diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 63e2824..64f5879 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM d4science/smartgears-distribution:4.0.0-SNAPSHOT-java17-tomcat10.1.19
+FROM d4science/smartgears-distribution:4.0.1-SNAPSHOT-java17-tomcat10.1.19
    COPY ./target/storagehub.war /tomcat/webapps/
-   COPY ./docker/jackrabbit/bootstrap.properties /app/jackrabbit/
+   #COPY ./docker/jackrabbit/bootstrap.properties /app/jackrabbit/
    COPY ./docker/storagehub.xml /tomcat/conf/Catalina/localhost/
diff --git a/Dockerfile-standalone b/Dockerfile-standalone
index eb4d582..c06af2b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-standalone
+++ b/Dockerfile-standalone
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-FROM d4science/smartgears-distribution:4.0.0-SNAPSHOT-java17-tomcat10.1.19
+FROM smartgears-distribution:4.0.1-SNAPSHOT-java17-tomcat10.1.19
    COPY ./target/storagehub.war /tomcat/webapps/
    COPY ./docker/jackrabbit /app/jackrabbit
    COPY ./docker/storagehub.xml /tomcat/conf/Catalina/localhost/
    COPY ./docker/logback.xml /etc/
    COPY ./docker/container.ini /etc/
-   RUN mkdir -p /etc/config/StorageHub
-   COPY ./docker/storage-settings.properties /etc/config/StorageHub/
\ No newline at end of file
+   RUN mkdir -p /etc/config/storagehub
+   COPY ./docker/storage-settings.properties /etc/config/storagehub/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 751c699..e15a653 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: '3.7'
 services:
     storagehub: 	
-       image: d4science/staragehub:latest
+       image: d4science/storagehub:latest
        ports:
          - '${APP_PORT}:8080'
        volumes:
diff --git a/docker/container.ini b/docker/container.ini
index 2ca5103..d1decde 100644
--- a/docker/container.ini
+++ b/docker/container.ini
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ location = pisa
 
 [authorization]
 factory = org.gcube.smartgears.security.defaults.DefaultAuthorizationProviderFactory
-factory.endpoint = https://accounts.dev.d4science.org/auth/realms/d4science/protocol/openid-connect/token
+factory.endpoint = https://accounts.cloud-dev.d4science.org/auth/realms/d4science/protocol/openid-connect/token
 credentials.class = org.gcube.smartgears.security.SimpleCredentials
 credentials.clientID = node-whn-test-uno-d-d4s.d4science.org
 credentials.secret = 979bd3bc-5cc4-11ec-bf63-0242ac130002
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/jackrabbit/repository.xml b/docker/jackrabbit/repository.xml
index 91eab59..94802df 100644
--- a/docker/jackrabbit/repository.xml
+++ b/docker/jackrabbit/repository.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
       <AccessManager class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.security.DefaultAccessManager" />
       <LoginModule class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.security.authentication.DefaultLoginModule">
          <param name="adminId" value="admin" />
+         <param name="adminPassword" value="admin" />
       </LoginModule>
    </Security>
    <!-- location of workspaces root directory and name of default workspace -->
diff --git a/gcube/extra-resources/WEB-INF/web.xml b/gcube/extra-resources/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 1c1b3e8..7a67c0a 100644
--- a/gcube/extra-resources/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/gcube/extra-resources/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 		<param-name>admin-username</param-name>
 		<param-value>admin</param-value>
 	</context-param>
-	<context-param>
-		<param-name>admin-pwd</param-name>
-		<param-value>admin</param-value>
-	</context-param>
 	<context-param>
 		<param-name>resolver-basepath</param-name>
 		<param-value>https://data-d.d4science.org/shub</param-value>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index caabf6d..513fce9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 	<properties>
 		<webappDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF</webappDirectory>
-		<jackrabbit.version>2.20.7</jackrabbit.version>
+		<jackrabbit.version>2.22.0</jackrabbit.version>
 		<jackson.version>2.15.3</jackson.version>
 		<slf4j.version>2.0.12</slf4j.version>
 		<tika.version>2.6.0</tika.version>
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@
 			<artifactId>jackrabbit-core</artifactId>
 			<version>${jackrabbit.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+
+
 		<!-- <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jackrabbit-jcr-server</artifactId> 
 			<version>${jackrabbit.version}</version> </dependency> -->
@@ -222,10 +224,11 @@
 			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.ext.cdi</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jersey-cdi1x-servlet</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jboss.weld.se/weld-se-core -->
+		<!--
+		https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jboss.weld.servlet/weld-servlet-core -->
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.jboss.weld.se</groupId>
-			<artifactId>weld-se-core</artifactId>
+			<groupId>org.jboss.weld.servlet</groupId>
+			<artifactId>weld-servlet-core</artifactId>
 			<version>5.1.2.Final</version>
 		</dependency>
 
