diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data_catalogue/grsf_publish_ws/utils/AssociationToGroupThread.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data_catalogue/grsf_publish_ws/utils/AssociationToGroupThread.java
index faf848e..d288dc8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data_catalogue/grsf_publish_ws/utils/AssociationToGroupThread.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data_catalogue/grsf_publish_ws/utils/AssociationToGroupThread.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ public class AssociationToGroupThread extends Thread {
 	private String datasetId;
 	private String username;
 	private DataCatalogue catalogue;
-	private String organization;
 
 	/**
 	 * @param groupTitle
@@ -28,37 +27,31 @@ public class AssociationToGroupThread extends Thread {
 	 * @param catalogue
 	 */
 	public AssociationToGroupThread(List<String> groupsTitles, String datasetId,
-			String username, DataCatalogue catalogue, String organization) {
+			String username, DataCatalogue catalogue) {
 		this.groupsTitles = groupsTitles;
 		this.datasetId = datasetId;
 		this.username = username;
 		this.catalogue = catalogue;
-		this.organization = organization;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void run() {
 
-		logger.info("Association thread started to put the dataset with id="+ datasetId + " into group with title " + groupsTitles + " for user " + username);
-
-		// create the group
+		logger.info("Association thread started to put the dataset with id="+ datasetId + " into group with title(s) " + groupsTitles + " for user " + username);
+		
+		
 		for (String groupTitle : groupsTitles) {
-
-			logger.debug("Group exists, going to add the user " + username + " as its admin...");
-
-			// retrieve the role to be assigned according the one the user has into the organization of the dataset
-			RolesCkanGroupOrOrg role = RolesCkanGroupOrOrg.valueOf(catalogue.getRoleOfUserInOrganization(username, organization, catalogue.getApiKeyFromUsername(username)).toUpperCase());
-
-			boolean assigned = catalogue.checkRoleIntoGroup(username, groupTitle, role);
-
-			if(assigned){
-
-				logger.debug("Admin/editor role was assigned for this group, going to associate the product to the group");
-
-				boolean putIntoGroup = catalogue.assignDatasetToGroup(groupTitle, datasetId, catalogue.getApiKeyFromUsername(username));
-				logger.info("Was product put into group? " + putIntoGroup);
-
+			
+			// check the user has enough privileges to associate it
+			if(catalogue.checkRoleIntoGroup(username, groupTitle, RolesCkanGroupOrOrg.MEMBER)){
+				
+				logger.warn("The user " + username + " has no enough priviliges to associate the dataset into group " + groupTitle);
+				continue;
 			}
+
+			boolean putIntoGroup = catalogue.assignDatasetToGroup(groupTitle, datasetId, catalogue.getApiKeyFromUsername(username));
+			logger.info("Was product put into group? " + putIntoGroup);
+
 		}
 
 	}