diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/portal/PortalContext.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/portal/PortalContext.java
index 5106499..6ce7aff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/portal/PortalContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/portal/PortalContext.java
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ public class PortalContext {
 
 
 	/**
-	 * 
+	 * @deprecated use only with AJAX Calls
 	 * @param httpServletRequest the httpServletRequest object
 	 * @return the instance of the user 
 	 * @see GCubeUser
@@ -289,6 +289,39 @@ public class PortalContext {
 		}
 		return userToken;
 	}
+	/**
+	 * @param httpServletRequest the httpServletRequest object
+	 * @param scope the infrastructure scope
+	 * @return the instance of the user 
+	 * @see GCubeUser
+	 */
+	public String getCurrentUserToken(String scope, HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest) {
+		String userToken = null;
+		if (isWithinPortal()) {
+			String username = getCurrentUser(httpServletRequest).getUsername();
+			try {
+				ScopeProvider.instance.set(scope);
+				userToken = authorizationService().resolveTokenByUserAndContext(username, scope);
+				SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(userToken);
+			} 
+			catch (ObjectNotFound ex) {
+				userToken = generateAuthorizationToken(username, scope);
+				SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(userToken);
+				_log.debug("generateAuthorizationToken OK for " + username + " in scope " + scope);
+			}			 
+			catch (Exception e) {
+				_log.error("Error while trying to generate token for user " + username + "in scope " + scope);
+				e.printStackTrace();
+				return null;
+			}
+		} else {
+			String toReturn = readTokenPropertyFile();
+			_log.debug("getCurrentToken devMode into IDE detected, returning scope: " + toReturn.toString());
+			_log.debug("The PortalBeanLocatorUtil stacktrace (java.lang.Exception) is acceptable in dev");
+			return toReturn;
+		}
+		return userToken;
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 *