diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/handlers/VREQueryRetriever.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/handlers/VREQueryRetriever.java
index 917634f..a7c315a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/handlers/VREQueryRetriever.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/handlers/VREQueryRetriever.java
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ public class VREQueryRetriever implements Callable<List<Item>> {
 				while (it.hasNext())
 					cachedList.add(ItemHandler.getItem(it.nextNode(), Arrays.asList("hl:accounting")));
 				logger.trace("creating objects took {}",System.currentTimeMillis()-start);
-				return cachedList.subList(0, 10);
+				if (cachedList.size()<=10) return cachedList;
+				else return cachedList.subList(0, 10);
 			} catch (Exception e) {
 				logger.error("error querying vre {}",vreFolder.getTitle(),e);
 				throw new RuntimeException(e);