diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 9d42302..2eec862 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/share-updates-2.6.1-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/java">
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/share-updates-2.6.2-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/java">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/share-updates-2.6.1-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/resources">
+	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/share-updates-2.6.2-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/resources">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/share-updates-2.6.1-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/share-updates-2.6.2-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b2b554f..6dcb654 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.gcube.portlets.user</groupId>
 	<artifactId>share-updates</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>2.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>gCube Share Updates Portlet</name>
 	<description>
 		gCube Share Updates for exchanging updates with other users of VREs.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/shareupdates/server/ShareUpdateServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/shareupdates/server/ShareUpdateServiceImpl.java
index 4bc361f..dec0258 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/shareupdates/server/ShareUpdateServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/shareupdates/server/ShareUpdateServiceImpl.java
@@ -855,15 +855,19 @@ public class ShareUpdateServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements	Shar
 		RoleManager rm = new LiferayRoleManager();
 		try {
 			for (MentionedDTO mentioned : mentions) {
-				if (mentioned.getType().equalsIgnoreCase("user")) {
-					long userId = Long.parseLong(mentioned.id);
-					GCubeUser user = um.getUserById(userId);
-					toReturn.add(new ItemBean(user.getUserId()+"", user.getUsername(), user.getFullname(), user.getUserAvatarURL()));
-				}
-				else { //is a team
-					long teamId = Long.parseLong(mentioned.id);
-					GCubeTeam gCubeTeam = rm.getTeam(teamId);
-					toReturn.add(new ItemBean(gCubeTeam.getTeamId()+"", gCubeTeam.getTeamName()));
+				if (mentioned.id != null && mentioned.id.compareTo("") != 0) { //patch temporarely incident #13096
+					if (mentioned.getType().equalsIgnoreCase("user")) {
+						long userId = Long.parseLong(mentioned.id);
+						GCubeUser user = um.getUserById(userId);
+						toReturn.add(new ItemBean(user.getUserId()+"", user.getUsername(), user.getFullname(), user.getUserAvatarURL()));
+					}
+					else { //is a team
+						long teamId = Long.parseLong(mentioned.id);
+						GCubeTeam gCubeTeam = rm.getTeam(teamId);
+						toReturn.add(new ItemBean(gCubeTeam.getTeamId()+"", gCubeTeam.getTeamName()));
+					}
+				} else {
+					_log.warn("getMentionsBean found empty mentioned.id for " + mentioned.toString());
 				}
 			}
 		} catch (Exception e) {