diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/fs/PathUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/fs/PathUtils.java
index 9b669e8..dc88a71 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/fs/PathUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/fs/PathUtils.java
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ public class PathUtils {
 		while (path.substring(path.length() - 1).equals("/")) {
 			path = path.substring(0, path.length() - 1);
 		}
-		if (path.isEmpty()) {
-			return "";
-		}
+		
 		return path.substring(path.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/fs/StorageHubFS.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/fs/StorageHubFS.java
index 46892d2..a0efa3b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/fs/StorageHubFS.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/fs/StorageHubFS.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import org.cache2k.Cache;
 import org.cache2k.Cache2kBuilder;
 import org.gcube.common.security.AuthorizedTasks;
 import org.gcube.common.security.providers.SecretManagerProvider;
-import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.GCubeSecret;
 import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.Secret;
 import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.UmaTokenSecret;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.client.dsl.ContainerType;