diff --git a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTResource.java b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTResource.java
index d66a1aa..147f495 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTResource.java
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ public class RESTResource {
                 Namespace.getNamespace("atom", "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"));
         return atom.getAttributeValue("href");
     }
+    
+    public String getNativeCRS() {
+    	return rootElem.getChildText("nativeCRS");
+    }
 
     public String getNativeCRS() {
     	return rootElem.getChildText("nativeCRS");