diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 26981b6..04023d0 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="test" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index 6e80039..4e4a3ad 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ 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.release=disabled
 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 7d683bf..88679f4 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="workspace-widget-portlet-portlet">
+    <wb-module deploy-name="workspace-widget-portlet">
         <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/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
index af67d01..fd73de7 100644
--- a/distro/changelog.xml
+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <ReleaseNotes>
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.workspace-widget-portlet.1-3-0"
 		date="2019-03-04">
+		<Change>Updated to new storage hub exception handling</Change>
 		<Change>Feature #12796 Workspace widget: recent documents has a different behaviour on URL items</Change>
 	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.workspace-widget-portlet.1-1-0"
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d1d5c48..191ba86 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">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/wswidget/StorageHubServiceUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/wswidget/StorageHubServiceUtil.java
index 1d7d99c..c24f4fb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/wswidget/StorageHubServiceUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/wswidget/StorageHubServiceUtil.java
@@ -38,13 +38,18 @@ public class StorageHubServiceUtil {
 		SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(authUser.getSecurityToken());
 		ItemManagerClient client = AbstractPlugin.item().build();
 		List<? extends Item> theChildren = null;
-		if (offset >= 0) {
-			int limit = offset;
-			theChildren = client.getChildren(itemId, from, limit, false, "hl:accounting");
-		}
-		else { //all the items
-			theChildren = client.getChildren(itemId, false, "hl:accounting");
+		try {
+			if (offset >= 0) {
+				int limit = offset;
+				theChildren = client.getChildren(itemId, from, limit, false, "hl:accounting");
+			}
+			else { //all the items
+				theChildren = client.getChildren(itemId, false, "hl:accounting");
+			}
 		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		} 
 		if (theChildren == null || theChildren.isEmpty()) {
 			toReturn.setChildren(children);
 			_log.debug("*** Returning empty ");
@@ -68,7 +73,14 @@ public class StorageHubServiceUtil {
 		String authorizationToken = Utils.getCurrentUserToken(scope, userName);
 		SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(authorizationToken);
 		ItemManagerClient client = AbstractPlugin.item().build();
-		return client.childrenCount(itemId, false);
+		int toReturn = -1;
+		try {
+			 client.childrenCount(itemId, false);
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		return toReturn;
 	}
 	/**
 	 * 
@@ -103,8 +115,8 @@ public class StorageHubServiceUtil {
 		SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(authUser.getSecurityToken());
 		WorkspaceManagerClient wsclient = AbstractPlugin.workspace().build();
 		List<? extends Item> theChildren = wsclient.getRecentModifiedFilePerVre();
-		
-			
+
+
 		if (theChildren == null || theChildren.isEmpty()) {
 			toReturn.setChildren(children);
 			_log.debug("*** Returning empty ");
@@ -130,7 +142,7 @@ public class StorageHubServiceUtil {
 		SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(authorizationToken);
 		String siteLandingPagePath = PortalContext.getConfiguration().getSiteLandingPagePath(request);
 		String toReturn = siteLandingPagePath;
-		
+
 		try {
 			WorkspaceManagerClient wsclient = AbstractPlugin.workspace().build();
 			String itemId = wsclient.getVreFolder("hl:accounting").getId();
@@ -168,9 +180,9 @@ public class StorageHubServiceUtil {
 		}
 		return toReturn;
 	}
-	
-	
-	
-	
-	
+
+
+
+
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/wswidget/WorkspaceWidget.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/wswidget/WorkspaceWidget.java
index 6ca8a26..0c185ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/wswidget/WorkspaceWidget.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/wswidget/WorkspaceWidget.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import org.gcube.common.storagehub.client.dsl.FileContainer;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.client.dsl.StorageHubClient;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.client.plugins.AbstractPlugin;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.client.proxies.WorkspaceManagerClient;
+import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.exceptions.StorageHubException;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.items.Item;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.wswidget.shared.AuthorizedUser;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.wswidget.shared.Breadcrumb;
@@ -56,8 +57,14 @@ public class WorkspaceWidget extends MVCPortlet {
 			setAuthorizationToken(resourceRequest);
 			String selectedItemId =  fileToDownloadId.split("=")[1];
 			StorageHubClient client = new StorageHubClient();
-			FileContainer fileContainer = client.open(selectedItemId).asFile();
-			StreamDescriptor streamDescr = fileContainer.download(selectedItemId);
+			FileContainer fileContainer = null;
+			StreamDescriptor streamDescr = null;
+			try {
+				fileContainer = client.open(selectedItemId).asFile();
+				streamDescr = fileContainer.download(selectedItemId);
+			} catch (StorageHubException e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			}
 			HttpServletResponse httpRes = PortalUtil.getHttpServletResponse(resourceResponse);
 			if (ITEM_URL_TYPE.compareTo(fileContainer.get().getPrimaryType()) == 0) { //if is a type URL we open drectly the link
 				Scanner sc = new Scanner( streamDescr.getStream());