diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/metadataprofilediscovery/MetadataProfileReader.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/metadataprofilediscovery/MetadataProfileReader.java
index 3b2a4ce..3f20d70 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/metadataprofilediscovery/MetadataProfileReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/metadataprofilediscovery/MetadataProfileReader.java
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ public class MetadataProfileReader implements MetadataProfileDiscovery {
 			throw new Exception("Please set a valid scope into ScopeProvider");
 
 		scope = new ScopeBean(scopeString);
+		
 		readNamespaces();
 		readMetadataFormats();
 	}
@@ -97,23 +98,22 @@ public class MetadataProfileReader implements MetadataProfileDiscovery {
 	 */
 	private void readMetadataFormats() throws Exception {
 		
-		//reading from Generic Resource for Secondary Type
-		if(grMetadataProfileSecondaryType!=null) {
-			medataFormatDiscovery = new MetadataFormatDiscovery(scope, grMetadataProfileSecondaryType);
-	
-			logger.info("MedataFormatDiscovery has retrieved: " + medataFormatDiscovery.getMetadataProfiles().size()
-					+ " metadata type/s");
-			logger.debug("filling cache for MedataFormat");
-			hashMetadataFormats = new HashMap<String, MetadataFormat>(medataFormatDiscovery.getMetadataProfiles().size());
-			for (MetadataProfile mT : medataFormatDiscovery.getMetadataProfiles()) {
-				if (mT == null)
-					continue;
-	
-				MetadataFormatReader reader = new MetadataFormatReader(scope, mT.getId());
-				hashMetadataFormats.put(mT.getId(), reader.getMetadataFormat());
-				logger.debug("MetadataType id: " + mT.getId() + " cached as: " + reader.getMetadataFormat());
-			}
+		//reading from Generic Resource for Secondary Type passed in input
+		medataFormatDiscovery = new MetadataFormatDiscovery(scope, grMetadataProfileSecondaryType);
+
+		logger.info("MedataFormatDiscovery has retrieved: " + medataFormatDiscovery.getMetadataProfiles().size()
+				+ " metadata type/s");
+		logger.debug("filling cache for MedataFormat");
+		hashMetadataFormats = new HashMap<String, MetadataFormat>(medataFormatDiscovery.getMetadataProfiles().size());
+		for (MetadataProfile mT : medataFormatDiscovery.getMetadataProfiles()) {
+			if (mT == null)
+				continue;
+
+			MetadataFormatReader reader = new MetadataFormatReader(scope, mT.getId());
+			hashMetadataFormats.put(mT.getId(), reader.getMetadataFormat());
+			logger.debug("MetadataType id: " + mT.getId() + " cached as: " + reader.getMetadataFormat());
 		}
+	
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ public class MetadataProfileReader implements MetadataProfileDiscovery {
 	 * @return the metadata format
 	 * @throws JAXBException the JAXB exception
 	 */
-	public MetadataFormat toMetadataFormat(InputStream metadataProfileStream) throws JAXBException{
+	public static MetadataFormat toMetadataFormat(InputStream metadataProfileStream) throws JAXBException{
 		
 		if(metadataProfileStream==null)
 			throw new NullPointerException("Invalid input parameter");
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/common/metadataprofilediscovery/TestDataCatalogueMetadataFormatReader.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/common/metadataprofilediscovery/TestDataCatalogueMetadataFormatReader.java
index 7113efc..e2dfa56 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/common/metadataprofilediscovery/TestDataCatalogueMetadataFormatReader.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/common/metadataprofilediscovery/TestDataCatalogueMetadataFormatReader.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class TestDataCatalogueMetadataFormatReader {
 	/**
 	 * Test.
 	 */
-	@Test
+	//@Test
 	public void test() {
 		try {
 			String scopeString = "/gcube/devsec/devVRE";
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/common/metadataprofilediscovery/TestMetadataFormatDiscovery.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/common/metadataprofilediscovery/TestMetadataFormatDiscovery.java
index 0e39610..c820194 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/common/metadataprofilediscovery/TestMetadataFormatDiscovery.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/common/metadataprofilediscovery/TestMetadataFormatDiscovery.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class TestMetadataFormatDiscovery {
 	/**
 	 * Test.
 	 */
-	@Test
+	//@Test
 	public void test() {
 
 		String scopeString = "/gcube/devsec/devVRE";
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/common/metadataprofilediscovery/TestMetadataFormatReader.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/common/metadataprofilediscovery/TestMetadataFormatReader.java
index 2ced19f..8ea471a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/common/metadataprofilediscovery/TestMetadataFormatReader.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/common/metadataprofilediscovery/TestMetadataFormatReader.java
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
  */
 package org.gcube.common.metadataprofilediscovery;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import org.gcube.common.metadataprofilediscovery.jaxb.MetadataField;
+import org.gcube.common.metadataprofilediscovery.jaxb.MetadataFormat;
 import org.gcube.common.metadataprofilediscovery.reader.MetadataFormatReader;
 import org.gcube.common.scope.api.ScopeProvider;
 import org.gcube.common.scope.impl.ScopeBean;
@@ -30,4 +35,21 @@ public class TestMetadataFormatReader {
 			e.printStackTrace();
 		}
 	}
+	
+	//@Test
+	public void testReadInputStream() {
+		String fileNameMeatadataProfile = "HarvestedObject.xml";
+		try {
+			InputStream in = ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream(fileNameMeatadataProfile);
+			//InputStream in = TestMetadataFormatReader.class.getResourceAsStream(fileNameMeatadataProfile);
+			MetadataFormat mf = MetadataProfileReader.toMetadataFormat(in);
+			System.out.println("Source: "+mf.getMetadataSource());
+			
+			for (MetadataField field : mf.getMetadataFields()) {
+				System.out.println(field);
+			}
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+	}
 }