diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
index 7c4cbd9..7ee5009 100644
--- a/distro/changelog.xml
+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
@@ -39,4 +39,8 @@
date="2017-02-01">
bug fixing
+
+ porting to the new worms api
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ad9b202..14627e7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
org.gcube.data.spd
worms-spd-plugin
- 1.8.1-SNAPSHOT
+ 1.8.1
worms-plugin
worms plugin for species manager service
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/spd/wormsplugin/WormsPlugin.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/spd/wormsplugin/WormsPlugin.java
index 156bc71..d3869c1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/spd/wormsplugin/WormsPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/spd/wormsplugin/WormsPlugin.java
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
package org.gcube.data.spd.wormsplugin;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
@@ -10,7 +8,6 @@ import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import org.gcube.common.resources.gcore.ServiceEndpoint;
-import org.gcube.common.resources.gcore.ServiceEndpoint.AccessPoint;
import org.gcube.data.spd.model.CommonName;
import org.gcube.data.spd.model.Condition;
import org.gcube.data.spd.model.RepositoryInfo;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/spd/wormsplugin/capabilities/ClassificationCapabilityImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/spd/wormsplugin/capabilities/ClassificationCapabilityImpl.java
index 76dd744..cd1f8de 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/spd/wormsplugin/capabilities/ClassificationCapabilityImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/spd/wormsplugin/capabilities/ClassificationCapabilityImpl.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
package org.gcube.data.spd.wormsplugin.capabilities;
-import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;