diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index 3fad16f..ac15a71 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
     <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/target/generated-sources/gwt"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/resources"/>
+        <dependent-module archiveName="gcube-widgets-2.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/gcube-widgets/gcube-widgets">
+            <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
+        </dependent-module>
     <property name="java-output-path" value="/${module}/target/www/WEB-INF/classes"/>
         <property name="context-root" value="news-feed"/>
   </wb-module>
diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
index 0bc8731..1bfcc55 100644
--- a/distro/changelog.xml
+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-user.news-feed.2-2-0"
 		date="2016-12-02">
 		<Change>removed asl session</Change>
+		<Change>Increased general performance and bugfixes</Change>
 	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-user.news-feed.2-1-0"
 		date="2016-10-29">
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/server/NewsServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/server/NewsServiceImpl.java
index 424df95..7cea707 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/server/NewsServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/server/NewsServiceImpl.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class NewsServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements NewsService
 	 */
 	private ElasticSearchClientInterface escl;
 
-	private final static int MAX_FEEDS_NO = 45;
+	private final static int MAX_FEEDS_NO = 30;
 
 	public void init() {
 		store = new DBCassandraAstyanaxImpl();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/shared/NewsConstants.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/shared/NewsConstants.java
index ae21e53..883a89c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/shared/NewsConstants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/shared/NewsConstants.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ public class NewsConstants {
 	/**
 	 * Feeds Number to who per VRE/Category
 	 */
-	public static final int FEEDS_NO_PER_CATEGORY = 10;
+	public static final int FEEDS_NO_PER_CATEGORY = 6;
 	
 	public static final int FEEDS_MAX_PER_CATEGORY = 30;