@@ -339,11 +342,7 @@
 			<artifactId>aws-java-sdk-s3</artifactId>
 			<version>1.12.683</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3.1</version>
-		</dependency>
+		
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.minio/minio 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.minio</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/StorageHubApplicationManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/StorageHubApplicationManager.java
index ebe0a59..1f7b794 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/StorageHubApplicationManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/StorageHubApplicationManager.java
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ public class StorageHubApplicationManager implements ApplicationManager {
 				Path importPath = Paths.get(shubSpecificConf.toString(), "import");
 				Path mainFileImportPath = Paths.get(importPath.toString(), "data.json");
 				if (importPath.toFile().exists() && mainFileImportPath.toFile().exists()) {
-					Session session = null;
+					JackrabbitSession session = null;
 					try {
 						ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
 						DumpData data = mapper.readValue(mainFileImportPath.toFile(), DumpData.class);
 
-						session = repository.getRepository().login();
+						session = (JackrabbitSession) repository.getRepository().login(Constants.JCR_CREDENTIALS);
 
 						dh.importData((JackrabbitSession) session, data);
 						session.save();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/Utils.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/Utils.java
index f44b282..ca6cdf1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/Utils.java
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ public class Utils {
 		try {
 			destinationNode = params.getSession().getNodeByIdentifier(params.getParentId());
 			destinationItem = (FolderItem) new Node2ItemConverter().getItem(destinationNode, Excludes.ALL);
-		}catch (RepositoryException e) {
+		}catch (RepositoryException  e) {
+			logger.error("id not found",e);
 			throw new IdNotFoundException(params.getParentId());
 		}
 		String uniqueName = Utils.checkExistanceAndGetUniqueName(params.getSession(), destinationNode, params.getName());
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/handlers/DataHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/handlers/DataHandler.java
index 8664895..7736dc1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/handlers/DataHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/handlers/DataHandler.java
@@ -50,9 +50,13 @@ public class DataHandler {
 
 		List<String> groups = groupHandler.getGroups(session);
 
+		logger.debug("found users {} ",usersData);
+		logger.debug("found groups {} ",groups);
+		
 		List<GroupData> groupsData = new ArrayList<GroupData>(groups.size());
 		for (String group : groups) {
-			Item vreFolderItem = vreManager.getVRE(group).getVreFolder();
+			logger.debug("serching for group {}",group);
+			Item vreFolderItem = vreManager.getVreFolderItemByGroupName(session, group, null).getVreFolder();
 			String owner = vreFolderItem.getOwner();
 			List<ACL> acls = aclHandler.get(vreFolderItem, session);
 
@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ public class DataHandler {
 						logger.warn("error adding user {} to group {}", member, g.getName(), t);
 					}
 				
