diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/publisher/utils/Utils.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/publisher/utils/Utils.java
index 27aa96b..cecd520 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/publisher/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/publisher/utils/Utils.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public class Utils {
 			ScopeBean scopeBean = new ScopeBean(scope);
 			if(scopeBean.is(Type.VRE))
 				vosScopes.add(scopeBean.enclosingScope().toString());
+			else
 // if the scope is a root-vo scope, it will be added to the vosScope array
 			vosScopes.add(scope);
 		}