diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 637a726..28ce55d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
 	<artifactId>landing-page-library</artifactId>
-	<version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<name>landing-page-library</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/landingpage/LandingPageManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/landingpage/LandingPageManager.java
index 37b28db..8f5b1b1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/landingpage/LandingPageManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/landingpage/LandingPageManager.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public class LandingPageManager {
 	public static final String GUEST_GROUP_FRIENDLY_URL = "/guest";
 	public static final String PRIVATE_GROUP_SERVLET_MAPPING = PropsUtil.get(PropsKeys.LAYOUT_FRIENDLY_URL_PRIVATE_GROUP_SERVLET_MAPPING);
 	public static final String PORTAL_CONTEXT = PortalUtil.getPathContext();
+	private static final String SBD_GATEWAY_VHOST = "sobigdata.d4science.org";
 
 	public static String getLandingPagePath(final HttpServletRequest request) throws PortalException, SystemException {
 		User currentUser = PortalUtil.getUser(request);
@@ -78,6 +79,11 @@ public class LandingPageManager {
 					_log.debug("But user " +  currentUser.getFullName() + " is not registered to " + site.getName() + ". going to register ...");
 					String portalURL = PortalContext.getConfiguration().getGatewayURL(request);
 					registerUserToSite(currentUser, site, portalURL);
+					//only fot SBD Gateway we check if the user belongs to resource catalogue VRE
+					if (currentVirtualHost.equalsIgnoreCase(SBD_GATEWAY_VHOST)) {
+						Thread resourceCatalogueSBDThread = new Thread(new ResourceCatalogueRegistrationThread(userSites, currentUser, portalURL));
+						resourceCatalogueSBDThread.start();
+					}
 				}
 				break;
 			}
@@ -89,7 +95,7 @@ public class LandingPageManager {
 		}
 		return sitePath;
 	}
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * this method is used to register the user to the group if does not belong to it yet
 	 * IMPORTANT: it does not add the user to the Site's private pages if the Site Membership type is different from Private
@@ -97,7 +103,7 @@ public class LandingPageManager {
 	 * @param site
 	 * @throws SystemException
 	 */
-	private static void registerUserToSite(User user, Group site, String siteURL) throws SystemException {
+	protected static void registerUserToSite(User user, Group site, String siteURL) throws SystemException {
 		UserLocalServiceUtil.addGroupUser(site.getGroupId(), user.getUserId());
 		_log.debug("User " +  user.getScreenName() +" registered to " + site.getName());
 		Thread emailSiteManagersThread = new Thread(new NewUserSiteRegistrationNotificationThread(new LiferayUserManager(), new LiferayRoleManager() ,user, site, siteURL));
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/landingpage/ResourceCatalogueRegistrationThread.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/landingpage/ResourceCatalogueRegistrationThread.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e55a739
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/landingpage/ResourceCatalogueRegistrationThread.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package org.gcube.portal.landingpage;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.liferay.portal.kernel.exception.SystemException;
+import com.liferay.portal.model.Group;
+import com.liferay.portal.model.User;
+import com.liferay.portal.service.GroupLocalServiceUtil;
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author massi
+ * register the user to the group having the given group id
+ */
+public class ResourceCatalogueRegistrationThread implements Runnable {
+	private static Logger _log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ResourceCatalogueRegistrationThread.class);
+	private static long RESOURCE_CATALOGUE_GROUPID = 459909;
+	private User user;
+	private Group resourceCatalogueGroup;
+	private String siteURL;
+	List<Group> userSites;
+	
+	public ResourceCatalogueRegistrationThread(List<Group> userSites, User user, String siteURL) {
+		super();
+		this.user = user;
+		this.userSites = userSites;
+		this.siteURL = siteURL;
+		try {
+			resourceCatalogueGroup = GroupLocalServiceUtil.getGroup(RESOURCE_CATALOGUE_GROUPID);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void run() {
+		boolean isRegistered = false;
+		for (Group group : userSites) {
+			if (group.getGroupId() == resourceCatalogueGroup.getGroupId()) {
+				isRegistered = true;
+				_log.debug("user " +  user.getFullName() + " is already registered to the VRE " + resourceCatalogueGroup.getName());
+				break;
+			}					
+		}
+		if (!isRegistered) {
+			try {
+				_log.info("SBD Hook " +  user.getFullName() + " is not registered to the Resource Catalogue VRE, forcing registration.");
+				LandingPageManager.registerUserToSite(user, resourceCatalogueGroup, siteURL);
+			} catch (SystemException e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+}