diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 259a8df..c6b36f9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.gcube.data.access</groupId>
 	<artifactId>streams</artifactId>
-	<version>2.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 
 	<name>Stream Library</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/streams/LookAheadStream.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/streams/LookAheadStream.java
index a1fc3ea..5a11144 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/streams/LookAheadStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/streams/LookAheadStream.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public abstract class LookAheadStream<E> implements Stream<E> {
 	}
 	
 	private boolean lookAhead() {
-		
+						
 		if (!delegateHasNext())
 			return false;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/streams/adapters/ResultsetStream.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/streams/adapters/ResultsetStream.java
index a68f3b4..8bdd87b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/streams/adapters/ResultsetStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/streams/adapters/ResultsetStream.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import gr.uoa.di.madgik.grs.record.Record;
 import gr.uoa.di.madgik.grs.record.exception.GRS2UncheckedException;
 
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.gcube.data.streams.LookAheadStream;
@@ -29,108 +28,113 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 public class ResultsetStream<E extends Record> extends LookAheadStream<E> {
 
 	private static Logger log =LoggerFactory.getLogger(ResultsetStream.class);	
-	
+
 	public static final int default_timeout = 30;
 	public static final TimeUnit default_timeout_unit=TimeUnit.SECONDS;
-	
+
 	private final URI locator;
-	
+
 	private long timeout = default_timeout;
 	private TimeUnit timeoutUnit = default_timeout_unit;
-	
+
 	private boolean open=false;
 	private boolean closed=false;
 	private RuntimeException lookAheadFailure;
-	
-	private ForwardReader<E> reader;
-	private Iterator<E> iterator;
 
+	private ForwardReader<E> reader;
 	
+	private E record;
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new instance with a result set locator.
 	 * @param locator the locator.
 	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the locator is <code>null</code>.
 	 * */
 	public ResultsetStream(URI locator) throws IllegalArgumentException {
-		
+
 		if (locator==null)
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid or null locator");
-		
+
 		this.locator=locator;
-		
+
 	}
-	
+
 	public void setTimeout(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws IllegalArgumentException {
-		
+
 		if (timeout<=0 || timeoutUnit==null)
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid timeout or null timeout unit");
-		
+
 		this.timeout = timeout;
 		this.timeoutUnit = unit;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	protected E delegateNext() {
-		
+
 		try {
 			if (lookAheadFailure!=null)
 				throw lookAheadFailure;
 			else
 				try {
-					return iterator.next();
-				}
-				catch(GRS2UncheckedException e) {
-					
-					//get underlying cause
-					Throwable cause = e.getCause();
-					
-					//rewrap checked cause as appropriate to this layer
-					if (cause instanceof RuntimeException)
-						throw (RuntimeException) cause;
-					else
-					 throw new StreamException(cause);
+					return record;
 				}
+			catch(GRS2UncheckedException e) {
+
+				//get underlying cause
+				Throwable cause = e.getCause();
+
+				//rewrap checked cause as appropriate to this layer
+				if (cause instanceof RuntimeException)
+					throw (RuntimeException) cause;
+				else
+					throw new StreamException(cause);
+			}
 		}
 		finally {
 			lookAheadFailure=null;
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 	@Override
 	protected boolean delegateHasNext() {
-		
+
 		if (closed)
 			return false;
-		
+
 		if (!open) {
-			
+
 			try {
 				reader = new ForwardReader<E>(locator);
-				reader.setIteratorTimeout(timeout);
-				reader.setIteratorTimeUnit(timeoutUnit);
 			}
 			catch (Throwable t) { 
 				lookAheadFailure= new StreamOpenException("cannot open resultset "+locator,t);
 				return true;
 			}
-		
-			iterator = reader.iterator();
-		
+
 			log.info("initialised resultset at "+locator);
-			
+
 			open=true;
 		}
-		
-		//infer outage if reader has been dismissed remotely 
-		if (reader.getStatus()==Status.Dispose && !closed)
-			lookAheadFailure= new RuntimeException("unrecoverable failure in resultset ");
 
-		boolean hasNext =  iterator.hasNext();
+		try {
+			record = reader.get(timeout, timeoutUnit );
+		} catch (GRS2ReaderException e) {
+			lookAheadFailure = new RuntimeException(e);
+			lookAheadFailure.printStackTrace();
+		}
+						
+		if (reader.getStatus()!=Status.Close && record == null) {
+			if (reader.getStatus()==Status.Open)
+				lookAheadFailure = new RuntimeException("Timeout occurred reading the resultSet");
+			else if (reader.getStatus()==Status.Dispose)
+				lookAheadFailure = new RuntimeException("ResultSet disposed");
+			return true;
+		} else return record!=null;
 		
-		return hasNext;
 	}
-	
-	
+
+
 	@Override
 	public void close() {
 
@@ -146,22 +150,22 @@ public class ResultsetStream<E extends Record> extends LookAheadStream<E> {
 		}
 		closed=true;
 	}
-	
+
 	@Override
 	public URI locator() throws IllegalStateException {
-		
+
 		if (open)
 			throw new IllegalStateException("locator is invalid as result set has already been opened");
 		else
 			return locator;
-		
+
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void remove() {
-		iterator.remove();
+		record = null;
 	}
-	
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean isClosed() {
 		return closed;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/streams/dsl/Streams.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/streams/dsl/Streams.java
index b81d1bb..7718731 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/streams/dsl/Streams.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/streams/dsl/Streams.java
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package org.gcube.data.streams.dsl;
 
-import static java.util.Arrays.*;
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+import gr.uoa.di.madgik.grs.record.Record;
 
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.gcube.data.streams.Stream;
 import org.gcube.data.streams.adapters.IteratorAdapter;
@@ -28,8 +30,6 @@ import org.gcube.data.streams.handlers.StopFastHandler;
 import org.gcube.data.streams.publishers.RsStringRecordFactory;
 import org.gcube.data.streams.test.FallibleIterator;
 
-import gr.uoa.di.madgik.grs.record.Record;
-
 /**
  * 
  * The definitions of an eDSL of stream and stream-related expressions. 
@@ -127,9 +127,17 @@ public class Streams {
 	 * @return the stream
 	 */
 	public static Stream<String> stringsIn(URI locator) {
-		return convert(locator).ofStrings().withDefaults();
+		return convert(locator).ofStrings().withTimeout(5, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Returns a {@link Stream} of strings extracted from a resultset of {@link RsStringRecordFactory#STRING_RECORD}s.
+	 * @param locator the locator of the resultset
+	 * @return the stream
+	 */
+	public static Stream<String> stringsIn(URI locator, int timeout, TimeUnit timeUnit) {
+		return convert(locator).ofStrings().withTimeout(timeout, timeUnit);
+	}
 	
 	// PIPE
 	
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/streams/publishers/RsPublisher.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/streams/publishers/RsPublisher.java
index 36e7260..6d4623b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/streams/publishers/RsPublisher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/streams/publishers/RsPublisher.java
@@ -281,11 +281,15 @@ public class RsPublisher<E> implements StreamPublisher {
 	//private helper: publish a record
 	private void publish(RecordWriter<Record> writer, Record record) throws GRS2WriterException {
 
-		if (writer.getStatus() == Status.Open)
+		if (writer.getStatus() == Status.Open){
 			if (!writer.put(record, timeout, timeoutUnit)) {
 				log.trace("client is not consuming resulset, stop publishing");
 				throw new GRS2WriterException();
 			}
+		} else{
+			log.warn("Writer not open, actual status is {}",writer.getStatus());
+			throw new GRS2WriterException("writer closed or disposed");
+		}
 			
 	}