String ckanHideHeader = getServletContext().getInitParameter(CKANHIDEHEADER);
+			logger.debug(CKANHIDEHEADER + " is: "+ckanHideHeader);
+
 			ASLSession session = getASLSession(this.getThreadLocalRequest().getSession());
 			GcoreEndpointReader ckanEndPoint = SessionUtil.getCkanEndPoint(session);
 			String ckanConnectorUri = ckanEndPoint.getCkanResourceEntyName();
@@ -118,8 +122,9 @@ public class GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implem
 				ckanConnectorUri+="?"+GCUBE_TOKEN+"="+getGcubeSecurityToken();
 			}else{
 				logger.warn("******** Using TEST_USER security token!!!");
-				ckanConnectorUri+="?"+GCUBE_TOKEN+"="+TEST_SEC_TOKEN;
+				ckanConnectorUri+="?"+GCUBE_TOKEN+"="+TEST_SEC_TOKEN +"&" +ckanHideHeader;
 			}
+			ckanConnectorUri+="&" +ckanHideHeader; //added query string to hide header from portal
 			logger.info("returning ckanConnectorUri: "+ckanConnectorUri);
 			return ckanConnectorUri;
 			//			return "http://ckan-d-d4s.d4science.org";
@@ -232,7 +237,7 @@ public class GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implem
 				// NOTE: it is supposed that there is just one role for this person correspondent to the one in the catalog
 				for (RoleModel role : roles) {
 
-					logger.debug("User " + username + " has role " + role.getRoleName() + " in " + currentScope); 
+					logger.debug("User " + username + " has role " + role.getRoleName() + " in " + currentScope);
 					if(role.getRoleName().contains(CkanRolesIntoLiferay.CATALOG_ADMIN.toString())){
 						mainRole = CkanRolesIntoLiferay.CATALOG_ADMIN;
 						correspondentRoleToCheck = RolesIntoOrganization.ADMIN;
@@ -241,7 +246,7 @@ public class GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implem
 						mainRole = CkanRolesIntoLiferay.CATALOG_EDITOR;
 						correspondentRoleToCheck = RolesIntoOrganization.EDITOR;
 						break;
-					}				
+					}
 				}
 
 				// with this invocation, we check if the role is present in ckan and if it is not it will be added
@@ -257,7 +262,7 @@ public class GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implem
 		logger.debug("Unable to check the role into ckan organization, returning MEMBER as role");
 
 		// return the base role
-		return CkanRole.MEMBER; 
+		return CkanRole.MEMBER;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -270,7 +275,7 @@ public class GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implem
 		case CATALOG_ADMIN: return CkanRole.ADMIN;
 		case CATALOG_EDITOR: return CkanRole.EDITOR;
 		case CATALOG_MEMBER: ;
-		default : return CkanRole.MEMBER; 
+		default : return CkanRole.MEMBER;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/org/gcube/portlets/gcubeckan/gcubeckandatacatalog/client/Messages_fr.properties b/src/main/resources/org/gcube/portlets/gcubeckan/gcubeckandatacatalog/client/Messages_fr.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index b4a7627..0000000
--- a/src/main/resources/org/gcube/portlets/gcubeckan/gcubeckandatacatalog/client/Messages_fr.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-sendButton = Envoyer
-nameField = Entrez votre nom
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 519e508..d78b803 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 		<param-value>/gcube/service/connect</param-value>
 	</context-param>
 
+	<context-param>
+		<param-name>CkanHideHeader</param-name>
+		<!-- <param-value>/connect</param-value> -->
+		<param-value>/hh=true</param-value>
+	</context-param>
+
 	<!-- Servlets -->
 	<servlet>
 		<servlet-name>gcubeckandatacatalogservice</servlet-name>