-				Item vreFolderItem = vreManager.getVRE(g.getName()).getVreFolder();
+				Item vreFolderItem = vreManager.getVreFolderItemByGroupName(session, g.getName(), null).getVreFolder();
 				
 				for (ACL acl : g.getAcls()) {
 					aclHandler.update(acl.getPricipal(), (Node)vreFolderItem.getRelatedNode(), acl.getAccessTypes().get(0), session);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/handlers/items/Item2NodeConverter.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/handlers/items/Item2NodeConverter.java
index fde7bda..0f8f734 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/handlers/items/Item2NodeConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/handlers/items/Item2NodeConverter.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class Item2NodeConverter {
 			String primaryType= ClassHandler.instance().getNodeType(item.getClass());
 			Node newNode = null;
 			if (uuid==null)
-				parentNode.addNode(Text.escapeIllegalJcrChars(item.getName()), primaryType);
+				newNode = parentNode.addNode(Text.escapeIllegalJcrChars(item.getName()), primaryType);
 			else ((NodeImpl)parentNode).addNodeWithUuid(item.getName(), primaryType, uuid);
 			fillNode(newNode, item);
 			return newNode;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/handlers/vres/VREManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/handlers/vres/VREManager.java
index d31001f..e2f36d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/handlers/vres/VREManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/handlers/vres/VREManager.java
@@ -10,15 +10,9 @@ import javax.jcr.Node;
 import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;
 
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.api.JackrabbitSession;
-import org.apache.jackrabbit.api.security.user.Group;
-import org.apache.jackrabbit.api.security.user.User;
-import org.apache.jackrabbit.api.security.user.UserManager;
 import org.gcube.common.security.ContextBean;
 import org.gcube.common.security.ContextBean.Type;
-import org.gcube.common.security.providers.SecretManagerProvider;
-import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.Secret;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.exceptions.BackendGenericError;
-import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.exceptions.InvalidCallParameters;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.exceptions.StorageHubException;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.items.Item;
 import org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.Constants;
@@ -53,7 +47,7 @@ public class VREManager {
 	ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(5);
 	
 		
-	public synchronized VRE getVRE(String completeName) {
+	private synchronized VRE getVRE(String completeName) {
 		logger.trace("requesting VRE {}",completeName);
 		if (vreMap.containsKey(completeName))
 			return vreMap.get(completeName);
@@ -73,30 +67,19 @@ public class VREManager {
 		
 	}
 
-	public synchronized VRE getVreFolderItem(JackrabbitSession ses, String userId, List<String> excludes ) throws RepositoryException, StorageHubException{
-		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
-		ContextBean bean = new ContextBean(secret.getContext());
+	public String retrieveGroupNameFromContext(String context) throws StorageHubException{
+		ContextBean bean = new ContextBean(context);
 		if (!bean.is(Type.VRE)) throw new BackendGenericError("the current scope is not a VRE");
 		String entireScopeName= bean.toString().replaceAll("^/(.*)/?$", "$1").replaceAll("/", "-");
-		return getVreFolderItemByGroupName(ses, entireScopeName, userId, excludes);
+		return entireScopeName;
 	}
 	
 	
-	public synchronized VRE getVreFolderItemByGroupName(JackrabbitSession ses, String groupName, String userId,  List<String> excludes ) throws RepositoryException, StorageHubException{
-		UserManager um = ses.getUserManager();
-		Group groupAuth = um.getAuthorizable(groupName, Group.class);
-		User userAuth = um.getAuthorizable(userId, User.class);
-		
-		if (groupAuth == null || userAuth == null || !groupAuth.isMember(userAuth))
-			throw new InvalidCallParameters("error getting VRE with user "+userId+" for group "+groupName);
-		
-		
+	public synchronized VRE getVreFolderItemByGroupName(JackrabbitSession ses, String groupName, List<String> excludes ) throws RepositoryException, StorageHubException{
 		VRE vre = this.getVRE(groupName);
 		if (vre!=null) return vre;
 		else {
-			
 			Node vreFolderNode = groupHandler.getFolderNodeRelatedToGroup(ses, groupName);
-
 			Item vreFolder = node2Item.getItem(vreFolderNode, excludes);
 			return this.putVRE(vreFolder);
 		}	
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/health/JCRRepositoryCheck.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/health/JCRRepositoryCheck.java
index 0a2d5f3..661fa4a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/health/JCRRepositoryCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/health/JCRRepositoryCheck.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.repository.StoragehubRepository;
 public class JCRRepositoryCheck implements HealthCheck{
 	
