diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 69ff262..f57913a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
 			<artifactId>common-smartgears</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.core</groupId>
+			<artifactId>common-smartgears-app</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
 			<artifactId>common-authorization</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/caches/LoadingCatalogueApplicationProfilesCache.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/caches/LoadingCatalogueApplicationProfilesCache.java
index ee5133f..582f919 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/caches/LoadingCatalogueApplicationProfilesCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/caches/LoadingCatalogueApplicationProfilesCache.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.caches;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
+import org.gcube.common.scope.api.ScopeProvider;
 import org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.catalogue.resource.ApplicationProfileReaderForCatalogueResolver;
 import org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.listeners.UriResolverStartupListener;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -37,8 +38,10 @@ public class LoadingCatalogueApplicationProfilesCache {
 			public String load(String vreName)
 				throws Exception {
 
-				logger.info(LoadingCatalogueApplicationProfilesCache.class.getSimpleName() +" loaded");
-				return loadApplicationProfiles(vreName);
+				logger.info("Loading the cache for vreName: "+vreName);
+				String fullScope = loadFullScopeByApplicationProfile(vreName);
+				logger.info("Returning fullScope: "+fullScope+ " for the VRE name: "+vreName);
+				return fullScope;
 			}
 
 		};
@@ -57,12 +60,20 @@ public class LoadingCatalogueApplicationProfilesCache {
 			1, TimeUnit.HOURS).removalListener(removalListener).
 			build(loader);
 
-		//PRE-POPULATE CACHE
-		ApplicationProfileReaderForCatalogueResolver appPrCatResolver = new ApplicationProfileReaderForCatalogueResolver(UriResolverStartupListener.getContextScope(), true);
-		catalogueApplicationProfiles.asMap().putAll(appPrCatResolver.getHashVreNameScope());
+		try{
+			//PRE-POPULATE CACHE
+			logger.info("Trying to pre-poluate catalogue resolver cache");
+		    ScopeProvider.instance.set(UriResolverStartupListener.getContextScope());
+			ApplicationProfileReaderForCatalogueResolver appPrCatResolver = new ApplicationProfileReaderForCatalogueResolver(UriResolverStartupListener.getContextScope(), true);
+			catalogueApplicationProfiles.asMap().putAll(appPrCatResolver.getHashVreNameScope());
 
-		logger.info(LoadingCatalogueApplicationProfilesCache.class.getSimpleName() +" instancied "+catalogueApplicationProfiles);
-		logger.info("Pre-Loaded cache is: "+catalogueApplicationProfiles.toString());
+			logger.info(LoadingCatalogueApplicationProfilesCache.class.getSimpleName() +" instancied");
+			logger.info("Pre-Loaded CatalogueApplicationProfiles cache is: "+catalogueApplicationProfiles.asMap().toString());
+		}catch(Exception e){
+
+		}finally{
+
+		}
 
 	}
 
@@ -83,7 +94,7 @@ public class LoadingCatalogueApplicationProfilesCache {
 	 * @param vreName the vre name
 	 * @return the string
 	 */
-	public static String loadApplicationProfiles(String vreName){
+	public static String loadFullScopeByApplicationProfile(String vreName){
 
 		String fullScope = null;
 		try {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/caches/LoadingGisViewerApplicationURLCache.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/caches/LoadingGisViewerApplicationURLCache.java
index a42e720..5d27215 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/caches/LoadingGisViewerApplicationURLCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/caches/LoadingGisViewerApplicationURLCache.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class LoadingGisViewerApplicationURLCache {
 			@Override
 			public String load(String scope)
 				throws Exception {
-				logger.info(LoadingGisViewerApplicationURLCache.class.getSimpleName() +" loaded");
+				logger.info("Loading the cache for scope: "+scope);
 				return loadGisViewerApplicationURL(scope);
 			}
 		};
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ public class LoadingGisViewerApplicationURLCache {
 			logger.warn("Scope is null or ermpty, skipping loadGisViewerApplicationURL");
 
