diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/ItemsManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/ItemsManager.java
index de181a0..deee7a5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/ItemsManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/ItemsManager.java
@@ -432,6 +432,42 @@ public class ItemsManager {
 		String filePublicUrl = String.format("%s/%s%s",basepath, enchriptedPrefix, enchriptedString);
 		return filePublicUrl;
 	}
+	
+	@PUT
+	@Path("{id}/publish")
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	public String makeFolderPublic(@FormParam("publish") boolean publish){
+		InnerMethodName.instance.set("makeFolderPublic("+publish+")");
+		Session ses = null;
+		Item folder= null;
+		try{
+			ses = repository.getRepository().login(CredentialHandler.getAdminCredentials(context));
+			authChecker.checkWriteAuthorizationControl(ses, id, false);
+			Node currentNode =ses.getNodeByIdentifier(id);
+			log.trace("current node is {}",currentNode.getPath());
+
+			folder = node2Item.getItem(currentNode, Excludes.ALL);
+
+			if (!(folder instanceof FolderItem))
+				throw new InvalidCallParameters("item is not a folder");
+			
+			currentNode.setProperty(NodeProperty.IS_PUBLIC.toString(), publish);
+			
+			ses.save();
+			
+		}catch(RepositoryException re ){
+			log.error("jcr error getting rootSharedFolder", re);
+			GXOutboundErrorResponse.throwException(new BackendGenericError(re));
+		}catch(StorageHubException she ){
+			log.error(she.getErrorMessage(), she);
+			GXOutboundErrorResponse.throwException(she, Response.Status.fromStatusCode(she.getStatus()));
+		}finally{
+			if (ses!=null)
+				ses.logout();
+		}
+		return id;
+	}
+
 
 	@GET
 	@Path("{id}/rootSharedFolder")
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/storage/backend/impl/GCubeStorageBackend.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/storage/backend/impl/GCubeStorageBackend.java
index d19340f..0b40216 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/storage/backend/impl/GCubeStorageBackend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/storage/backend/impl/GCubeStorageBackend.java
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ public class GCubeStorageBackend implements StorageBackend {
 	@Override
 	public String getTotalSizeStored() {
 		IClient storageClient = getStorageClient(AuthorizationProvider.instance.get().getClient().getId()).getClient();
-		return storageClient.getUserTotalItems();
+		return storageClient.getTotalUserVolume();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public String getTotalItemsCount() {
 		IClient storageClient = getStorageClient(AuthorizationProvider.instance.get().getClient().getId()).getClient();
-		return storageClient.getTotalUserVolume();
+		return storageClient.getUserTotalItems();
 	}
 
 	
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/README b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/README
index aa0d645..397c151 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/README
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/README
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ no. 654119), SoBigData (grant no. 654024), AGINFRA PLUS (grant no. 731001).
 Version
 --------------------------------------------------
  
-1.0.7-SNAPSHOT (2019-07-29)
+1.0.7-SNAPSHOT (2019-08-01)
  
 Please see the file named "changelog.xml" in this directory for the release notes.