 	
-	StoragehubRepository repository = StoragehubRepository.repository;
+	
 	
 	@Override
 	public String getName() {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class JCRRepositoryCheck implements HealthCheck{
 	@Override
 	public HealthCheckResponse check() {
 		try {
-			Session session = repository.getRepository().login();
+			Session session = StoragehubRepository.repository.getRepository().login();
 			if (session != null) session.logout();
 			return HealthCheckResponse.builder(getName()).up().build();
 		}catch (LoginException e) {	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/repository/JackrabbitRepositoryImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/repository/JackrabbitRepositoryImpl.java
index ab3caf9..83c7d87 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/repository/JackrabbitRepositoryImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/repository/JackrabbitRepositoryImpl.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ import org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.Constants;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
-
-@ApplicationScoped
 public class JackrabbitRepositoryImpl implements StoragehubRepository {
 
 	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JackrabbitRepositoryImpl.class);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/ItemsCreator.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/ItemsCreator.java
index ca2ac9e..d7d6590 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/ItemsCreator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/ItemsCreator.java
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ public class ItemsCreator extends Impersonable{
 			log.debug("UPLOAD: call started");
 			ses = repository.getRepository().login(Constants.JCR_CREDENTIALS);
 			
-			
 			URLConnection connectionURL = new URI(url).toURL().openConnection();
 						
 			long fileLength = connectionURL.getContentLengthLong();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/UserManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/UserManager.java
index d97d659..510f811 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/UserManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/UserManager.java
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ public class UserManager {
 			log.error(she.getErrorMessage(), she);
 			GXOutboundErrorResponse.throwException(she, Response.Status.fromStatusCode(she.getStatus()));
 		} catch (RepositoryException re) {
-			log.error("jcr error creating item", re);
-			GXOutboundErrorResponse.throwException(new BackendGenericError("jcr error creating item", re));
+			log.error("jcr error removing item", re);
+			GXOutboundErrorResponse.throwException(new BackendGenericError("jcr error removing item", re));
 		} finally {
 			if (session != null)
 				session.logout();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/WorkspaceManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/WorkspaceManager.java
index 8e55150..da9c779 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/WorkspaceManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/WorkspaceManager.java
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import javax.jcr.Session;
 
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.api.JackrabbitSession;
 import org.gcube.common.gxrest.response.outbound.GXOutboundErrorResponse;
+import org.gcube.common.security.providers.SecretManagerProvider;
+import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.Secret;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.Excludes;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.Paths;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.exceptions.BackendGenericError;
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ import org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.handlers.vres.VRE;
 import org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.handlers.vres.VREManager;
 import org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.query.sql2.evaluators.Evaluators;
 import org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.repository.StoragehubRepository;
+import org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.services.delegates.UserManagerDelegate;
 import org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.storage.backend.impl.GCubeVolatileStorageBackendFactory;
 import org.gcube.smartgears.annotations.ManagedBy;
 import org.gcube.smartgears.utils.InnerMethodName;
@@ -104,6 +107,9 @@ public class WorkspaceManager extends Impersonable {
 	@Inject
 	PublicLinkHandler publicLinkHandler;
 