 		ApplicationProfileReader reader = new ApplicationProfileReader(scope, UriResolverStartupListener.getGisViewerProfile().getGenericResource(), UriResolverStartupListener.getGisViewerProfile().getAppId(), false);
+
+		if(reader.getApplicationProfile()==null){
+			logger.error("NO Appllication Profile "+UriResolverStartupListener.getGisViewerProfile().getAppId()+" found in the scope: "+scope+", returning null!");
+			return null;
+		}
 		String url = reader.getApplicationProfile().getUrl();
 		logger.info("With scope "+scope+" loaded the GisViewer Application URL "+url);
 		return url;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/listeners/UriResolverStartupListener.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/listeners/UriResolverStartupListener.java
index 2d393f3..47dddc8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/listeners/UriResolverStartupListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/listeners/UriResolverStartupListener.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.caches.LoadingGeonetworkInstanceCache;
 import org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.caches.LoadingGisViewerApplicationURLCache;
 import org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.gis.property.ApplicationProfileGenericResourceReader;
 import org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver.gis.property.PropertyFileNotFoundException;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.ContextProvider;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.context.application.ApplicationContext;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -60,25 +62,29 @@ public class UriResolverStartupListener implements ServletContextListener {
      */
     @Override
     public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) {
-    	try {
 
+    	try {
     		contextScope = loadScopeFromEnvironment();
+        	ApplicationContext ctx = ContextProvider.get();
+        	String rootScope = ctx.container().configuration().infrastructure();
+        	logger.info("The ContextProvider returns the root scope: "+rootScope);
 		}
-		catch (ServletException e) {
+		catch (Exception e) {
 			//
 			logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
 		}
 
         gisViewerProfile = loadApplicationProfile(event.getServletContext(), GIS_VIEWER_GENERIC_RESOURCE_GCUBE_APPS_PROPERTIES);
         geoExplorerProfile = loadApplicationProfile(event.getServletContext(), GEO_EXPLORER_GENERIC_RESOURCE_GCUBE_APPS_PROPERTIES);
+        //init the caches
         new LoadingGeonetworkInstanceCache();
         new LoadingGisViewerApplicationURLCache();
         new LoadingCatalogueApplicationProfilesCache();
 
         logger.info("Context initialized with: ");
         logger.info("Scope: "+contextScope);
-        logger.info("GisViewerProfile: "+gisViewerProfile.getAppId() + " "+gisViewerProfile.getGenericResource());
-        logger.info("GeoExplorerProfile: "+geoExplorerProfile. getAppId() + " "+geoExplorerProfile.getGenericResource());
+        logger.info("GisViewerProfile [ID: "+gisViewerProfile.getAppId() + ", Generic Resource Type: "+gisViewerProfile.getGenericResource()+"]");
+        logger.info("GeoExplorerProfile [ID: "+geoExplorerProfile. getAppId() + ", Generic Resource Type: "+geoExplorerProfile.getGenericResource()+"]");
     }
 
     /* (non-Javadoc)
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 28c8f1b..5cbd30c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/services/GisResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/services/GisResolver.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class GisResolver {
 		try {
 
 			if(isGisLink){
-				//ScopeProvider.instance.set(scope);
+				ScopeProvider.instance.set(scope);
 				//ServerParameters geonetworkParams = getCachedServerParameters(scope);
 
 				GisLayerItem gisLayerItem = getGisLayerForLayerUUID(scope, gisUUID);
@@ -157,11 +157,12 @@ public class GisResolver {
 		logger.info("Tentative of recovering gis viewer application hostname from cache for scope: "+scope);
 		String gisViewerAppHostname = LoadingGisViewerApplicationURLCache.getCache().get(scope);
 		if(gisViewerAppHostname==null){
-			logger.info("Gis viewer application hostname is null, reading from application profile..");
-			String url = LoadingGisViewerApplicationURLCache.loadGisViewerApplicationURL(scope);
-			LoadingGisViewerApplicationURLCache.getCache().put(scope, url);
-			logger.info("Updated GisViewerApplication cache! Scope "+scope+" linking "+url);
-			return url;
+//			logger.info("Gis viewer application hostname is null, reading from application profile..");
+//			String url = LoadingGisViewerApplicationURLCache.loadGisViewerApplicationURL(scope);
+//			LoadingGisViewerApplicationURLCache.getCache().put(scope, url);
+//			logger.info("Updated GisViewerApplication cache! Scope "+scope+" linking "+url);
+//			return url;
+			throw new Exception("GisViewer Application not found in the scope: "+scope);
 		}else
 			logger.info("Cache for GisViewerApplication end point is not null using it");