diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
index 01d17f6..94d5d79 100644
--- a/distro/changelog.xml
+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,14 @@
 		<Change>[Incident #16671] Fixing Catalogue Resolver in case of working
 			with INFRASTRUCTURE and VO scope
 		</Change>
-		<Change>[Incident #16713] GN harvesting from CKAN does not work properly
+		<Change>[Incident #16713] GN harvesting from CKAN does not work
+			properly
+		</Change>
+	</Changeset>
+	<Changeset
+		component="org.gcube.data-transfer.uri-resolver.2-1-1"
+		date="${buildDate}">
+		<Change>[Incident #17180] Bug fixes
 		</Change>
 	</Changeset>
 </ReleaseNotes>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba7c5ce..f8b23f7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>org.gcube.data.transfer</groupId>
 	<artifactId>uri-resolver</artifactId>
-	<version>2.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<description>The URI Resolver is an HTTP URI resolver implemented as an REST service which gives access trough HTTP to different gcube Resolvers and gCube Applications. </description>
+	<description>The URI Resolver is an HTTP URI resolver implemented as an REST service which gives access trough HTTP to different gcube Resolvers and gCube Applications.</description>
 
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:svn:http://svn.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/gcube/trunk/data-transfer/${project.artifactId}</connection>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/services/GisResolver.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/services/GisResolver.java
index b6c9e27..79f0d6e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/services/GisResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/services/GisResolver.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.gis.entity.GisLayerItem;
 import org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.gis.exception.GeonetworkInstanceException;
 import org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.init.UriResolverSmartGearManagerInit;
 import org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.services.error.ExceptionManager;
+import org.gcube.spatial.data.geonetwork.LoginLevel;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -192,18 +193,23 @@ public class GisResolver {
 	 * @return the gis layer for layer uuid
 	 * @throws Exception the exception
 	 */
-	protected GisLayerItem getGisLayerForLayerUUID(HttpServletRequest req, String scope, String gisUUID) throws Exception{
+	public GisLayerItem getGisLayerForLayerUUID(HttpServletRequest req, String scope, String gisUUID) throws Exception{
 
 		try {
 			GeonetworkInstance gi = null;
 			try {
 				gi = LoadingGeonetworkInstanceCache.get(scope);
+				
 			}catch(ExecutionException | InvalidCacheLoadException e){
 				logger.error("Error on getting the Geonetwork Instance from cache for scope "+scope, e);
 				throw ExceptionManager.wrongParameterException(req, "Error on getting the Geonetwork Instance from cache for scope "+scope+". Is it registered for this scope: "+scope+"?", this.getClass(), help);
 			}
 			if(gi==null)
 				throw new Exception("GeonetworkInstance not instanciable in the scope: "+scope);
+			
+			LoginLevel toLoginLevel = LoginLevel.SCOPE;
+			logger.info("Performing authentication on GN with "+LoginLevel.class.getSimpleName()+" "+toLoginLevel);
+			gi.getGeonetworkPublisher().login(toLoginLevel);
 
 			GisLayerItem gisLayerItem = MetadataConverter.getWMSOnLineResource(gi, gisUUID);
 			return gisLayerItem;
diff --git a/src/test/java/CatalogueResolverTest.java b/src/test/java/CatalogueResolverTest.java
index 06bd337..123b132 100644
--- a/src/test/java/CatalogueResolverTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/CatalogueResolverTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class CatalogueResolverTest {
 		
 		try {
 		
-			ScopeProvider.instance.set("/d4science.research-infrastructures.eu");
+			ScopeProvider.instance.set("/d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/gCubeApps/BiodiversityLab");
 			//ScopeProvider.instance.set("/d4science.research-infrastructures.eu");
 			GatewayCKANCatalogueReference ckanCatalogueReference = CkanCatalogueConfigurationsReader.loadCatalogueEndPoints();
 			System.out.println(ckanCatalogueReference.toString());
diff --git a/src/test/java/GisResolverTest.java b/src/test/java/GisResolverTest.java
index 95a2c21..b209b06 100644
--- a/src/test/java/GisResolverTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/GisResolverTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-
-
+import org.gcube.common.scope.api.ScopeProvider;
+import org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.gis.entity.GisLayerItem;
+import org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.services.GisResolver;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -10,31 +11,44 @@
  * Sep 7, 2016
  */
 public class GisResolverTest {
-
-
-	/*public void resolve(){
+	
+	static String scope = "/d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/gCubeApps/BiodiversityLab";
+	static String gisUUID = "6b99efdf-2202-4b6f-aaa3-7e10e0bf09f4";
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
 		GisResolver gisResolver = new GisResolver();
-		String scope = "/gcube/devsec/devVRE";
-		String UUID = "177e1c3c-4a22-4ad9-b015-bfc443d16cb8";
+		ScopeProvider.instance.set(scope);
+		//ServerParameters geonetworkParams = getCachedServerParameters(scope);
 		try {
-			ServerParameters geonetworkParams = gisResolver.getCachedServerParameters(scope);
-			String wmsRequest = gisResolver.getLayerWmsRequest(scope, UUID, geonetworkParams);
-			System.out.println("Final url is: " + wmsRequest);
-			wmsRequest = URLEncoder.encode(wmsRequest, UTF_8);
-			System.out.println("Encoded WMS request is: " + wmsRequest);
-			String gisPortletUrl = gisResolver.getGisViewerApplicationURL(scope);
-			System.out.println("Gis Viewer Application url is: " + gisPortletUrl);
-//			logger.info("WmsRequest is: " + wmsRequest);
-//			wmsRequest = encodeURLWithParamDelimiter(wmsRequest);
-//			logger.info("Encoded url is: " + wmsRequest);
-//			wmsRequest = appendParamReplacement(wmsRequest);
-			gisPortletUrl+="?wmsrequest="+wmsRequest;
-
-			System.out.println(gisPortletUrl);
-//			urlRedirect(req, resp, gisPortletUrl);
+			GisLayerItem gisLayerItem = gisResolver.getGisLayerForLayerUUID(null, scope, gisUUID);
 		} catch (Exception e) {
-			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
 			e.printStackTrace();
 		}
-	}*/
+	}
+
+
+//	public void resolve(){
+//		GisResolver gisResolver = new GisResolver();
+//		String scope = "/gcube/devsec/devVRE";
+//		String UUID = "177e1c3c-4a22-4ad9-b015-bfc443d16cb8";
+//		try {
+//			ServerParameters geonetworkParams = gisResolver.getCachedServerParameters(scope);
+//			String wmsRequest = gisResolver.getLayerWmsRequest(scope, UUID, geonetworkParams);
+//			System.out.println("Final url is: " + wmsRequest);
+//			wmsRequest = URLEncoder.encode(wmsRequest, UTF_8);
+//			System.out.println("Encoded WMS request is: " + wmsRequest);
+//			String gisPortletUrl = gisResolver.getGisViewerApplicationURL(scope);
+//			System.out.println("Gis Viewer Application url is: " + gisPortletUrl);
+////			logger.info("WmsRequest is: " + wmsRequest);
+////			wmsRequest = encodeURLWithParamDelimiter(wmsRequest);
+////			logger.info("Encoded url is: " + wmsRequest);
+////			wmsRequest = appendParamReplacement(wmsRequest);
+//			gisPortletUrl+="?wmsrequest="+wmsRequest;
+//
+//			System.out.println(gisPortletUrl);
+////			urlRedirect(req, resp, gisPortletUrl);
+//		} catch (Exception e) {
+//			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+//			e.printStackTrace();
+//		}
+//	}
 }