diff --git a/smartgears/dataminer_app/defaults/main.yml b/smartgears/dataminer_app/defaults/main.yml
index af4da244..20d0ce23 100644
--- a/smartgears/dataminer_app/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/smartgears/dataminer_app/defaults/main.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ dataminer_52north_webapp_file: 52n-wps-webapp-3.3.2-20150523.010021-9.war
 #dataminer_52north_webapp_url: 'http://build.dev.52north.org/jenkins/view/Processing/job/52n-wps_GIT-DEV_nightly_builds/lastSuccessfulBuild/org.n52.wps$52n-wps-webapp/artifact/org.n52.wps/52n-wps-webapp/3.3.2-20150523.010021-9/{{ dataminer_52north_webapp_file }}'
 dataminer_52north_webapp_url: 'http://data.d4science.org/uri-resolver/id?fileName=wps-3.3.2.war&smp-id=565d67b7e4b0eacf4a0fc5ad&contentType=application%2Fx-tika-java-web-archive'
 dataminer_maven_enable_gcube_snapshots: False
+dataminer_maven_enable_gcube_staging: False
 dataminer_dataminer_jar_version: 1.2.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 #dataminer_dataminer_jar_version_range: "[1.0.0-SNAPSHOT,2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)"
diff --git a/smartgears/dataminer_app/templates/maven-settings.xml.j2 b/smartgears/dataminer_app/templates/maven-settings.xml.j2
index 97d5acf0..5fa86203 100644
--- a/smartgears/dataminer_app/templates/maven-settings.xml.j2
+++ b/smartgears/dataminer_app/templates/maven-settings.xml.j2
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 		<profile>
 			<id>gcube</id>
 			<repositories>
+              {% if dataminer_maven_enable_gcube_snapshots %}
 				<repository>
 					<id>gcube-snapshots</id>
 					<name>gCube Snapshots</name>
@@ -20,9 +21,23 @@
 						<enabled>false</enabled>
 					</releases>
 					<snapshots>
-						<enabled>{{ dataminer_maven_enable_gcube_snapshots }}</enabled>
+						<enabled>true</enabled>
 					</snapshots>
 				</repository>
+                {% endif %}
+              {% if dataminer_maven_enable_gcube_staging %}
+                <repository>
+					<id>gcube-staging</id>
+					<name>gCube Staging</name>
+					<url>http://maven.research-infrastructures.eu/nexus/content/repositories/gcube-staging</url>
+					<snapshots>
+						<enabled>false</enabled>
+					</snapshots>
+					<releases>
+						<enabled>true</enabled>
+					</releases>
+                </repository>
+                {% endif %}
 				<repository>
 					<id>gcube-releases</id>
 					<name>gCube Releases</name>
@@ -48,6 +63,7 @@
 			</repositories>
  
 			<pluginRepositories>
+              {% if dataminer_maven_enable_gcube_snapshots %}
 				<pluginRepository>
 					<id>gcube-snapshots</id>
 					<name>gCube Snapshots</name>
@@ -56,10 +72,24 @@
 						<enabled>false</enabled>
 					</releases>
 					<snapshots>
-						<enabled>{{ dataminer_maven_enable_gcube_snapshots }}</enabled>
+						<enabled>true</enabled>
 					</snapshots>
 				</pluginRepository>
-				<pluginRepository>
+             {% endif %}
+             {% if dataminer_maven_enable_gcube_staging %}
+              <pluginRepository>
+					<id>gcube-staging</id>
+					<name>gCube Staging</name>
+					<url>http://maven.research-infrastructures.eu/nexus/content/repositories/gcube-staging</url>
+					<releases>
+						<enabled>false</enabled>
+					</releases>
+					<snapshots>
+						<enabled>true</enabled>
+					</snapshots>
+              </pluginRepository>
+             {% endif %}
+              <pluginRepository>
 					<id>gcube-releases</id>
 					<name>gCube Releases</name>
 					<url>http://maven.research-infrastructures.eu/nexus/content/repositories/gcube-releases</url>