diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/ACLManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/ACLManager.java
index c3001d7..edff108 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/ACLManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/ACLManager.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.exceptions.BackendGenericError;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.exceptions.InvalidCallParameters;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.exceptions.InvalidItemException;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.exceptions.StorageHubException;
+import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.exceptions.UserNotAuthorizedException;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.items.Item;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.items.SharedFolder;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.types.ACLList;
@@ -112,7 +113,8 @@ public class ACLManager {
 		return new ACLList(acls);	
 
 	}
-
+	
+	
 	/**
 	 * Set a new AccessType for a user in a shared folder
 	 * 
@@ -192,5 +194,33 @@ public class ACLManager {
 		}
 
 	}
+	
+	
+	@GET
+	@Path("{id}/acls/user/{user}/canwrite")
+	public Boolean checkAccess(@PathParam("user") String user) {
+		InnerMethodName.instance.set("checkAccess");
+		Session ses = null;
+		Boolean canWrite = false;
+		try{
+			try {
+				authChecker.checkWriteAuthorizationControl(ses, id, true);
+			}catch (UserNotAuthorizedException e) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			return true;
+		}catch(RepositoryException re){
+			log.error("jcr error getting acl", re);
+			GXOutboundErrorResponse.throwException(new BackendGenericError("jcr error getting acl", re));
+		}catch(StorageHubException she ){
+			log.error(she.getErrorMessage(), she);
+			GXOutboundErrorResponse.throwException(she, Response.Status.fromStatusCode(she.getStatus()));
+		}finally{
+			if (ses!=null)
+				ses.logout();
+		}
+		return canWrite;	
+
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/README b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/README
index e6765f0..ff52ab2 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
 --------------------------------------------------
  
-1.0.5-SNAPSHOT (2019-05-06)
+1.0.5-SNAPSHOT (2019-05-29)
  
 Please see the file named "changelog.xml" in this directory for the release notes.
  
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 30e611b..4dbf04d 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	</context-param>
 	<context-param>
 		<param-name>resolver-basepath</param-name>
-		<param-value>https://data1-d.d4science.org/shub</param-value>
+		<param-value>https://data-pre.d4science.org/shub</param-value>
 	</context-param>
 	<servlet>
 		<servlet-name>org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.StorageHub</servlet-name>