diff --git a/FUNDING.md b/FUNDING.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fa9eac..0000000
--- a/FUNDING.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# Acknowledgments
-
-The projects leading to this software have received funding from a series of European Union programmes including:
-
-- the Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
-    - [DILIGENT](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/004260) (grant no. 004260).
-- the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration 
-    - [D4Science](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/212488) (grant no. 212488);
-    - [D4Science-II](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/239019) (grant no.239019);
-    - [ENVRI](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/283465) (grant no. 283465);
-    - [iMarine](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/283644) (grant no. 283644);
-    - [EUBrazilOpenBio](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/288754) (grant no. 288754).
-- the H2020 research and innovation programme 
-    - [SoBigData](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/654024) (grant no. 654024);
-    - [PARTHENOS](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/654119) (grant no. 654119);
-    - [EGI-Engage](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/654142) (grant no. 654142);
-    - [ENVRI PLUS](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/654182) (grant no. 654182);
-    - [BlueBRIDGE](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/675680) (grant no. 675680);
-    - [PerformFISH](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/727610) (grant no. 727610);
-    - [AGINFRA PLUS](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/731001) (grant no. 731001);
-    - [DESIRA](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/818194) (grant no. 818194);
-    - [ARIADNEplus](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/823914) (grant no. 823914);
-    - [RISIS 2](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/824091) (grant no. 824091);
-    - [EOSC-Pillar](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/857650) (grant no. 857650);
-    - [Blue Cloud](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/862409) (grant no. 862409);
-    - [SoBigData-PlusPlus](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/871042) (grant no. 871042);
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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 c7db281..dde959a 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
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public class FileDownload implements SHFile{
 	AbstractFileItem fileItem;
 	File output;
 	
+	private long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
 	
 	public FileDownload(FileContainer fileContainer) throws Exception {
 		StreamDescriptor stream = fileContainer.download();
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ public class FileDownload implements SHFile{
 			}
 			fo.flush();
 		}
-		
+		logger.info("download took {}", System.currentTimeMillis()-start);
 		
 		
 		fileItem = fileContainer.get();
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ public class FileDownload implements SHFile{
 		int bytesToRead = (int) (size);
 		byte[] mybuf = new byte[bytesToRead];
 		int readTotal= 0;	
+		
 		try {
 			raf = new RandomAccessFile(output, "r");
 			raf.seek(offset);
@@ -79,9 +81,10 @@ public class FileDownload implements SHFile{
 
 
 
-	public synchronized int flush() {
+	public int flush() {
 		logger.trace("called flush");
 		output.delete();
+		logger.info("file {} took {}", fileItem.getName(), System.currentTimeMillis()-start);
 		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 453f427..b72ba1d 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
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ public class StorageHubFS extends FuseStubFS {
 
 	private FolderContainer rootDirectory;
 
+		
 	public StorageHubFS(String token, String scope) {
+		
 		super();
 		this.token = token;
 		this.scope = scope;
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ public class StorageHubFS extends FuseStubFS {
 		ScopeProvider.instance.set(scope);
 		SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(token);
 
-		logger.trace(Thread.currentThread().getName()+" ) calling write "+ size+" "+offset);
+		logger.trace("{}) calling write {} - {} ",Thread.currentThread().getName(), size , offset);
 		SHFile file = tempFiles.get(path);
 
 		return file.write(buf, size, offset);
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ public class StorageHubFS extends FuseStubFS {
 
 	@Override
 	public int flush(String path, FuseFileInfo fi) {
-		logger.trace("called flush for "+path);
+		logger.trace("called flush for {} ",path);
 		SHFile file = tempFiles.get(path);
 		file.flush();
 		if (!(file instanceof FileUpload)) {
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ public class StorageHubFS extends FuseStubFS {
 
 
 	@Override
-	public synchronized int getattr(String path, FileStat stat) {
+	public int getattr(String path, FileStat stat) {
 		
 		ScopeProvider.instance.set(scope);
 		SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(token);
@@ -219,7 +221,7 @@ public class StorageHubFS extends FuseStubFS {
 		//stat.st_birthtime.tv_nsec.set(item.getLastModificationTime().toInstant().getNano());
 	}
 
-
+	
 
 	@Override
 	public int mkdir(String path, @mode_t long mode) {
@@ -252,7 +254,7 @@ public class StorageHubFS extends FuseStubFS {
 	 * @see ru.serce.jnrfuse.FuseStubFS#write(java.lang.String, jnr.ffi.Pointer, long, long, ru.serce.jnrfuse.struct.FuseFileInfo)
 	 */
 	@Override
-	public synchronized int read(String path, Pointer buf, @size_t long size, @off_t long offset, FuseFileInfo fi) {
+	public int read(String path, Pointer buf, @size_t long size, @off_t long offset, FuseFileInfo fi) {
 		ScopeProvider.instance.set(scope);
 		SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(token);