diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index cfa6374..390c7ae 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp" tag="defaultRootSource"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/resources"/>
+        <dependent-module archiveName="detachedres-library-1.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/detachedres-library/detachedres-library">
+            <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
+        </dependent-module>
         <property name="context-root" value="uri-resolver"/>
         <property name="java-output-path" value="/uri-resolver/target/classes"/>
     </wb-module>
diff --git a/changelog.md b/CHANGELOG.md
similarity index 100%
rename from changelog.md
rename to CHANGELOG.md
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fea6c8a..cb7c240 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>org.gcube.data.transfer</groupId>
 	<artifactId>uri-resolver</artifactId>
-	<version>2.3.2</version>
+	<version>2.4.0-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>
 
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@
 			<version>[0.0.1,1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.infrastructure.detachedres</groupId>
+			<artifactId>detachedres-library</artifactId>
+			<version>[1.0.0,2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<!-- TODO REMOVE THIS IMPORT -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/caches/LoadingMapOfDetachedVRE.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/caches/LoadingMapOfDetachedVRE.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8ae311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/caches/LoadingMapOfDetachedVRE.java
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+/**
+ *
+ */
+package org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.caches;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.gcube.common.scope.api.ScopeProvider;
+import org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.init.UriResolverSmartGearManagerInit;
+import org.gcube.infrastructure.detachedres.detachedreslibrary.server.DetachedREsClient;
+import org.gcube.infrastructure.detachedres.detachedreslibrary.shared.re.DetachedREs;
+import org.gcube.infrastructure.detachedres.detachedreslibrary.shared.re.Gateway;
+import org.gcube.infrastructure.detachedres.detachedreslibrary.shared.re.VO;
+import org.gcube.infrastructure.detachedres.detachedreslibrary.shared.re.VRE;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
+import com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader;
+import com.google.common.cache.LoadingCache;
+import com.google.common.cache.RemovalListener;
+import com.google.common.cache.RemovalNotification;
+
+/**
+ * The Class LoadingMapOfDetachedVRE.
+ *
+ * @author Francesco Mangiacrapa at ISTI-CNR Pisa (Italy)
+ * Jun 8, 2020
+ */
+public class LoadingMapOfDetachedVRE {
+
+	private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoadingMapOfDetachedVRE.class);
+	private static LoadingCache<String, VRE> vreNameToVRE;
+
+	static{
+
+		CacheLoader<String, VRE> loader = new CacheLoader<String, VRE>(){
+
+			@Override
+			public VRE load(String vreName)
+				throws Exception {
+
+				logger.info("Loading the cache for VRE name: {}",vreName);
+				VRE theVRE = loadFullScopeforScopeName(vreName);
+				logger.info("Returning {} with scope {} for the VRE name: {}", VRE.class.getSimpleName(), theVRE.getScope(), vreName);
+				return theVRE;
+			}
+
+		};
+
+		RemovalListener<String, VRE> removalListener = new RemovalListener<String, VRE>() {
+
+			@Override
+			public void onRemoval(RemovalNotification<String, VRE> arg0) {
+
+				logger.info("cache expired");
+				//prePopulateCache();
+
+			}
+		};
+
+		vreNameToVRE = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().maximumSize(300).expireAfterWrite(
+			1, TimeUnit.DAYS).removalListener(removalListener).
+			build(loader);
+
+
+		//Populating the cache at init stage
+		populateTheCache();
+		logger.info("Pre-Loaded detached VRE Name to VRE Obj cache with: "+vreNameToVRE.asMap().size()+" item/s");
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Populate the cache.
+	 */
+	private static void populateTheCache(){
+		try{
+			//POPULATE THE CACHE READING THE RESOURCE "CATALOGUE-RESOLVER"
+			logger.info("Trying to pre-populate the detached VREs cache with mapping (VRE Name, VRE Obj)");
+		    ScopeProvider.instance.set(UriResolverSmartGearManagerInit.getRootContextScope());
+			DetachedREsClient detachedREsClient = new DetachedREsClient();
+			DetachedREs detachedREs = detachedREsClient.getDetachedREs();
+			
+			int totalVREDimissed = 0;
+			for (Gateway gateway : detachedREs.getGateways().values()) {
+				logger.trace("Gateway: " + gateway.getName());
+				int vreDismissedPerGatew = 0;
+				for (VO vo : gateway.getVos().values()) {
+					logger.trace("VO: " + vo.getName());
+					for (VRE vre : vo.getVres().values()) {
+						if(logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
+							logger.trace("VRE name: " + vre.getName() + 
+									" scope: "+vre.getScope() + 
+									" VRE catalogue url: " + vre.getCatalogUrl() + 
+									" VRE catalog Portlet URL: "+vre.getCatalogPortletURL());
