diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 213cd00..cfeabdd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -232,6 +232,17 @@
 			<artifactId>jdom</artifactId>
 			<version>1.1</version>
 		</dependency>
+		 <dependency>
+	        <groupId>net.sf.json-lib</groupId>
+	        <artifactId>json-lib</artifactId>
+	        <version>2.4</version>
+	        <classifier>jdk15</classifier>
+	    </dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles</groupId>
+			<artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles.restlet</artifactId>
+			<version>1.1.10_3</version>
+		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -243,6 +254,7 @@
 			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
 			<version>${slf4j.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		
 		<!-- commons-logging can be rather simply and conveniently excluded as 
 			a dependency by declaring it in the provided scope within the pom.xml file 
 			of your project. The actual commons-logging classes would be provided by 
@@ -275,16 +287,7 @@
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.geoserver.importer</groupId>
-			<artifactId>gs-importer-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${gs.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.geoserver</groupId>
-			<artifactId>gs-restconfig</artifactId>
-			<version>${gs.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
+	
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.restlet</groupId>
 			<artifactId>org.restlet.ext.fileupload</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/manager/GeoServerRESTImporterManager.java b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/manager/GeoServerRESTImporterManager.java
index 63495a8..6766ac2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/manager/GeoServerRESTImporterManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/manager/GeoServerRESTImporterManager.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import java.net.URL;
 import net.sf.json.JSON;
 import net.sf.json.JSONObject;
 
-import org.geoserver.importer.VFSWorker;
 import org.restlet.data.MediaType;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -152,6 +151,23 @@ public class GeoServerRESTImporterManager extends GeoServerRESTAbstractManager {
     public void putTaskLayer(int imp, int task, final String json) throws Exception {
         HTTPUtils.putJson(String.format(buildUrl()+"/%d/tasks/%d/layer", imp, task), json, gsuser, gspass);
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Just update the Layers properties associated to a Task (t) in the Importer Context (i).
+     * 
+     * e.g.:
+     * <pre>
+     * putTaskLayer(i, t, "{\"title\":\"Archsites\", \"abstract\":\"Archeological Sites\"}");
+     * </pre>
+     * 
+     * @param imp int: Import context number ID
+     * @param task int: Task number
+     * @param json String: JSON containing the Layer properties to be updated
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    public void postTaskTransform(int imp, int task, final String json) throws Exception {
+        HTTPUtils.postJson(String.format(buildUrl()+"/%d/tasks/%d/transforms", imp, task), json, gsuser, gspass);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Creates an empty Importer Context.
@@ -199,7 +215,7 @@ public class GeoServerRESTImporterManager extends GeoServerRESTAbstractManager {
      * @throws Exception
      */
     public void postImport(int imp) throws Exception {
-        HTTPUtils.post(buildUrl()+"/" + imp, "", "text/plain", gsuser, gspass);
+        HTTPUtils.post(buildUrl()+"/" + imp + "?exec=true", "", "text/plain", gsuser, gspass);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -286,7 +302,7 @@ public class GeoServerRESTImporterManager extends GeoServerRESTAbstractManager {
         
         File file = new File(path);
         
-        new VFSWorker().extractTo(file, dir);
+        //new VFSWorker().extractTo(file, dir);
         if (!file.delete()) {
             // fail early as tests will expect it's deleted
             throw new IOException("deletion failed during extraction");