diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 4214a97..d497854 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -22,5 +22,10 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/resources">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resource_checker/ResourceCheckerPlugin.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resource_checker/ResourceCheckerPlugin.java
index 3e09108..b9872f7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resource_checker/ResourceCheckerPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resource_checker/ResourceCheckerPlugin.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package org.gcube.informationsystem.resource_checker;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -13,11 +14,15 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
+
 import org.gcube.common.resources.gcore.GCoreEndpoint;
 import org.gcube.common.resources.gcore.GenericResource;
 import org.gcube.common.resources.gcore.HostingNode;
 import org.gcube.common.resources.gcore.ServiceEndpoint;
 import org.gcube.common.resources.gcore.Software;
+import org.gcube.common.resources.gcore.utils.XPathHelper;
 import org.gcube.common.scope.api.ScopeProvider;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.resource_checker.utils.BasicFunctionalitiesMandatoryReader;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.resource_checker.utils.BasicFunctionalityBean;
@@ -29,6 +34,8 @@ import org.gcube.resources.discovery.icclient.ICFactory;
 import org.gcube.vremanagement.executor.plugin.Plugin;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 
 /**
  * The resource-checker-se-plugin implementation class.
@@ -40,7 +47,7 @@ public class ResourceCheckerPlugin extends Plugin<ResourceCheckerPluginDeclarati
 	private static final int SECONDS2WAIT = 2; // seconds to wait among IS requests
 	private static final String INITIAL_ERRORS_STATEMENT = "Other errors: ";
 	public static final String ROLE_TO_NOTIFY = "role";
-	private static final String NAGIOS_PROPERTY_FILE = "resources_to_fetch.properties";
+	private static final String NAGIOS_PROPERTY_FILE = "/META-INF/plugin_resources/nagios-report-location.properties";
 	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ResourceCheckerPlugin.class);
 
 	public ResourceCheckerPlugin(ResourceCheckerPluginDeclaration pluginDeclaration){
@@ -67,6 +74,7 @@ public class ResourceCheckerPlugin extends Plugin<ResourceCheckerPluginDeclarati
 
 		String otherFailures = INITIAL_ERRORS_STATEMENT;
 		DiscoveryClient client = ICFactory.client();
+		DocumentBuilder docBuilder =  DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder();
 
 		Map<String, String> resourceToIdentifierMap = new HashMap<String, String>(mandatoryFunctionalities.size());
 		Set<String> missingResourcesKey = new HashSet<String>(mandatoryFunctionalities.size());
@@ -79,7 +87,7 @@ public class ResourceCheckerPlugin extends Plugin<ResourceCheckerPluginDeclarati
 
 					String resourceId = null;
 					String resourceKey = service.getName() + ":" + service.getCategory();
-					if((resourceId = isServicePresent(service, client)) == null){
+					if((resourceId = isServicePresent(service, client, docBuilder)) == null){
 
 						List<BasicFunctionalityBean> missingServices = null;
 						if(missingResourcesPerContext.containsKey(context))
@@ -110,7 +118,7 @@ public class ResourceCheckerPlugin extends Plugin<ResourceCheckerPluginDeclarati
 		}
 
 		if(otherFailures.equals(INITIAL_ERRORS_STATEMENT))
-			otherFailures += "none\n";
+			otherFailures += "none.\n";
 		else
 			otherFailures += "\n";
 
@@ -122,7 +130,7 @@ public class ResourceCheckerPlugin extends Plugin<ResourceCheckerPluginDeclarati
 		writeReport4Nagios(identifiers);
 
 		// if there are missing resources, notify administrators via mail
-		if(!missingResourcesPerContext.isEmpty())
+		if(!missingResourcesPerContext.isEmpty() || !otherFailures.equals(INITIAL_ERRORS_STATEMENT + "none.\n"))
 			SendNotification.sendMessage(missingResourcesPerContext, otherFailures, (String)inputs.get(ROLE_TO_NOTIFY));
 
 		logger.info("Plugin's execution ended. Map of not available services per scope is the following: \n" + missingResourcesPerContext);
@@ -132,20 +140,21 @@ public class ResourceCheckerPlugin extends Plugin<ResourceCheckerPluginDeclarati
 	 * Check if a given resource is present or is missing.
 	 * @param service
 	 * @param client
+	 * @param docBuilder 
 	 * @return the identifier of the resource
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
-	private String isServicePresent(BasicFunctionalityBean service, DiscoveryClient client) throws Exception {
+	private String isServicePresent(BasicFunctionalityBean service, DiscoveryClient client, DocumentBuilder docBuilder) throws Exception {
 
 		Class classFor = service.getType() == null? ServiceEndpoint.class : service.getType(); // default is service end point
 		SimpleQuery q = ICFactory.queryFor(classFor);
 
-		List<ServiceEndpoint> result = null;
+		List result = null;
 		if(classFor.equals(ServiceEndpoint.class)){
 
 			q.addCondition("$resource/Profile/Name/text() eq '"+ service.getName() +"'");
 			q.addCondition("$resource/Profile/Category/text() eq '"+ service.getCategory() +"'");
-			result = (List<ServiceEndpoint>)client.submit(q);
+			result = client.submit(q);
 
