diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/vomanagement/usermanagement/impl/ws/LiferayWSGroupManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/vomanagement/usermanagement/impl/ws/LiferayWSGroupManager.java
index 4b5c14a..587c8bc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/vomanagement/usermanagement/impl/ws/LiferayWSGroupManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/vomanagement/usermanagement/impl/ws/LiferayWSGroupManager.java
@@ -652,7 +652,6 @@ public class LiferayWSGroupManager implements GroupManager {
 
 			// real gateways have no children as well
 			for (int i = 0; i < idsCandidateGateways.size(); i++) {
-				List<String> children = getChildren(idsCandidateGateways.get(i));
 				String friendlyUrl = (String) ((JSONObject)candidateGateways.get(i)).get("friendlyURL");
 
 				// check if it is not a group created by Liferay
@@ -661,6 +660,7 @@ public class LiferayWSGroupManager implements GroupManager {
 				if(defaultGroup)
 					continue;
 
+				List<String> children = getChildren(idsCandidateGateways.get(i));
 				if(children == null || children.isEmpty())
 					gateways.add(mapLRGroup(((JSONObject)candidateGateways.get(i)).toJSONString()));
 			}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/vomanagement/usermanagement/impl/ws/LiferayWSUserManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/vomanagement/usermanagement/impl/ws/LiferayWSUserManager.java
index 4f6197e..9bef28c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/vomanagement/usermanagement/impl/ws/LiferayWSUserManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/vomanagement/usermanagement/impl/ws/LiferayWSUserManager.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public class LiferayWSUserManager implements UserManager{
 	private static final String GET_USER_BY_USERNAME = "/user/get-user-by-screen-name/company-id/$COMPANY_ID/screen-name/$USER_ID";
 	private static final String GET_USERS_BY_GROUP = "/user/get-group-users/group-id/$GROUP_ID";
 	private static final String GET_USER_CUSTOM_FIELD_BY_KEY = "/expandovalue/get-json-data/company-id/$COMPANY_ID/class-name/com.liferay.portal.model.User/table-name/CUSTOM_FIELDS/column-name/$CUSTOM_FIELD_KEY/class-pk/$USER_ID";
+	//private static final String UPDATE_USER_CUSTOM_FIELD_BY_KEY = "/expandovalue/add-value/company-id/$COMPANY_ID/class-name/com.liferay.portal.model.User/table-name/CUSTOM_FIELDS/column-name/$CUSTOM_FIELD_KEY/class-pk/$USER_ID/data/$VALUE";
 	private static final String GET_CONTACT_BY_USER_ID = "/contact/get-contact/contact-id/$CONTACT_ID";
 
 	// logger
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ public class LiferayWSUserManager implements UserManager{
 
 	}
 
+
 	/**
 	 * Maps the JSON user to the GCubeUser.class object
 	 * @param json
@@ -185,7 +187,7 @@ public class LiferayWSUserManager implements UserManager{
 						(String)userJSON.get("firstName"),
 						(String)userJSON.get("middleName"),
 						(String)userJSON.get("lastName"),
-						(String)userJSON.get("fullName"),
+						buildFullName(userJSON),
 						(long)userJSON.get("createDate"),
 						null, // skip for now TODO getUserAvatarAbsoluteURL(u)
 						(boolean)contactJSON.get("male"),
@@ -199,6 +201,23 @@ public class LiferayWSUserManager implements UserManager{
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * From the json representing the user builds the fullname (which is missing, so firstname, lastname and middlename will be used)
+	 * @param userJSON
+	 * @return String representing the fullname
+	 */
+	private String buildFullName(JSONObject userJSON) {
+		String first = (String)userJSON.get("firstName");
+		String middle = (String)userJSON.get("middleName");
+		String last = (String)userJSON.get("lastName");
+		String fullname =
+				(first == null | first.isEmpty() ? "" : first + " ") +
+				(middle == null | middle.isEmpty() ? "" : middle + " ") +
+				(last == null | last.isEmpty() ? "" : last + " ");
+		logger.info("Built fullname is " + fullname);
+		return fullname;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Given the contactId value, retrieves the json object releted to this information
 	 * @param contactId
@@ -555,7 +574,6 @@ public class LiferayWSUserManager implements UserManager{
 	public void saveCustomAttr(long userId, String attributeKey,
 			Serializable value) throws UserRetrievalFault {
 		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
-
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/vomanagement/usermanagement/test/LiferayWSUserTest.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/vomanagement/usermanagement/test/LiferayWSUserTest.java
index 49c1bdb..410f858 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/vomanagement/usermanagement/test/LiferayWSUserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/vomanagement/usermanagement/test/LiferayWSUserTest.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.exception.UserManagementSystemExcep
 import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.exception.UserRetrievalFault;
 import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.ws.LiferayWSUserManager;
 import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GCubeUser;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 
@@ -19,13 +20,13 @@ public class LiferayWSUserTest{
 	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LiferayWSUserTest.class);
 	
 	private UserManager userManager = null;
-	private String user = "";
-	private String password = ""; // Put a valid password here
-	private String host = "";
-	private String schema = "";
-	private int port = -1;
+	private String user = "jsonws.user@d4science.org";
+	private String password = "gcuberandom321"; // Put a valid password here
+	private String host = "dev2.d4science.org";
+	private String schema = "https";
+	private int port = 443;
 	
-	//@Before
+	@Before
 	public void init() throws Exception{
 		
 		logger.info("Init method, building LiferayWSUserManager");