diff --git a/MAC/APL/CASATools/include/CASATools/CasaConverter.h b/MAC/APL/CASATools/include/CASATools/CasaConverter.h
index 533840c47e1284dd76b2c57a32f4e0dd57b3f191..3c6b4826d9fb4dad4df739e5d1f34f346e2441e2 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/CASATools/include/CASATools/CasaConverter.h
+++ b/MAC/APL/CASATools/include/CASATools/CasaConverter.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public:
 	// some functions to exploid the supported conversion types.
 	bool	isValidType(const string&	refType) 
 			{ return (itsDirectionTypes.find(refType) != itsDirectionTypes.end()); }
-	vector<string>	validTypes();
+	std::vector<string>	validTypes();
 
 private:
 	// internal admin structures
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ private:
 	string		itsTargetName;
 
 	// name, type map
-	map<string, casacore::MDirection::Types>		itsDirectionTypes;
+	std::map<string, casacore::MDirection::Types>		itsDirectionTypes;
 
 	// type, converter_t map
-	map<casacore::MDirection::Types, converter_t>	itsConverters;
+	std::map<casacore::MDirection::Types, converter_t>	itsConverters;
 };
 
 // @}
diff --git a/MAC/APL/CASATools/src/CasaConverter.cc b/MAC/APL/CASATools/src/CasaConverter.cc
index eeb2a6f966815c0559596f38a09f9336ff8b1797..d175084b9e13600406a4d2e28ceea62889af642d 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/CASATools/src/CasaConverter.cc
+++ b/MAC/APL/CASATools/src/CasaConverter.cc
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ namespace LOFAR {
 using namespace casacore;
 using namespace blitz;
 using namespace RTC;
+using namespace std;
 
 static const char*	supportedTypes[] = { "J2000", "ITRF", "B1950", "HADEC", "AZELGEO", "TOPO", "ICRS", 
 										 "APP", "GALACTIC", "ECLIPTIC", "COMET",
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ CasaConverter::converter_t* CasaConverter::_getConverter(MDirection::Types		theT
 	string	typeName(MDirection::showType(theType));
 
 	// try to find the converter. If it is already there then we are done
-	map<MDirection::Types, converter_t>::iterator     iter(itsConverters.find(theType));
+	std::map<MDirection::Types, converter_t>::iterator     iter(itsConverters.find(theType));
 	if (iter != itsConverters.end()) {
 		LOG_INFO_STR("Using existing " << typeName << " to " << itsTargetName << " converter");
 		return (&(iter->second));
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ bool  CasaConverter::doConversion(const string&						sourceType,
 	}
 
 	// find converter
-	map<string, MDirection::Types>::const_iterator	iter(itsDirectionTypes.find(sourceType));
+	std::map<string, MDirection::Types>::const_iterator	iter(itsDirectionTypes.find(sourceType));
 	if (iter == itsDirectionTypes.end()) {
 		LOG_FATAL_STR("No support for conversion from " << sourceType << " to " << itsTargetName);
 		return (false);
@@ -217,9 +218,9 @@ bool  CasaConverter::doConversion(const string&						sourceType,
 //
 vector<string>	CasaConverter::validTypes()
 {
-	vector<string>	result;
-	map<string, MDirection::Types>::const_iterator	iter = itsDirectionTypes.begin();
-	map<string, MDirection::Types>::const_iterator	end  = itsDirectionTypes.end ();
+	std::vector<string>	result;
+	std::map<string, MDirection::Types>::const_iterator	iter = itsDirectionTypes.begin();
+	std::map<string, MDirection::Types>::const_iterator	end  = itsDirectionTypes.end ();
 	while (iter != end) {
 		result.push_back(iter->first);
 		++iter;
diff --git a/MAC/APL/MainCU/CMakeLists.txt b/MAC/APL/MainCU/CMakeLists.txt
index c891de1bf78ab9ec15949d2adf47743cfead5077..772dc46fbda9608ed28b552f5863e09857fe02b7 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/MainCU/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MAC/APL/MainCU/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 lofar_package(MainCU 1.0 DEPENDS Common MessageBus OTDB MACIO GCFTM GCFPVSS GCFRTDB APLCommon RTDBCommon ApplCommon CR_Protocol)
 
