diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/statisticalalgorithmsimporter/server/storage/FilesStorage.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/statisticalalgorithmsimporter/server/storage/FilesStorage.java
index c088ee7..814a069 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/statisticalalgorithmsimporter/server/storage/FilesStorage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/statisticalalgorithmsimporter/server/storage/FilesStorage.java
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ public class FilesStorage {
 			FolderContainer folderContainer = openResolver.asFolder();
 			FolderContainer folderContainerNew = folderContainer.newFolder(folderName, folderDescription);
 			FolderItem folderCreated = folderContainerNew.get();
-
+			
 			ItemDescription itemDescription = new ItemDescription(folderCreated.getId(), folderCreated.getName(),
 					folderCreated.getOwner(), folderCreated.getPath(), folderCreated.getClass().getSimpleName());
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/statisticalalgorithmsimporter/StatAlgoImporterTest.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/statisticalalgorithmsimporter/StatAlgoImporterTest.java
index d3b0172..247b833 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/statisticalalgorithmsimporter/StatAlgoImporterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/statisticalalgorithmsimporter/StatAlgoImporterTest.java
@@ -3,16 +3,49 @@
  */
 package org.gcube.portlets.user.statisticalalgorithmsimporter;
 
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import org.gcube.portlets.user.statisticalalgorithmsimporter.shared.Constants;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 /**
  * 
- * @author Giancarlo Panichi 
+ * @author Giancarlo Panichi
  * 
  *
  */
-public class StatAlgoImporterTest {
+public class StatAlgoImporterTest extends TestCase {
+	private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StatAlgoImporterTest.class);
 
-	
+	@Test
+	public void testSpecialCharacters() {
+		
+		if (true) {
+			try {
+				String patternToMatch = "[\\\\!\"#$%&()*+,/:;<=>?@\\[\\]^{|}~]+";
+				Pattern p = Pattern.compile(patternToMatch);
+				String testString = "some text _ -";
+				logger.info("Test: " + testString);
+				Matcher m = p.matcher(testString);
+				boolean characterFound = m.find();
+				logger.info("Found: " + characterFound);
+				assertTrue("Success", true);
+
+			} catch (Throwable e) {
+				logger.error(e.getLocalizedMessage(), e);
+				fail("Error:" + e.getLocalizedMessage());
+
+			}
+
+		} else {
+			assertTrue("Success", true);
+		}
+
+	}
 
 }