diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-actionmanager/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/ISClient.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-actionmanager/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/ISClient.java
index 0f0d21e11f..5a80c0b535 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-actionmanager/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/ISClient.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-actionmanager/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/ISClient.java
@@ -3,20 +3,23 @@ package eu.dnetlib.dhp.actionmanager;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.io.StringReader;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Triple;
 import org.dom4j.Document;
+import org.dom4j.DocumentException;
 import org.dom4j.Element;
 import org.dom4j.io.SAXReader;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 
 import eu.dnetlib.actionmanager.rmi.ActionManagerException;
 import eu.dnetlib.actionmanager.set.ActionManagerSet;
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ import eu.dnetlib.dhp.actionmanager.partition.PartitionActionSetsByPayloadTypeJo
 import eu.dnetlib.dhp.utils.ISLookupClientFactory;
 import eu.dnetlib.enabling.is.lookup.rmi.ISLookUpException;
 import eu.dnetlib.enabling.is.lookup.rmi.ISLookUpService;
+import scala.Tuple2;
 
 public class ISClient implements Serializable {
 
@@ -40,80 +44,52 @@ public class ISClient implements Serializable {
 
 	public List<String> getLatestRawsetPaths(String setIds) {
 
-		List<String> ids = Lists
-			.newArrayList(
+		final Set<String> ids = Sets
+			.newHashSet(
 				Splitter
 					.on(INPUT_ACTION_SET_ID_SEPARATOR)
 					.omitEmptyStrings()
 					.trimResults()
 					.split(setIds));
-
-		return ids
-			.stream()
-			.map(id -> getSet(isLookup, id))
-			.map(as -> as.getPathToLatest())
-			.collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList::new));
-	}
-
-	private ActionManagerSet getSet(ISLookUpService isLookup, final String setId) {
-
-		final String q = "for $x in collection('/db/DRIVER/ActionManagerSetDSResources/ActionManagerSetDSResourceType') "
-			+ "where $x//SET/@id = '"
-			+ setId
-			+ "' return $x";
-
 		try {
 			final String basePath = getBasePathHDFS(isLookup);
-			final String setProfile = isLookup.getResourceProfileByQuery(q);
-			return getActionManagerSet(basePath, setProfile);
-		} catch (ISLookUpException | ActionManagerException e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException("Error accessing Sets, using query: " + q);
+
+			// <SET id="..." directory="..." latest="xxx"/>
+			final String xquery = "for $x in collection('/db/DRIVER/ActionManagerSetDSResources/ActionManagerSetDSResourceType') "
+				+
+				"return <SET id='{$x//SET/@id/string()}' directory='{$x//SET/@directory/string()}' latest='{$x//LATEST/@id/string()}'/>";
+			return Optional
+				.ofNullable(isLookup.quickSearchProfile(xquery))
+				.map(
+					sets -> sets
+						.stream()
+						.map(set -> parseSetInfo(set))
+						.filter(t -> ids.contains(t.getLeft()))
+						.map(t -> buildDirectory(basePath, t))
+						.collect(Collectors.toList()))
+				.orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalStateException("empty set list"));
+		} catch (ActionManagerException | ISLookUpException e) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("unable to query ActionSets info from the IS");
 		}
 	}
 
-	private ActionManagerSet getActionManagerSet(final String basePath, final String profile)
-		throws ActionManagerException {
-		final SAXReader reader = new SAXReader();
-		final ActionManagerSet set = new ActionManagerSet();
-
+	private Triple<String, String, String> parseSetInfo(String set) {
 		try {
-			final Document doc = reader.read(new StringReader(profile));
-
-			set.setId(doc.valueOf("//SET/@id").trim());
-			set.setName(doc.valueOf("//SET").trim());
-			set.setImpact(ImpactTypes.valueOf(doc.valueOf("//IMPACT").trim()));
-			set
-				.setLatest(
-					doc.valueOf("//RAW_SETS/LATEST/@id"),
-					doc.valueOf("//RAW_SETS/LATEST/@creationDate"),
-					doc.valueOf("//RAW_SETS/LATEST/@lastUpdate"));
-			set.setDirectory(doc.valueOf("//SET/@directory"));
-			final List expiredNodes = doc.selectNodes("//RAW_SETS/EXPIRED");
-			if (expiredNodes != null) {
-				for (int i = 0; i < expiredNodes.size(); i++) {
-					Element ex = (Element) expiredNodes.get(i);
-					set
-						.addExpired(
-							ex.attributeValue("id"),
-							ex.attributeValue("creationDate"),
-							ex.attributeValue("lastUpdate"));
-				}
-			}
-
-			final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-			sb.append(basePath);
-			sb.append("/");
-			sb.append(doc.valueOf("//SET/@directory"));
-			sb.append("/");
-			sb.append(doc.valueOf("//RAW_SETS/LATEST/@id"));
-			set.setPathToLatest(sb.toString());
-
-			return set;
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new ActionManagerException("Error creating set from profile: " + profile, e);
+			Document doc = new SAXReader().read(new StringReader(set));
+			return Triple
+				.of(
+					doc.valueOf("//SET/@id"),
+					doc.valueOf("//SET/@directory"),
+					doc.valueOf("//SET/@latest"));
+		} catch (DocumentException e) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException(e);
 		}
 	}
 
+	private String buildDirectory(String basePath, Triple<String, String, String> t) {
+		return Joiner.on("/").join(basePath, t.getMiddle(), t.getRight());
+	}
+
 	private String getBasePathHDFS(ISLookUpService isLookup) throws ActionManagerException {
 		return queryServiceProperty(isLookup, "basePath");
 	}