diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/grsf_manage_widget/server/manage/Utils.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/grsf_manage_widget/server/manage/Utils.java
index e491e4c..d8079b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/grsf_manage_widget/server/manage/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datacatalogue/grsf_manage_widget/server/manage/Utils.java
@@ -195,12 +195,12 @@ public class Utils {
 
 		try(CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();){
 
-			// if there are merges, update the status of the involved records immediately
-			if(bean.isMergesInvolved())
-				updateStatusInvolvedRecords(bean, catalogue);
-
 			// send update to the knowledge base
 			GRSFUpdaterServiceClient.updateKB(httpClient, serviceUrl, bean, catalogue, username, fullName);
+			
+			// if there are merges, update the status of the other involved records
+			if(bean.isMergesInvolved())
+				updateStatusInvolvedRecords(bean, catalogue);
 
 			// require social networking url
 			final String baseUrlSocial = SocialCommunications.getBaseUrlSocialService(httpServletRequest);
@@ -299,8 +299,6 @@ public class Utils {
 		for(SimilarGRSFRecord s: bean.getSimilarGrsfRecords()){
 			if(s.isSuggestedMerge()){
 				String productId = s.getKnowledgeBaseId();
-				//				CkanDataset dataset = catalogue.getDataset(productId, sysApi);
-				//				Map<String, List<String>> extrasMap = getExtrasAsHashMap(dataset.getExtras());
 				Map<String, List<String>> updateStatus = new HashMap<String, List<String>>(1);
 				updateStatus.put(Constants.STATUS_OF_THE_GRSF_RECORD_CUSTOM_KEY, Arrays.asList(Status.To_be_Merged.getOrigName()));
 				catalogue.patchProductCustomFields(productId, sysApi, updateStatus, true);