diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/spatial/data/sdi/engine/impl/factories/MetadataTemplateManagerFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/spatial/data/sdi/engine/impl/factories/MetadataTemplateManagerFactory.java
index d984037..beddd8b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/spatial/data/sdi/engine/impl/factories/MetadataTemplateManagerFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/spatial/data/sdi/engine/impl/factories/MetadataTemplateManagerFactory.java
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ public class MetadataTemplateManagerFactory implements Factory<TemplateManager>{
 	private static final TemplateManager getInstance() {
 		if(instance==null) {
 			instance=new MetadataTemplateManagerImpl();
+			try {
+				((MetadataTemplateManagerImpl)instance).defaultInit();
+				}catch(Exception e) {
+					throw new RuntimeException("Unable to init temp ",e);
+				}
 		}
 		return instance;
 	}