diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/portal/PortalContext.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/portal/PortalContext.java
index f8d3c82..6f13934 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/portal/PortalContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/portal/PortalContext.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class PortalContext {
 	private void initialize() {
 		Properties props = new Properties();
 		try {
-			String propertyfile = getGCoreFolder() + File.separator + "infrastructure.properties";			
+			String propertyfile = getGCoreFolder() + File.separator + ".." + File.separator +"infrastructure.properties";			
 			File propsFile = new File(propertyfile);
 			FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(propsFile);
 			props.load( fis);
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class PortalContext {
 		catch(IOException e) {
 			infra = "gcube";
 			vos = "";
-			_log.error("infrastructure.properties file not found under $CATALINA_HOME/ dir, setting default infrastructure Name and no Scopes" + infra);
+			_log.error("infrastructure.properties file not found under $Portal Bundle/ dir, setting default infrastructure Name and no Scopes" + infra);
 		}		
 		_log.info("PortalContext configurator correctly initialized on " + infra);
 	}