diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/server/GWTWorkspaceServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/server/GWTWorkspaceServiceImpl.java
index f4cbcd6..16bfb07 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/server/GWTWorkspaceServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/server/GWTWorkspaceServiceImpl.java
@@ -2062,7 +2062,7 @@ public class GWTWorkspaceServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements GWT
 			WorkspaceItem wsItem = workspace.getItem(folderId);
 
 			if(wsItem.isShared() && wsItem.getType().equals(WorkspaceItemType.SHARED_FOLDER)){
-				WorkspaceSharedFolder ite = (WorkspaceSharedFolder) workspace.getItemByPath(wsItem.getPath());
+				WorkspaceSharedFolder ite = (WorkspaceSharedFolder) wsItem;
 
 				workspaceLogger.info("Retrieving administrators...");
 				Map<ACLType, List<String>> aclOwner = ite.getACLOwner();
@@ -2693,7 +2693,7 @@ public class GWTWorkspaceServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements GWT
 			WorkspaceItem wsItem = workspace.getItem(folderId);
 
 			if(wsItem.isShared() && wsItem.getType().equals(WorkspaceItemType.SHARED_FOLDER)){
-				WorkspaceSharedFolder ite = (WorkspaceSharedFolder) workspace.getItemByPath(wsItem.getPath());
+				WorkspaceSharedFolder ite = (WorkspaceSharedFolder) wsItem;
 				//PATCH TODO TEMPORARY SOLUTION
 				if(ite.isVreFolder()){
 					List<String> groupName = new ArrayList<String>();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/ItemRetrieve.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/ItemRetrieve.java
index a46df25..856e66e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/ItemRetrieve.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/ItemRetrieve.java
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ public class ItemRetrieve {
 
 //	public static String DEFAULT_SCOPE = "/d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/gCubeApps"; //PRODUCTION
 	public static String DEFAULT_SCOPE = "/gcube/devsec"; //DEV
-	public static String TEST_USER = "francesco.mangiacrapa";
+	public static String TEST_USER = "gianpaolo.coro";
 //	public static String ITEMID = "63832213-098d-42d1-8774-89b6349764c0"; //Activity T3.4 working drafts/T2-EC-IMAR-HO-14-015  iMarine Sustainability WP - Business Model tools.pdf
-//	public static String ITEMID = "79b2490b-43aa-40b0-98ec-e073cf7d4887";
+	public static String ITEMID = "a5aca54d-67cf-4838-9025-9ef5bb204ae9";
 //	d81d3a64-603f-4907-ae74-be8353211807
 	protected static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ItemRetrieve.class);
 
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ public class ItemRetrieve {
 		try {
 			Workspace ws = getWorkspace();
 
+			System.out.println(ws.getRoot().getId());
+//			retrieveFirstLevel(ws, null);
 
-			retrieveFirstLevel(ws, null);
-
-//			retrieveFirstLevel(ws, ITEMID);
+			retrieveFirstLevel(ws, ITEMID);
 
 			System.out.println("get workspace -> OK");
 //			WorkspaceItem item = ws.getItem(ITEMID);
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public class ItemRetrieve {
 
 					WorkspaceFolder folder = (WorkspaceFolder) workspaceItem;
 
-					System.out.println(++i+") "+folder.getId() +" folder name: "+folder.getName() + " owner "+folder.getOwner());
+					System.out.println(++i+") "+folder.getId() +" folder name: "+folder.getName() + " owner "+folder.getOwner() +" path: "+folder.getPath());
 					foldersCounter++;
 
 					break;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public class ItemRetrieve {
 
 					WorkspaceSharedFolder shared = (WorkspaceSharedFolder) workspaceItem;
 
-					System.out.println(++i+")  "+shared.getId() +" shared folder name: "+shared.getName() + " owner "+shared.getOwner()+" isVRE "+shared.isVreFolder() +" ACLOwner: "+shared.getACLOwner()+" AclUser: "+shared.getACLUser());
+					System.out.println(++i+")  "+shared.getId() +" shared folder name: "+shared.getName() + " owner "+shared.getOwner()+" isVRE "+shared.isVreFolder() +" ACLOwner: "+shared.getACLOwner()+" AclUser: "+shared.getACLUser() +" path: "+shared.getPath());
 
 //					System.out.println(++i+") shared folder name: "+shared.getName() + " owner "+shared.getOwner().getPortalLogin());
 					sharedFoldersCounter++;
@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@ public class ItemRetrieve {
 
 					FolderItem folderItem = (FolderItem) workspaceItem;
 
-					System.out.println(++i+") folderItem id: "+folderItem.getId() +", name: "+folderItem.getName() + ", own: "+folderItem.getOwner());
+					System.out.println(++i+") folderItem id: "+folderItem.getId() +", name: "+folderItem.getName() + ", own: "+folderItem.getOwner() +" path: "+folderItem.getPath());
 					folderItemCounter++;
 
 					break;
 				default:
-					System.out.println(++i+") DEFAULT - item id: "+workspaceItem.getId() +", name: "+workspaceItem.getName() + ", own: "+workspaceItem.getOwner());
-					othersCounter++;
+//					System.out.println(++i+") DEFAULT - item id: "+workspaceItem.getId() +", name: "+workspaceItem.getName() + ", own: "+workspaceItem.getOwner());
+//					othersCounter++;
 					break;
 				}
 			}