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 fc3d790..424df95 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
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ public class NewsServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements NewsService
 		HashMap<String, Feed> feedsMap = new HashMap<String, Feed>();
 		try {
 			GCubeUser currUser = PortalContext.getConfiguration().getCurrentUser(getThreadLocalRequest());
-			_log.info("****** retrieving posts for user: " + currUser.getScreenName());
+			_log.info("****** retrieving posts for user: " + currUser.getUsername());
 			/**
 			 * this handles the case where the portlet is deployed outside of VREs (regular)
 			 */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/server/portlet/NewsFeedPortlet.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/server/portlet/NewsFeedPortlet.java
index 44472fa..a874163 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/server/portlet/NewsFeedPortlet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/server/portlet/NewsFeedPortlet.java
@@ -10,14 +10,9 @@ import javax.portlet.PortletRequestDispatcher;
 import javax.portlet.RenderRequest;
 import javax.portlet.RenderResponse;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
 public class NewsFeedPortlet extends GenericPortlet {
-	private static final Logger _log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NewsFeedPortlet.class);
 	public void doView(RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response)	throws PortletException, IOException {
 		response.setContentType("text/html");
-		_log.debug("NewsFeedPortlet context set");
 	    PortletRequestDispatcher dispatcher = getPortletContext().getRequestDispatcher("/WEB-INF/jsp/NewsFeed_view.jsp");
 	    dispatcher.include(request, response);		
 	}