diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/fs/FileDownload.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/fs/FileDownload.java
index 51da2f5..ebda8bb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/fs/FileDownload.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/fs/FileDownload.java
@@ -20,42 +20,66 @@ public class FileDownload implements SHFile{
 
 	InputStream stream;
 	AbstractFileItem fileItem;
-	
+
+	Object monitor = new Object();
+
+	long offset = 0;
+
 	public FileDownload(FileContainer fileContainer) throws Exception {
 		stream = fileContainer.download().getStream();
 		fileItem = fileContainer.get();
 		logger.trace("FILE-DOWNLOAD initialized with {} , {}", fileItem.getName(), fileItem.getContent().getSize());
 	}
 
-	public synchronized int read(Pointer buf, @size_t long size, @off_t long offset) {
+	public int read(Pointer buf, @size_t long size, @off_t long offset) {
 		logger.trace("read called with size {} and offset {} ", size, offset);
-		
+
+		while (this.offset!=offset) {
+			logger.trace("going in wait ({},{})",this.offset, offset);
+			synchronized (monitor) {
+				try {
+					monitor.wait();
+					logger.trace("waking up!!!");
+				} catch (InterruptedException e2) {
+					logger.warn("interrupt exception",e2);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		int bytesToRead = (int) (size);
 
 		byte[] mybuf = new byte[bytesToRead];
-		int readTotal= 0;;	
+		int readTotal= 0;	
 		try {
 
 			int read =0;
+			logger.trace("BEFORE: bytes to read {} and read total {} and last read {}", bytesToRead, readTotal, read);
 			while ((read= stream.read(mybuf, 0 , bytesToRead-readTotal))!=-1 && bytesToRead>readTotal) {
-				buf.put(0, mybuf, 0, read);
+				buf.put(readTotal, mybuf, 0, read);
 				readTotal+= read;
+				logger.trace("INSIDE: bytes to read {} and read total {} and last read {}", bytesToRead, readTotal, read);
 			}
+			logger.trace("AFTER: bytes to read {} and read total {} and last read {}", bytesToRead, readTotal, read);
 
-			logger.trace("bytes to read {} and read total {} and last read {}", bytesToRead, readTotal, read);
 		}catch (Exception e) {
 			logger.error("error in read",e);
 			try {
 				stream.close();
 			} catch (IOException e1) {}
 			return -ErrorCodes.ENOENT();
+		} finally {
+			this.offset = readTotal+offset;
+			logger.trace("setting offset to {}",this.offset);
+			synchronized (monitor) {
+				monitor.notifyAll();
+			}
 		}
-
+		logger.trace("work finished!!! {}", readTotal);
 		return readTotal;
 	}
-	
-	
-	
+
+
+
 
 	public synchronized int flush() {
 		logger.trace("called flush");
@@ -67,7 +91,7 @@ public class FileDownload implements SHFile{
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}	
-	
+
 
 	public int getAttr(FileStat stat) {
 		logger.trace("is in download");
@@ -81,5 +105,5 @@ public class FileDownload implements SHFile{
 		stat.st_atim.tv_nsec.set(fileItem.getLastModificationTime().toInstant().getNano());
 		return 0;
 	}
-	
+
 }
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 35e4556..700c7df 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
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class StorageHubFS extends FuseStubFS {
 	Cache<String,ItemContainer<Item>> cache;
 
 	PathUtils pathUtils;
-	
+
 	private FolderContainer rootDirectory;
 
 	public StorageHubFS(String token, String scope) {
@@ -240,29 +240,31 @@ public class StorageHubFS extends FuseStubFS {
 		SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(token);
 
 		logger.trace("!!! read called in path {} with size {} and offset {} ",path, size, offset);
-		
+
 		SHFile fileDownload;
-		if (tempFiles.containsKey(path)) {
-			fileDownload = tempFiles.get(path);
-		} else {
-			ItemContainer<? extends Item> item = pathUtils.getPath(path);
-			if (item == null) {
-				return -ErrorCodes.ENOENT();
-			}
-			if (item.getType()!=ContainerType.FILE) {
-				return -ErrorCodes.EISDIR();
-			}
+		synchronized (tempFiles) {
 
-			try {
-				fileDownload = new FileDownload((FileContainer)item);
-			} catch (Exception e) {
-				logger.error("error reading remote file",e);
-				return -ErrorCodes.ENOENT();
-			}
+			if (tempFiles.containsKey(path)) {
+				fileDownload = tempFiles.get(path);
+			} else {
+				ItemContainer<? extends Item> item = pathUtils.getPath(path);
+				if (item == null) {
+					return -ErrorCodes.ENOENT();
+				}
+				if (item.getType()!=ContainerType.FILE) {
+					return -ErrorCodes.EISDIR();
+				}
 
-			tempFiles.put(path, fileDownload);
+				try {
+					fileDownload = new FileDownload((FileContainer)item);
+				} catch (Exception e) {
+					logger.error("error reading remote file",e);
+					return -ErrorCodes.ENOENT();
+				}
+
+				tempFiles.put(path, fileDownload);
+			}
 		}
-
 		return fileDownload.read(buf, size, offset);
 	}
 
@@ -330,7 +332,7 @@ public class StorageHubFS extends FuseStubFS {
 		}
 
 		logger.trace("tempFiles.entrySet() is empty ? {}",(tempFiles.entrySet().isEmpty()));
-		
+
 		for(Entry<String, SHFile> entry: tempFiles.entrySet()) {
 			logger.trace("entry in temp map {}", entry.getKey());
 			if (entry.getValue() instanceof FileUpload || pathUtils.getParentPath(entry.getKey()).equals(path)) {
@@ -338,7 +340,7 @@ public class StorageHubFS extends FuseStubFS {
 				logger.trace("last temp entry added {}", entry.getKey());
 			}
 		}
-		
+
 		if (path.equals("/")) filter.apply(buf, VREFOLDERS_NAME , null, 0); 
 
 		return 0;
@@ -403,10 +405,10 @@ public class StorageHubFS extends FuseStubFS {
 	public int rmdir(String path) {
 		if (path.equals("/"+VREFOLDERS_NAME)) 
 			return -ErrorCodes.EACCES(); 
-		
+
 		ScopeProvider.instance.set(scope);
 		SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(token);
-		
+
 		ItemContainer<? extends Item> folder = pathUtils.getPath(path);
 		if (folder == null) {
 			return -ErrorCodes.ENOENT();
@@ -418,10 +420,10 @@ public class StorageHubFS extends FuseStubFS {
 		SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(token);
 		try {
 			checkSpecialFolderRemove(path);
-			
+
 			if (folder.get() instanceof SharedFolder && ((SharedFolder) folder.get()).isVreFolder())
 				return -ErrorCodes.EACCES(); 
-				
+
 			folder.delete();
 			cache.remove(path);
 		}catch(UserNotAuthorizedException una) {
@@ -435,8 +437,8 @@ public class StorageHubFS extends FuseStubFS {
 	public void checkSpecialFolderRemove(String path) throws UserNotAuthorizedException{
 		if (path.equals(String.format("/%s", VREFOLDERS_NAME))) throw new UserNotAuthorizedException(VREFOLDERS_NAME+" cannot be deleted");
 	}
-	
-	
+
+
 	/*
 	 * delete file
 	 * @see ru.serce.jnrfuse.FuseStubFS#write(java.lang.String, jnr.ffi.Pointer, long, long, ru.serce.jnrfuse.struct.FuseFileInfo)