diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 226f5f6..c461d91 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [v2.0.0]
+## [v2.0.0-SNAPSHOT]
 
  - ceph as default storage
  - vre folders can define specific bucket as backend
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a5bc679..a2419c0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.gcube.data.access</groupId>
 	<artifactId>storagehub</artifactId>
-	<version>2.0.0</version>
+	<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>storagehub</name>
 	<scm>
 		<connection>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/storage/backend/impl/S3Backend.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/storage/backend/impl/S3Backend.java
index 9acbd82..5a0f4c6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/storage/backend/impl/S3Backend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/storage/backend/impl/S3Backend.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import com.amazonaws.auth.BasicAWSCredentials;
 import com.amazonaws.client.builder.AwsClientBuilder.EndpointConfiguration;
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3;
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3ClientBuilder;
-import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.Bucket;
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.ObjectMetadata;
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.transfer.TransferManager;
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.transfer.TransferManagerBuilder;
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ public class S3Backend extends StorageBackend{
 		
 		boolean toReturn = true;
 		try {
-			client.doesBucketExistV2(bucketName);
+			toReturn = client.doesBucketExistV2(bucketName);
 		}catch (Exception e) {
 			log.error("error checking aliveness",e);
 			toReturn = false;