+	@Inject
+	UserManagerDelegate userHandler;
+	
 	@RequestScoped
 	@QueryParam("exclude")
 	private List<String> excludes = Collections.emptyList();
@@ -209,7 +215,15 @@ public class WorkspaceManager extends Impersonable {
 		Item vreItem = null;
 		try {
 			ses = (JackrabbitSession) repository.getRepository().login(Constants.JCR_CREDENTIALS);
-			vreItem = vreManager.getVreFolderItem(ses, currentUser, excludes).getVreFolder();
+			
+			Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+			
+			String groupName= vreManager.retrieveGroupNameFromContext(secret.getContext());
+			
+			if (!userHandler.getGroupsPerUser(ses, currentUser).contains(groupName))
+				throw new InvalidCallParameters("error getting VRE with user "+currentUser+" for group "+groupName);
+			
+			vreItem = vreManager.getVreFolderItemByGroupName(ses, groupName, excludes).getVreFolder();
 		} catch (RepositoryException re) {
 			log.error("jcr error getting vrefolder", re);
 			GXOutboundErrorResponse.throwException(new BackendGenericError(re));
@@ -233,7 +247,15 @@ public class WorkspaceManager extends Impersonable {
 		try {
 			ses = (JackrabbitSession) repository.getRepository().login(Constants.JCR_CREDENTIALS);
 
-			VRE vre = vreManager.getVreFolderItem(ses, currentUser, excludes);
+			Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+			
+			String groupName= vreManager.retrieveGroupNameFromContext(secret.getContext());
+			
+			if (!userHandler.getGroupsPerUser(ses, currentUser).contains(groupName))
+				throw new InvalidCallParameters("error getting VRE with user "+currentUser+" for group "+groupName);
+			
+			VRE vre = vreManager.getVreFolderItemByGroupName(ses, groupName, excludes);
+			
 			log.trace("VRE retrieved {}", vre.getVreFolder().getTitle());
 			recentItems = vre.getRecents();
 			log.trace("recents retrieved {}", vre.getVreFolder().getTitle());
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/admin/ScriptManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/admin/ScriptManager.java
index d526975..311776d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/admin/ScriptManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/admin/ScriptManager.java
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ public class ScriptManager {
 	@Inject
 	ItemHandler itemHandler;
 
+	@Inject
+	DataHandler dataHandler;
+	
+	
 	@Inject
 	PathUtil pathUtil;
 
@@ -116,10 +120,9 @@ public class ScriptManager {
 		return status;	
 	}
 
-	@POST
+	@GET
 	@Path("export")
 	@AuthorizationControl(allowedRoles = {INFRASTRUCTURE_MANAGER_ROLE})
-	@Consumes(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA)
 	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
 	public ScriptStatus export() {
 		InnerMethodName.set("export");
@@ -135,8 +138,8 @@ public class ScriptManager {
 
 				JackrabbitSession session = null;
 				try {
-					session = (JackrabbitSession) repository.getRepository().login();
-					DumpData dd = new DataHandler().exportData(session);
+					session = (JackrabbitSession) repository.getRepository().login(Constants.JCR_CREDENTIALS);
+					DumpData dd = dataHandler.exportData(session);
 					ObjectMapper om = new ObjectMapper();
 					status.setSuccess(om.writeValueAsString(dd));
 					log.info("""
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/delegates/GroupManagerDelegate.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/delegates/GroupManagerDelegate.java
index cc2283c..45ec6cd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/delegates/GroupManagerDelegate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/delegates/GroupManagerDelegate.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.PathUtil;
 import org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.Utils;
 import org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.handlers.TrashHandler;
 import org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.handlers.items.builders.FolderCreationParameters;
-import org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.repository.StoragehubRepository;
 import org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.services.GroupManager;
 import org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.services.interfaces.ACLManagerInterface;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -63,12 +62,9 @@ public class GroupManagerDelegate {
 	@Inject
 	ACLManagerInterface aclManagerDelegate;
 
-	private final StoragehubRepository repository = StoragehubRepository.repository;
-
 	public List<String> getGroups(JackrabbitSession session) throws RepositoryException {
 		List<String> groups = new ArrayList<>();
-		session = (JackrabbitSession) repository.getRepository().login(Constants.JCR_CREDENTIALS);
-
+		
 		Iterator<Authorizable> result = session.getUserManager().findAuthorizables(new Query() {
 			@Override
 			public <T> void build(QueryBuilder<T> builder) {