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 3427f09..db42504 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
@@ -1968,8 +1968,18 @@ public class GWTWorkspaceServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements GWT
 				fileModel.setParentFileModel(parent);
 			}
 
+//			workspaceLogger.trace("list parents returning size: "+arrayParents.length);
+//			return new ArrayList<FileModel>(Arrays.asList(arrayParents));
+			
 			workspaceLogger.trace("list parents returning size: "+arrayParents.length);
-			return new ArrayList<FileModel>(Arrays.asList(arrayParents));
+			if(arrayParents[0]==null){ //EXIT BY BREAK IN CASE OF SPECIAL FOLDER
+				List<FileModel> breadcrumbs = new ArrayList<FileModel>(arrayParents.length-1);
+				for (int i=1; i<arrayParents.length; i++) {
+					breadcrumbs.add(arrayParents[i]);
+				}
+				return breadcrumbs;
+			}else
+				return new ArrayList<FileModel>(Arrays.asList(arrayParents));
 
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			workspaceLogger.error("Error in get List Parents By Item Identifier ", e);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/SizeRetrieving.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/SizeRetrieving.java
index 4e16aa9..fa01eeb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/SizeRetrieving.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/SizeRetrieving.java
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ import org.gcube.portlets.user.workspace.server.GWTWorkspaceBuilder;
 public class SizeRetrieving {
 	
 	
-//	public static String DEFAULT_SCOPE = "/gcube/devsec"; //DEV
-	public static String DEFAULT_SCOPE = "/d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/gCubeApps";
-	public static String TEST_USER = "yann.laurent";
-	public static String FOLDER_ID = "4f0ff79d-3c1e-4d2a-bc74-6f731edcac98";
+	public static String DEFAULT_SCOPE = "/gcube/devsec"; //DEV
+//	public static String DEFAULT_SCOPE = "/d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/gCubeApps";
+	public static String TEST_USER = "francesco.mangiacrapa";
+//	public static String FOLDER_ID = "4f0ff79d-3c1e-4d2a-bc74-6f731edcac98";
 	
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
 
@@ -44,22 +44,22 @@ public class SizeRetrieving {
 			//
 			
 //			System.out.println("start get root");
-//			WorkspaceItem root = ws.getRoot();
+			WorkspaceItem folder = ws.getRoot();
 //			List<WorkspaceItem> children = (List<WorkspaceItem>) root.getChildren();
 
 			System.out.println("start get children");
 			
-			WorkspaceFolder folder = (WorkspaceFolder) ws.getItem(FOLDER_ID);	
+//			WorkspaceFolder folder = (WorkspaceFolder) ws.getItem(FOLDER_ID);	
 			List<WorkspaceItem> children = (List<WorkspaceItem>) folder.getChildren();
 //			List<? extends WorkspaceItem> children = root.getChildren();
 
 			System.out.println("children size: "+children.size());
 
-			GWTWorkspaceBuilder builder = new GWTWorkspaceBuilder();
+//			GWTWorkspaceBuilder builder = new GWTWorkspaceBuilder();
+//			
+//			builder.buildGXTListFileGridModelItem(children, null);
 			
-			builder.buildGXTListFileGridModelItem(children, null);
 			
-			/*
 			
 			int i=0;
 			for (WorkspaceItem workspaceItem : children) {
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ public class SizeRetrieving {
 				
 				if(workspaceItem.getType().equals(WorkspaceItemType.FOLDER) || workspaceItem.getType().equals(WorkspaceItemType.SHARED_FOLDER)){
 					
-					WorkspaceFolder folder = (WorkspaceFolder) workspaceItem;
+					folder = (WorkspaceFolder) workspaceItem;
 					
 				
-					System.out.println(++i+") folder name: "+folder.getName());
+					System.out.println(++i+") folder name: "+folder.getName() +", id: "+folder.getId());
 				}else{
 					
 				
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class SizeRetrieving {
 					}
 					
 				}
-			}*/
+			}
 			System.out.println("end");
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			e.printStackTrace();