diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 169f9d7..0affa1c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 			<artifactId>aslcore</artifactId>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.dvos</groupId>
 			<artifactId>usermanagement-core</artifactId>
@@ -68,6 +69,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.common.portal</groupId>
 			<artifactId>portal-manager</artifactId>
+			<version>[2.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
+			<artifactId>custom-portal-handler</artifactId>
+			<version>[2.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
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 248bdcb..09e905e 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
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package org.gcube.portlets.user.gcubewidgets.client;
 
+
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.gcubewidgets.client.rpc.ScopeService;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.gcubewidgets.client.rpc.ScopeServiceAsync;
 
 import com.google.gwt.core.client.GWT;
+import com.google.gwt.user.client.Window.Location;
 
 public class ClientScopeHelper {
 	public static ScopeServiceAsync getService() {
@@ -25,4 +27,5 @@ public class ClientScopeHelper {
 		}
 		return null;
 	}
+	
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/gcubewidgets/server/ScopeServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/gcubewidgets/server/ScopeServiceImpl.java
index 42374df..2c63bd1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/gcubewidgets/server/ScopeServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/gcubewidgets/server/ScopeServiceImpl.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
 import org.gcube.application.framework.core.session.ASLSession;
 import org.gcube.application.framework.core.session.SessionManager;
 import org.gcube.common.portal.PortalContext;
+import org.gcube.portal.custom.scopemanager.scopehelper.ScopeHelper;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.gcubewidgets.client.rpc.ScopeService;
 import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.GroupManager;
 import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.LiferayGroupManager;
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ public class ScopeServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements ScopeServi
 	private ASLSession getASLSession() {		
 		HttpSession httpSession = this.getThreadLocalRequest().getSession();
 		String sessionID = httpSession.getId();
-		String user = (String) httpSession.getAttribute("username");
+		String user = (String) httpSession.getAttribute(ScopeHelper.USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE);
 		if (user == null) {
 			_log.warn("NO USER FOUND, exiting");
 			return null;