diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/gcubewidgets/client/ClientScopeHelper.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/gcubewidgets/client/ClientScopeHelper.java
index 0369ef5..248bdcb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/gcubewidgets/client/ClientScopeHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/gcubewidgets/client/ClientScopeHelper.java
@@ -10,4 +10,19 @@ public class ClientScopeHelper {
 		return GWT.create(ScopeService.class);
 		//Window.Location.getHref();
 	}
+	
+	public static String extractOrgFriendlyURL(String portalURL) {
+		String groupRegEx = "/group/";
+		if (portalURL.contains(groupRegEx)) {
+			String[] splits = portalURL.split(groupRegEx);
+			String friendlyURL = splits[1];
+			if (friendlyURL.contains("/")) {
+				friendlyURL = friendlyURL.split("/")[0];
+			} else {
+				friendlyURL = friendlyURL.split("\\?")[0].split("\\#")[0];
+			}
+			return "/"+friendlyURL;
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
 }