diff --git a/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/CreateNodeController.java b/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/CreateNodeController.java
index cab8451e4991a2d12408d673e8420b5568645af5..eaa9306ad66e43f8b5a2df0620decbbdab19efc2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/CreateNodeController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/CreateNodeController.java
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ public class CreateNodeController extends BaseNodeController {
                 || !nodeOwner.get(0).equals(principal.getName())) {
             // Node owner check has failed: let's check if user can write
             // due to group privileges
-            
+
             List<String> userGroups = principal.getGroups();
 
             // If the user doesn't belong to any groups throw exception
             if (userGroups == null || userGroups.isEmpty()) {
                 throw new PermissionDeniedException(path);
-            }         
-            
+            }
+
             List<String> groupWritePropValues
                     = getNodePropertyByURI(parentNode,
                             "ivo://ivoa.net/vospace/core#groupwrite");
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ public class CreateNodeController extends BaseNodeController {
 
         }
 
+        nodeDao.createNode(node);
+
         return node;
     }
 
@@ -141,7 +143,6 @@ public class CreateNodeController extends BaseNodeController {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         sb.append("/");
 
-        System.out.println(parsedPath.length);
         for (int i = 1; i < parsedPath.length - 1; i++) {
             sb.append(parsedPath[i]);
             if (i < parsedPath.length - 2) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/CreateNodeControllerTest.java b/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/CreateNodeControllerTest.java
index cdb11061fba6d4efcdbfebbb559bacaf72d5a1f4..ab2dd4463749d0c294ccf5c25b5f79fe97c28f84 100644
--- a/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/CreateNodeControllerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/CreateNodeControllerTest.java
@@ -59,18 +59,17 @@ public class CreateNodeControllerTest {
         parentNode.setProperties(List.of(groups));
         return parentNode;
     }
-    
-    private ContainerNode getContainerParentNodeWithCreator(String path){
+
+    private ContainerNode getContainerParentNodeWithCreator(String path) {
         ContainerNode parentNode = new ContainerNode();
         // Set parent node address at /
         parentNode.setUri("vos://example.com!vospace" + path);
         Property creator = new Property();
         creator.setUri("ivo://ivoa.net/vospace/core#creator");
-        creator.setValue("user2");        
+        creator.setValue("user2");
         parentNode.setProperties(List.of(creator));
         return parentNode;
     }
-            
 
     private LinkNode getLinkParentNode(String path) {
         LinkNode parentNode = new LinkNode();
@@ -125,6 +124,7 @@ public class CreateNodeControllerTest {
                 .andExpect(status().isOk());
 
         verifyArguments();
+        verify(nodeDao, times(1)).createNode(any());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ public class CreateNodeControllerTest {
                 .andExpect(status().isOk());
 
         verifyArguments();
+        verify(nodeDao, times(1)).createNode(any());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ public class CreateNodeControllerTest {
                 .andExpect(status().isOk());
 
         verifyArguments();
+        verify(nodeDao, times(1)).createNode(any());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -272,8 +274,9 @@ public class CreateNodeControllerTest {
                 .andExpect(status().is2xxSuccessful());
 
         verifyArguments();
+        verify(nodeDao, times(1)).createNode(any());
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testSubPath() throws Exception {
 
@@ -290,9 +293,9 @@ public class CreateNodeControllerTest {
 
         // Using ArgumentCaptor for verifying multiple method invocations
         ArgumentCaptor<String> argCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(String.class);
-        
+
         verify(nodeDao, times(2)).listNode(argCaptor.capture());
-        
+
         assertEquals("/mydata1/anothernode", argCaptor.getAllValues().get(0));
         assertEquals("/mydata1", argCaptor.getAllValues().get(1));
     }