diff --git a/webapp/src/test/java/org/gcube/resourcemanagement/manager/webapp/context/RMContextTest.java b/webapp/src/test/java/org/gcube/resourcemanagement/manager/webapp/context/RMContextTest.java
index e1caba4..826d426 100644
--- a/webapp/src/test/java/org/gcube/resourcemanagement/manager/webapp/context/RMContextTest.java
+++ b/webapp/src/test/java/org/gcube/resourcemanagement/manager/webapp/context/RMContextTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package org.gcube.resourcemanagement.manager.webapp.context;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.client.Entity;
@@ -19,6 +22,7 @@ import org.gcube.common.scope.api.ScopeProvider;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.impl.entity.ContextImpl;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.impl.utils.ISMapper;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.model.entity.Context;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.client.ScopedTest;
 import org.gcube.resourcemanagement.manager.io.codeexceptions.CodeFinder;
 import org.gcube.resourcemanagement.manager.io.codeexceptions.SerializableErrorCode;
 import org.gcube.resourcemanagement.manager.io.rs.RMCreateContextCode;
@@ -59,10 +63,24 @@ public class RMContextTest extends JerseyTest {
 
 	private final static String RR = "http://manuele-registry.dev.d4science.org/resource-registry";
 	
-	public static final String DEFAULT_TEST_SCOPE ="71b9ef86-76ba-4346-b16e-9a1af203f6db-98187548";
-	
+	public static String DEFAULT_TEST_SCOPE ="";
 	
 	private static boolean skipTest = false;
+	
+	static {
+		Properties properties = new Properties();
+		try (InputStream input = RMContextTest.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("token.properties")) {
+			// load the properties file
+			properties.load(input);
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			skipTest = true;
+			//throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		}
+		
+		DEFAULT_TEST_SCOPE = properties.getProperty("DEFAULT_SCOPE_TOKEN");
+		if (DEFAULT_TEST_SCOPE.isEmpty())
+			skipTest = true;
+	}
 
 	@BeforeClass
 	public static void beforeClass() throws Exception {