+						}
+						try {
+							if(vre.getScope()!=null && !vre.getScope().isEmpty()) {
+								String vreName = vre.getScope().split("/")[3]; 
+								vreNameToVRE.put(vreName, vre);
+								vreDismissedPerGatew++;
+							}
+						}catch (Exception e) {
+							logger.warn("Error on parsing the scope: "+vre.getScope()+ " skipping it");
+							
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				
+				logger.debug("\nVREs dismissed loaded and cached per " +  gateway.getName() + " are: "+vreDismissedPerGatew);
+				totalVREDimissed+=vreDismissedPerGatew;
+			}
+			
+			logger.debug("\nTotal detached VREs are: "+totalVREDimissed);
+			
+			logger.info("Cache populated with: ");
+			ConcurrentMap<String, VRE> mapOfVreNames = vreNameToVRE.asMap();
+			for (String key : mapOfVreNames.keySet()) {
+				VRE theDetachedVRE = mapOfVreNames.get(key);
+				logger.info("detached VRE with scope {}, catalogueURL {}, cataloguePortletURL {}",
+						theDetachedVRE.getScope(), theDetachedVRE.getCatalogUrl(),
+						theDetachedVRE.getCatalogPortletURL());
+			}
+
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			//SILENT
+		}finally{
+
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the.
+	 *
+	 * @param vreName the vre name
+	 * @return the vre
+	 * @throws ExecutionException the execution exception
+	 */
+	public static VRE get(String vreName) throws ExecutionException{
+
+		boolean cacheNotLoaded = true;
+		final int MAX_ATTEMPTS = 3;
+		int retry = 1;
+		while (cacheNotLoaded) {
+			cacheNotLoaded = vreNameToVRE == null;
+			if(retry<MAX_ATTEMPTS) {
+				try {
+					Thread.sleep(retry * 1000);
+				} catch (InterruptedException e) {
+				}
+			}
+			retry++;
+			logger.debug("is cache loaded? {}",!cacheNotLoaded);
+		}
+		return vreNameToVRE.get(vreName);
+	}
+
+	
+	/**
+	 * Load full scopefor scope name.
+	 *
+	 * @param vreName the scope name
+	 * @return the scope bean
+	 */
+	protected static VRE loadFullScopeforScopeName(String vreName){
+
+		//THIS CHECK SHOULD BE NOT NEEDED
+		VRE theVRE = vreNameToVRE.getIfPresent(vreName);
+
+		if(theVRE==null){
+			populateTheCache();
+			theVRE = vreNameToVRE.getIfPresent(vreName);
+		}
+
+		return theVRE;
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the cache.
+	 *
+	 * @return the cache
+	 */
+	public LoadingCache<String, VRE> getCache(){
+		return vreNameToVRE;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/CatalogueNameExtractor.java b/src/test/java/CatalogueNameExtractor.java
index e4460ee..5af2460 100644
--- a/src/test/java/CatalogueNameExtractor.java
+++ b/src/test/java/CatalogueNameExtractor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.catalogue.resource.CatalogueStaticConfigurations;
-import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class CatalogueNameExtractor {
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/DetachedVREs.java b/src/test/java/DetachedVREs.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..becbb03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/DetachedVREs.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+
+import org.gcube.common.authorization.library.provider.SecurityTokenProvider;
+import org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.caches.LoadingMapOfDetachedVRE;
+import org.gcube.infrastructure.detachedres.detachedreslibrary.shared.re.VRE;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class DetachedVREs {
+	
+	public static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DetachedVREs.class);
+	
+	public static String TOKEN = "0e2c7963-8d3e-4ea6-a56d-ffda530dd0fa-98187548";
+	
+	/**
+	 * Storage hub test.
+	 *
+	 * @throws Exception the exception
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void testCacheOfDetachedVREs() throws Exception{
+
+		try {
+			SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(TOKEN);
+			VRE theDetachedVRE = LoadingMapOfDetachedVRE.get("NextNext");
+			LOG.info("Detached VRE found {}", theDetachedVRE);
+		}catch (ExecutionException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/GisResolverTest.java b/src/test/java/GisResolverTest.java
index c42100d..2a6d3f4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/GisResolverTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/GisResolverTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import org.gcube.common.scope.api.ScopeProvider;
 import org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.gis.entity.GisLayerItem;
-import org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.gis.entity.ServerParameters;
 import org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.services.GisResolver;
 
 /**
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ import org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.services.GisResolver;
 public class GisResolverTest {
 	
 	static String scope = "/d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/gCubeApps/BiodiversityLab";
-	static String gisUUID = "6b99efdf-2202-4b6f-aaa3-7e10e0bf09f4";
+	static String gisUUID = "";
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
 		GisResolver gisResolver = new GisResolver();
 		ScopeProvider.instance.set(scope);