 include(LofarFindPackage)
-lofar_find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS date_time beast)
+lofar_find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS date_time)
 
 add_definitions(-DBOOST_DISABLE_THREADS)
 
diff --git a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/CMakeLists.txt b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/CMakeLists.txt
index cb416a299ead1742095320a754ee35baff7ea7a6..7f0072489b04c50152250c6c22b918f627939a88 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 lofar_add_bin_program(MACScheduler
   MACSchedulerMain.cc
   MACScheduler.cc
-  TMMSBridge.cc
+  TMSSBridge.cc
   ObsClaimer.cc)
                                                   
 lofar_add_bin_program(claimTest
diff --git a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.cc b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.cc
index 47d30ca70e63535140aa5cd8629645aeb852287d..e2ec14402e1d9e06847b25d8edc7fb2781410fee 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.cc
+++ b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.cc
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ using namespace LOFAR::GCF::PVSS;
 using namespace LOFAR::GCF::TM;
 using namespace LOFAR::GCF::RTDB;
 using namespace LOFAR::OTDB;
-using namespace LOFAR::TMSSBridge;
 using namespace LOFAR::Protocols;
 using namespace boost::posix_time;
 using namespace std;
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ namespace LOFAR {
 	using namespace DP_Protocol;
 	using namespace CM_Protocol;
 	using namespace APLCommon;
-	namespace MainCU {
+        namespace MainCU {
 
 #define	MAX_CONCURRENT_OBSERVATIONS		100
 #define MIN2(a,b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
@@ -702,7 +701,7 @@ void MACScheduler::_updatePlannedList()
 	// get new list (list is ordered on starttime) of planned observations
 	vector<OTDBtree> plannedDBlist = itsOTDBconnection->getTreeGroup(1, itsPlannedPeriod, itsExclPLcluster);
     // to be replaced by TMSS call (do we need a switch?)...
-    vector<int> subTaskID = itsTMSSconnection->getSubTaskIDStartingInThreeMinutes(itsExclPLcluster);
+    vector<int> subTaskID = itsTMSSconnection->getSubTaskIDStartingInThreeMinutes(currentTime, itsExclPLcluster);
     // the subtasksIDs should map somehow on the OTDBtree vector
 
 	if (!plannedDBlist.empty()) {
diff --git a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/TMSSBridge.cc b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/TMSSBridge.cc
index b7af4592cce173a91606d7078dc997ea1bab101d..3ff9fbb305ff263b7f1ef2fbb04541351dbaba31 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/TMSSBridge.cc
+++ b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/TMSSBridge.cc
@@ -22,20 +22,27 @@
 #include "TMSSBridge.h"
 
 
+#ifdef _GET_BOOST_BEAST_WORKING_ 
 #include <boost/beast/core.hpp>
 #include <boost/beast/http.hpp>
 #include <boost/beast/version.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/connect.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/ip/tcp.hpp>
+#endif
+
 #include <boost/property_tree/json_parser.hpp>
+#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 
+#ifdef _GET_BOOST_BEAST_WORKING_
 namespace beast = boost::beast;     // from <boost/beast.hpp>
 namespace http = beast::http;       // from <boost/beast/http.hpp>
 namespace net = boost::asio;        // from <boost/asio.hpp>
 using tcp = net::ip::tcp;           // from <boost/asio/ip/tcp.hpp>
+#endif
+
 namespace pt = boost::property_tree;
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -71,8 +78,8 @@ TMSSBridge::~TMSSBridge()
 //
 vector<int> TMSSBridge::getSubTaskIDStartingInThreeMinutes(ptime currentTime, string clusterName)
 {
-    currentTimeStr = std::string to_iso_extended_string(currentTime);
-    queryStr = "/api/?start_time__lt=" + currentTimeStr + "&cluster__name==" + clusterName;
+    string currentTimeStr = to_iso_extended_string(currentTime);
+    string queryStr = "/api/?start_time__lt=" + currentTimeStr + "&cluster__name==" + clusterName;
     string result = httpGET(itsHost, itsPort, queryStr);
     vector<string> urlList = translateHttpResultToSortedUrlList(result);
 
