diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 0f4a4c2..26981b6 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.6">
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="org.eclipse.jst.component.dependency" value="/WEB-INF/lib"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-			<attribute name="org.eclipse.jst.component.dependency" value="/WEB-INF/lib"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
diff --git a/.project b/.project
index 0d8b01b..1aa1c7a 100644
--- a/.project
+++ b/.project
@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@
 		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
 		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.nature</nature>
 		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.jsNature</nature>
+		<nature>com.liferay.ide.core.liferayNature</nature>
 	</natures>
 </projectDescription>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index 69c31cd..6e80039 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.6
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.6
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.6
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index eedc2aa..a2d46af 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project-modules id="moduleCoreId" project-version="1.5.0">
-    <wb-module deploy-name="user-registration-hook">
+    <wb-module deploy-name="user-registration-hook-hook">
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/target/m2e-wtp/web-resources"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp" tag="defaultRootSource"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
index 1e1fabd..a2e86a5 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <faceted-project>
   <fixed facet="wst.jsdt.web"/>
-  <installed facet="java" version="1.6"/>
   <installed facet="jst.web" version="2.4"/>
   <installed facet="liferay.hook" version="6.0"/>
   <installed facet="wst.jsdt.web" version="1.0"/>
+  <installed facet="java" version="1.8"/>
 </faceted-project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6df873b..f5e988d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<artifactId>user-registration-hook</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 	<name>user-registration-hook Hook</name>
-	<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 				<version>2.5</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-					<source>1.6</source>
-					<target>1.6</target>
+					<source>1.8</source>
+					<target>1.8</target>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
@@ -65,6 +65,21 @@
 			<artifactId>notifications-common-library</artifactId>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
+			<artifactId>home-library</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
+			<artifactId>home-library-jcr</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
+			<artifactId>home-library-model</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.dvos</groupId>
 			<artifactId>usermanagement-core</artifactId>
@@ -120,8 +135,10 @@
 		<profile>
 			<id>Liferay-v6.2-CE-(Tomcat-7)-(2)</id>
 			<properties>
+				<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+				<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 				<liferay.version>6.2.5</liferay.version>
-				<liferay.maven.plugin.version>6.2.5</liferay.maven.plugin.version>
+				<liferay.maven.plugin.version>6.2.10.12</liferay.maven.plugin.version>
 				<liferay.auto.deploy.dir>/Users/massi/portal/liferay-portal-6.2-ce-ga6/deploy</liferay.auto.deploy.dir>
 				<liferay.app.server.deploy.dir>/Users/massi/portal/liferay-portal-6.2-ce-ga6/tomcat-7.0.62/webapps</liferay.app.server.deploy.dir>
 				<liferay.app.server.lib.global.dir>/Users/massi/portal/liferay-portal-6.2-ce-ga6/tomcat-7.0.62/lib/ext</liferay.app.server.lib.global.dir>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/usersaccount/MyCreateUserAccountListener.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/usersaccount/MyCreateUserAccountListener.java
index 986514e..d1c519c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/usersaccount/MyCreateUserAccountListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/usersaccount/MyCreateUserAccountListener.java
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ public class MyCreateUserAccountListener extends BaseModelListener<User> {
 		_log.info("onAfterCreate NewUserAccount listener for: " + user.getScreenName() + " / " + user.getFullName());
        	Thread emailManagersThread = new Thread(new NewUserAccountNotificationThread(user.getScreenName(), user.getFullName(), user.getEmailAddress()));
        	emailManagersThread.start();
+       	
+    	Thread WorkspaceAccountCreationThread = new Thread(new WorkspaceCreateAccountThread(user.getScreenName(), user.getFullName(), user.getEmailAddress()));
+    	WorkspaceAccountCreationThread.start();
     }
 
    
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/usersaccount/WorkspaceCreateAccountThread.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/usersaccount/WorkspaceCreateAccountThread.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..296acfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/usersaccount/WorkspaceCreateAccountThread.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package org.gcube.portal.usersaccount;
+import org.gcube.common.authorization.library.provider.SecurityTokenProvider;
+import org.gcube.common.homelibrary.home.HomeLibrary;
+import org.gcube.common.homelibrary.home.workspace.Workspace;
+import org.gcube.common.portal.PortalContext;
+import org.gcube.common.scope.api.ScopeProvider;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class WorkspaceCreateAccountThread implements Runnable {
+	private static Logger _log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(WorkspaceCreateAccountThread.class);
+
+	private String newUserUserName;
+
+	public WorkspaceCreateAccountThread(String newUserUserName,	String newUserFullName, String newUserEmailAddress) {
+		super();
+		this.newUserUserName = newUserUserName;
+		_log.info("Calling HomeLibrary for Workspace creation to new user: " + newUserUserName + " ("+newUserFullName+")");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void run() {
+		getWS(newUserUserName, "/"+PortalContext.getConfiguration().getInfrastructureName());
+	}
+	public static Workspace getWS(String currentUsername, String context) {
+		String username = currentUsername;
+		String authorizationToken = PortalContext.getConfiguration().getCurrentUserToken(context, username);
+		SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(authorizationToken);
+		ScopeProvider.instance.set(context);
+		try {		
+			Workspace toReturn = HomeLibrary.getUserWorkspace(username);
+			_log.info("Done Workspace creation for user: " + currentUsername);
+			return toReturn;
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/liferay-plugin-package.properties b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/liferay-plugin-package.properties
index d9ce867..272a653 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/liferay-plugin-package.properties
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/liferay-plugin-package.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name=user-registration-hook
 module-group-id=liferay
-module-incremental-version=1
+module-incremental-version=2
 tags=
 short-description=
 change-log=