diff --git a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/dss/plugins/harvester/DataSetRegistrationTask.java b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/dss/plugins/harvester/DataSetRegistrationTask.java
index 926a7cd3cb73c333ae3b09ab093ff3ae269b5b16..5a9e34c0e75348fb59c0c619a9fc27dbbe27fafe 100644
--- a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/dss/plugins/harvester/DataSetRegistrationTask.java
+++ b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/dss/plugins/harvester/DataSetRegistrationTask.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Properties;
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@ import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.mail.IMailClient;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.maintenance.IMaintenanceTask;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.server.plugins.tasks.PluginTaskInfoProvider;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.shared.DataSetProcessingContext;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.shared.IConfigProvider;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.shared.IEncapsulatedOpenBISService;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.shared.ServiceProvider;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.shared.dto.DataSetInformation;
@@ -67,17 +67,12 @@ public class DataSetRegistrationTask<T extends DataSetInformation> implements IM
     protected static final Logger operationLog =
             LogFactory.getLogger(LogCategory.OPERATION, DataSetRegistrationTask.class);
 
-    // private static final String DATA_SOURCE_URI = "https://bs-mbpr121.d.ethz.ch:8444/datastore_server/re-sync"; //
-    // "http://localhost:8889/datastore_server/re-sync";
-
     final DateFormat formater = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yy HH-mm-ss", Locale.ENGLISH);
 
     private static final String HARVESTER_CONFIG_FILE_PROPERTY_NAME = "harvester-config-file";
 
     private static final String DEFAULT_HARVESTER_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "../../harvester-config.txt";
 
-    private HashMap<String, String> spaceMappings = new HashMap<String, String>();
-
     private File storeRoot;
 
     private IEncapsulatedOpenBISService service;
@@ -94,25 +89,34 @@ public class DataSetRegistrationTask<T extends DataSetInformation> implements IM
 
     File newLastSyncTimeStampFile;
 
+    private String dataStoreCode;
+
     @Override
     public void setUp(String pluginName, Properties properties)
     {
-        storeRoot = new File(DssPropertyParametersUtil.loadServiceProperties().getProperty(PluginTaskInfoProvider.STOREROOT_DIR_KEY));
         service = ServiceProvider.getOpenBISService();
         context = new DataSetProcessingContext(null, null, null, null, null, null);
+        dataStoreCode = getConfigProvider().getDataStoreCode();
+        storeRoot = new File(DssPropertyParametersUtil.loadServiceProperties().getProperty(PluginTaskInfoProvider.STOREROOT_DIR_KEY));
         mailClient = ServiceProvider.getDataStoreService().createEMailClient();
 
+
         String configFileProperty = properties.getProperty(HARVESTER_CONFIG_FILE_PROPERTY_NAME);
         if (configFileProperty == null)
         {
             harvesterConfigFile =
-                    new File(ServiceProvider.getConfigProvider().getStoreRoot(), DEFAULT_HARVESTER_CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
+                    new File(getConfigProvider().getStoreRoot(), DEFAULT_HARVESTER_CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
         } else
         {
             harvesterConfigFile = new File(configFileProperty);
         }
     }
 
+    private IConfigProvider getConfigProvider()
+    {
+        return ServiceProvider.getConfigProvider();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void execute()
     {
@@ -159,7 +163,8 @@ public class DataSetRegistrationTask<T extends DataSetInformation> implements IM
                 // save the current time into a temp file as last sync time
                 FileUtilities.writeToFile(newLastSyncTimeStampFile, formater.format(new Date()));
 
-                EntitySynchronizer synchronizer = new EntitySynchronizer(service, storeRoot, lastSyncTimestamp, context, config, operationLog);
+                EntitySynchronizer synchronizer =
+                        new EntitySynchronizer(service, dataStoreCode, storeRoot, lastSyncTimestamp, context, config, operationLog);
                 synchronizer.syncronizeEntities();
 
                 operationLog.info("Saving the timestamp of sync start to file");
diff --git a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/dss/plugins/harvester/synchronizer/EntitySynchronizer.java b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/dss/plugins/harvester/synchronizer/EntitySynchronizer.java
index 100bddbcbd1e53bef007c4ecc4a0bbbf87d88b17..ccfa05bcbe3ac687872d66ace7672e954f532fe7 100644
--- a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/dss/plugins/harvester/synchronizer/EntitySynchronizer.java
+++ b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/dss/plugins/harvester/synchronizer/EntitySynchronizer.java
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.dto.identifier.SpaceIdentifier;
  */
 public class EntitySynchronizer
 {
+    private final String dataStoreCode;
+
     private final File storeRoot;
 
     private final IEncapsulatedOpenBISService service;
@@ -142,10 +144,12 @@ public class EntitySynchronizer
 
     private final Logger operationLog;
 
