diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 532a092..bbf7f7e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
@@ -80,6 +79,12 @@
 			<artifactId>portal-manager</artifactId>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
+			<artifactId>oidc-library-portal</artifactId>
+			<version>[0.1.0,)</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
 			<artifactId>javax.mail</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/removeaccount/thread/RemovedUserAccountThread.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/removeaccount/thread/RemovedUserAccountThread.java
index e76375f..be46163 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/removeaccount/thread/RemovedUserAccountThread.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/removeaccount/thread/RemovedUserAccountThread.java
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package org.gcube.portal.removeaccount.thread;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.gcube.common.portal.PortalContext;
+import org.gcube.portal.oidc.lr62.OIDCUmaUtil;
 import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GatewayRolesNames;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ public class RemovedUserAccountThread implements Runnable {
 
 	@Override
 	public void run() {
+        OIDCUmaUtil.provideConfiguredPortalClientUMATokenInThreadLocal("/" + PortalContext.getConfiguration().getInfrastructureName());
 		try {
 			_log.info("Trying to remove user " + userNameToDelete + " from JCR first, using storageHub with role: "+GatewayRolesNames.INFRASTRUCTURE_MANAGER.getRoleName());
 			RemoveUserFromJCR rmJCR = new RemoveUserFromJCR(userNameToDelete, theAdminToken, theAdminRolesString);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/usersaccount/MyCreateUserAccountListener.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/usersaccount/MyCreateUserAccountListener.java
index 43c2c4d..09c0dda 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/usersaccount/MyCreateUserAccountListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/usersaccount/MyCreateUserAccountListener.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import org.gcube.portal.removeaccount.thread.RemovedUserAccountThread;
 import org.gcube.portal.removeaccount.thread.RemovedUserFromLDAPThread;
 import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.GroupManager;
 import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.RoleManager;
-import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.UserManager;
 import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.LiferayGroupManager;
 import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.LiferayRoleManager;
 import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.LiferayUserManager;
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ public class MyCreateUserAccountListener extends BaseModelListener<User> {
 	private static final Logger _log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MyCreateUserAccountListener.class);
 	final String SUBJECT = "New user account notification";
 	private GroupManager gm;
-	private UserManager uMan;
+//	private UserManager uMan;
 	private RoleManager rm;
 
 	@Override
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ public class MyCreateUserAccountListener extends BaseModelListener<User> {
 	@Override
 	public void onBeforeRemove(User user) throws ModelListenerException {
 		gm = new LiferayGroupManager();
-		uMan = new LiferayUserManager();
+//		uMan = new LiferayUserManager();
 		rm = new LiferayRoleManager();
 
 		_log.info("onBeforeRemove userAccount listener for: " + user.getScreenName() + " / " + user.getFullName());
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/usersaccount/WorkspaceCreateAccountThread.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/usersaccount/WorkspaceCreateAccountThread.java
index 296acfb..6a46ff8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/usersaccount/WorkspaceCreateAccountThread.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/usersaccount/WorkspaceCreateAccountThread.java
@@ -1,43 +1,38 @@
 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.gcube.common.storagehub.client.dsl.StorageHubClient;
+import org.gcube.portal.oidc.lr62.OIDCUmaUtil;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class WorkspaceCreateAccountThread implements Runnable {
-	private static Logger _log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(WorkspaceCreateAccountThread.class);
 
-	private String newUserUserName;
+    private static Logger _log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(WorkspaceCreateAccountThread.class);
 
-	public WorkspaceCreateAccountThread(String newUserUserName,	String newUserFullName, String newUserEmailAddress) {
-		super();
-		this.newUserUserName = newUserUserName;
-		_log.info("Calling HomeLibrary for Workspace creation to new user: " + newUserUserName + " ("+newUserFullName+")");
-	}
+    private String newUserUserName;
 
-	@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;
-		}
-	}
+    public WorkspaceCreateAccountThread(String newUserUserName, String newUserFullName, String newUserEmailAddress) {
+        super();
+        this.newUserUserName = newUserUserName;
+        _log.info("Calling SHUB for Workspace creation to new user: " + newUserUserName + " (" + newUserFullName + ")");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        String context = "/" + PortalContext.getConfiguration().getInfrastructureName();
+        String authorizationToken = PortalContext.getConfiguration().getCurrentUserToken(context, newUserUserName);
+        SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(authorizationToken);
+        ScopeProvider.instance.set(context);
+        OIDCUmaUtil.provideConfiguredPortalClientUMATokenInThreadLocal(context);
+        try {
+            StorageHubClient shc = new StorageHubClient();
+            shc.createUserAccount(newUserUserName);
+            _log.info("Done Workspace creation for user: " + newUserUserName);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            _log.error("Creating new account on the storage HUB", e);
+        }
+    }
 }
-
-
-