diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/publisher/RegistryPublisherImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/publisher/RegistryPublisherImpl.java
index 08f8aa7..45495ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/publisher/RegistryPublisherImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/publisher/RegistryPublisherImpl.java
@@ -446,6 +446,9 @@ public class RegistryPublisherImpl implements RegistryPublisher {
 
 	private <T extends Resource> HashSet<String> updateResourceScopes(T resource) {
 		HashSet<String> vosScopes = Utils.getInternalVOScopes(resource);	
+//	if the resource type is a RunningInstance or a HostingNode the check on the most recent resource is bypassed
+		if((resource.type().toString().equalsIgnoreCase("RunningInstance")) || (resource.type().toString().equalsIgnoreCase("GHN")))
+			return vosScopes;
 		//extract the scopes from the more recent resource found at vo level
 		List <String> latestScopesFound= Utils.setLatestInternalScopes(resource, vosScopes);
 		log.debug("latest scope found are "+latestScopesFound);
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 a3128b1..27aa96b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/publisher/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/publisher/utils/Utils.java
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ public class Utils {
 	
 	private static <T extends Resource> List<String> extractInternalScopes(T resource, String latestVO) {
 		T extractedResource=null;
+		log.debug("checking resource "+resource.id()+" type: "+resource.type());
 		if(resource.type().toString().equalsIgnoreCase("RuntimeResource")){
 			extractedResource= (T)getServiceEndpointByID(resource.id(), latestVO);
 		}else if(resource.type().toString().equalsIgnoreCase("GenericResource")){