diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index 5fe3680..ab4d2fc 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
         <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-util-library-2.3.0-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/thread/AddUserToOrganizationThread.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/gcubeckan/gcubeckandatacatalog/server/thread/AddUserToOrganizationThread.java
index f25fa7b..8543cd7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/gcubeckan/gcubeckandatacatalog/server/thread/AddUserToOrganizationThread.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/gcubeckan/gcubeckandatacatalog/server/thread/AddUserToOrganizationThread.java
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ public class AddUserToOrganizationThread extends Thread {
 		for (Entry<String, String> entry : entrySet) {
 			if(instance.getOrganizationByName(entry.getKey()) != null)
 				instance.checkRoleIntoOrganization(username, entry.getKey(), RolesCkanGroupOrOrg.convertFromCapacity(entry.getValue()));
+			else if(instance.getGroupByName(entry.getKey()) != null){
+				RolesCkanGroupOrOrg roleInGroup = RolesCkanGroupOrOrg.convertFromCapacity(entry.getValue()); 
+				roleInGroup = roleInGroup.equals(RolesCkanGroupOrOrg.EDITOR) ? RolesCkanGroupOrOrg.MEMBER : roleInGroup;
+				instance.checkRoleIntoGroup(username, entry.getKey(), roleInGroup);
+			}
 		}
 		logger.debug("Thread for role association ended");