diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/shareupdates/server/TextTransfromUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/shareupdates/server/TextTransfromUtils.java
index 78426ab..a6a126e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/shareupdates/server/TextTransfromUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/shareupdates/server/TextTransfromUtils.java
@@ -218,8 +218,13 @@ public class TextTransfromUtils {
 		for (int i = 0; i < upTo; i++) {
 			if (imgs[i].hasAttribute("src")) { 
 				String imageUrl = getImageUrlFromSrcAttribute(pageURL, imgs[i].getAttributeByName("src"));
-				images.add(imageUrl);						
 				_log.trace("[FOUND image] " + imageUrl);
+				if (imageUrl.endsWith(".gif") || imageUrl.endsWith(".GIF")) 
+					_log.trace("[Gif image] SKIP " + imageUrl);					
+				else {
+					images.add(imageUrl);
+				}
+				
 			}
 		}
 		return images;