-    public EntitySynchronizer(IEncapsulatedOpenBISService service, File storeRoot, Date lastSyncTimestamp, DataSetProcessingContext context,
+    public EntitySynchronizer(IEncapsulatedOpenBISService service, String dataStoreCode, File storeRoot, Date lastSyncTimestamp,
+            DataSetProcessingContext context,
             SyncConfig config, Logger operationLog)
     {
         this.service = service;
+        this.dataStoreCode = dataStoreCode;
         this.storeRoot = storeRoot;
         this.lastSyncTimestamp = lastSyncTimestamp;
         this.context = context;
@@ -173,7 +177,8 @@ public class EntitySynchronizer
         {
             nameTranslator = new PrefixBasedNameTranslator(dataSourcePrefix);
         }
-        ResourceListParser parser = ResourceListParser.create(nameTranslator); // , lastSyncTimestamp
+
+        ResourceListParser parser = ResourceListParser.create(nameTranslator, dataStoreCode); // , lastSyncTimestamp
         ResourceListParserData data = parser.parseResourceListDocument(doc);
 
         processDeletions(data);
diff --git a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/dss/plugins/harvester/synchronizer/ResourceListParser.java b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/dss/plugins/harvester/synchronizer/ResourceListParser.java
index 9d56f290f08cc3c56f9c80d907900daeaa00712d..64af0041cefdaa425b2e5df9faa35e8da7d34df3 100644
--- a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/dss/plugins/harvester/synchronizer/ResourceListParser.java
+++ b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/dss/plugins/harvester/synchronizer/ResourceListParser.java
@@ -76,37 +76,34 @@ public class ResourceListParser
 {
     private final ResourceListParserData data;
 
-    private INameTranslator nameTranslator;
+    private final INameTranslator nameTranslator;
 
-    public void setNameTranslator(INameTranslator nameTranslator)
-    {
-        this.nameTranslator = nameTranslator;
-    }
+    private final String dataStoreCode;
 
     public INameTranslator getNameTranslator()
     {
         return nameTranslator;
     }
 
-    private ResourceListParser(INameTranslator nameTranslator)
+    private ResourceListParser(INameTranslator nameTranslator, String dataStoreCode)
     {
-        // TODO do the returning of parser data better
         this.data = new ResourceListParserData();
         this.nameTranslator = nameTranslator;
+        this.dataStoreCode = dataStoreCode;
     }
 
-    public static ResourceListParser create(INameTranslator nameTranslator)
+    public static ResourceListParser create(INameTranslator nameTranslator, String dataStoreCode)
     {
         if (nameTranslator == null)
         {
-            return create();
+            return create(dataStoreCode);
         }
-        return new ResourceListParser(nameTranslator);
+        return new ResourceListParser(nameTranslator, dataStoreCode);
     }
 
-    public static ResourceListParser create()
+    public static ResourceListParser create(String dataStoreCode)
     {
-        return create(new DefaultNameTranslator());
+        return create(new DefaultNameTranslator(), dataStoreCode);
     }
 
     public ResourceListParserData parseResourceListDocument(Document doc) throws XPathExpressionException
@@ -284,7 +281,7 @@ public class ResourceListParser
             ds = new NewContainerDataSet();
             ds.setCode(code);
             ds.setDataSetType(new DataSetType(type));
-            ds.setDataStoreCode("DSS1");
+            ds.setDataStoreCode(this.dataStoreCode);
             if (sample.trim().equals("") == false)
             {
                 ds.setSampleIdentifierOrNull(getSampleIdentifier(sample));
@@ -298,7 +295,7 @@ public class ResourceListParser
         {
             ds.setCode(code);
             ds.setDataSetType(new DataSetType(type));
-            ds.setDataStoreCode("DSS1");
+            ds.setDataStoreCode(this.dataStoreCode);
             if (sample.trim().equals("") == false)
             {
                 ds.setSampleIdentifierOrNull(getSampleIdentifier(sample));