 		}else if(classFor.equals(GCoreEndpoint.class)){
 
@@ -175,7 +184,23 @@ public class ResourceCheckerPlugin extends Plugin<ResourceCheckerPluginDeclarati
 			throw new Exception("Unable to check resource because its type is missing " + service);
 
 
-		return result != null && result.size() > 0 ? result.get(0).id() : null;
+		if(result == null || result.isEmpty())
+			return null;
+		else{
+
+			String elem = (String) result.get(0);
+			Node node = docBuilder.parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(elem))).getDocumentElement();
+			XPathHelper helper = new XPathHelper(node);
+
+			List<String> currValue = null;
+			currValue = helper.evaluate("/Resource/ID/text()");
+			if (currValue != null && currValue.size() > 0) {
+				logger.debug("Id is " + currValue.get(0));
+				return currValue.get(0);
+			} 
+			else throw new Exception("ID property is missing!");
+
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**{@inheritDoc}*/
@@ -189,14 +214,16 @@ public class ResourceCheckerPlugin extends Plugin<ResourceCheckerPluginDeclarati
 	 * Write a report for nagios
 	 * @throws IOException 
 	 */
-	private void writeReport4Nagios(List<String> idsMissingResources) throws IOException{
+	private void writeReport4Nagios(List<String> idsMissingResources) throws Exception{
 
-		// find location of nagios file and write the ids of the resources there
 		Properties prop = new Properties();
 		prop.load(getClass().getResourceAsStream(NAGIOS_PROPERTY_FILE));
 		String location = prop.getProperty("location");
 
+		logger.trace("File location for nagios is " + location);
+
 		File f =  new File(location);
+		f.getParentFile().mkdirs();
 		f.delete();
 		f.createNewFile();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resource_checker/utils/SendNotification.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resource_checker/utils/SendNotification.java
index d1e247a..87fb3e2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resource_checker/utils/SendNotification.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resource_checker/utils/SendNotification.java
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ public class SendNotification extends PluginStateNotification {
 					logger.warn("Something failed when trying to notify the user", e);
 				}
 			}else
-				logger.error("No notification is going to be sent, because social service is missing or recipient is not specified");
+				logger.error("No notification is going to be sent because social service is missing or recipient is not specified");
 			break;
 		default: 
-			logger.info("No notification is going to be sent, because the status of the plugin execution is " + pluginStateEvolution.getPluginState().name());
+			logger.info("No notification is going to be sent because the status of the plugin execution is " + pluginStateEvolution.getPluginState().name());
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -197,13 +197,16 @@ public class SendNotification extends PluginStateNotification {
 					StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 					sb.append("Dear ");
 					sb.append(role).append(",").append("\n");
-					sb.append("this is the report of the last running of the " + ResourceCheckerPluginDeclaration.NAME.toUpperCase() + " (" + dataStr + ").\nThe following missing resources have been found:");
+					sb.append("this is the report of the last running of the " + ResourceCheckerPluginDeclaration.NAME.toUpperCase() + " (" + dataStr + ").\nThe following missing resources have been found:\n");
 
 					Iterator<Entry<String, List<BasicFunctionalityBean>>> iterator = missingResourcesPerContext.entrySet().iterator();
+					
+					if(!iterator.hasNext())
+						sb.append("none.");
+					
 					while (iterator.hasNext()) {
 						Map.Entry<java.lang.String, java.util.List<org.gcube.informationsystem.resource_checker.utils.BasicFunctionalityBean>> entry = (Map.Entry<java.lang.String, java.util.List<org.gcube.informationsystem.resource_checker.utils.BasicFunctionalityBean>>) iterator
 								.next();
-						sb.append("\n");
 						List<BasicFunctionalityBean> list = entry.getValue();
 						for (BasicFunctionalityBean basicFunctionalityBean : list) {
 							sb.append("- resource's name ");
@@ -213,13 +216,13 @@ public class SendNotification extends PluginStateNotification {
 							sb.append(" (in context " + entry.getKey() + ")");
 						}
 						if(iterator.hasNext())
-							sb.append(";");
+							sb.append(";\n");
 						else
-							sb.append(".");
+							sb.append(".\n");
 
 					}
 					sb.append("\n\n");
-					sb.append(otherFailures + ".\n");
+					sb.append(otherFailures + "\n");
 					sb.append("Best,\n" + ResourceCheckerPluginDeclaration.NAME);
 
 					String message = sb.toString();
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin_resources/nagios-report-location.properties b/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin_resources/nagios-report-location.properties
index e305550..43c3e25 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin_resources/nagios-report-location.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin_resources/nagios-report-location.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-location=/home/gcube/scopes_data/scopes_status
\ No newline at end of file
+location=/home/gcube/missing_resources/identifiers
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.gcube.vremanagement.executor.plugin.PluginDeclaration b/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.gcube.vremanagement.executor.plugin.PluginDeclaration
index 7473877..c30813e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.gcube.vremanagement.executor.plugin.PluginDeclaration
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.gcube.vremanagement.executor.plugin.PluginDeclaration
@@ -1 +1 @@
-org.gcube.common.resource_checker.ResourceCheckerPluginDeclaration
\ No newline at end of file
+org.gcube.informationsystem.resource_checker.ResourceCheckerPluginDeclaration
\ No newline at end of file