@@ -88,8 +95,9 @@ vector<int> TMSSBridge::getSubTaskIDStartingInThreeMinutes(ptime currentTime, st
 //     json_response.get('count'))
 //     ... and results[idx].items('url)
 //     if multiple found sort on startTime !
-vector<string> urlList = translateHttpResultToSortedUrlList(string result);
+vector<string> TMSSBridge::translateHttpResultToSortedUrlList(string result)
 {
+    vector<string> urlList;
     // Create a root
     pt::ptree root;
 
@@ -100,7 +108,10 @@ vector<string> urlList = translateHttpResultToSortedUrlList(string result);
     int nbrSubTasksFound = root.get<int>("count", 0);
 
     string msg = root.get<string>("some.complex.path");
+    
+    urlList.push_back(msg);
 
+    return urlList;
 }
 
 
@@ -110,8 +121,13 @@ vector<string> urlList = translateHttpResultToSortedUrlList(string result);
 //    httpGET("http://127.0.0.1", 8000, "/api/subtask/?start_time__lt=2020-03-04T12:03:00"
 //    results in a json string output
 //
-string TMSSBridge::httpGET(auto const host, auto const port, auto const target)
+string TMSSBridge::httpGET(const string& host, const int port, const string& target)
 {
+ 
+
+    string res = "dummy";
+
+#ifdef _GET_BOOST_BEAST_WORKING_
     try
     {
         // The io_context is required for all I/O
@@ -153,7 +169,6 @@ string TMSSBridge::httpGET(auto const host, auto const port, auto const target)
         //
         if(ec && ec != beast::errc::not_connected)
             throw beast::system_error{ec};
-
         // If we get here then the connection is closed gracefully
     }
     catch(std::exception const& e)
@@ -161,6 +176,7 @@ string TMSSBridge::httpGET(auto const host, auto const port, auto const target)
         std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
+#endif
     return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/TMSSBridge.h b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/TMSSBridge.h
index 5db40c10a0105da07f12a2cc20ee49548561b57a..5ad201c7bc7dfcc76daf0113177c566b26afefe4 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/TMSSBridge.h
+++ b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/TMSSBridge.h
@@ -23,35 +23,42 @@
 #ifndef TMSSBRIDGE_H
 #define TMSSBRIDGE_H
 
+#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
+
 namespace LOFAR {
 	namespace MainCU {
 
-using namespace boost::posix_time::ptime;
+using namespace boost::posix_time;
 using namespace std;
 
 
+
 class TMSSBridge
 {
 public:
-	// Just creates an object and registers the connection parameters.
-	TMSSBridge ();
-	~TMSSBridge ();
+    // Just creates an object and registers the connection parameters.
+    TMSSBridge ();
+    ~TMSSBridge ();
 
     vector<int> getSubTaskIDStartingInThreeMinutes(ptime currentTime, string clusterName);
 
     // Actually the next method is private, make it public to be able to use in UnitTest++
-    vector<string> urlList = translateHttpResultToSortedUrlList(string result);
+    vector<string> translateHttpResultToSortedUrlList(string result);
 
 private:
-	// Copying is not allowed
-	TMSSBridge(const TMSSBridge&);
-	TMSSBridge& operator=(const TMSSBridge&);
+    // Copying is not allowed
+    TMSSBridge(const TMSSBridge&);
+    TMSSBridge& operator=(const TMSSBridge&);
 
     // http request to TMSS
-    string httpGET(auto const host, auto const port, auto const target);
+    string httpGET(const string& host, int const port, const string& target);
 
+    string    itsUser;
+    string    itsPassword;
+    string    itsHost;
+    int       itsPort;
 };
 
   };//MainCU
 };//LOFAR
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
diff --git a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/test/CMakeLists.txt b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/test/CMakeLists.txt
index a510830b2a13e4bc43cea7f31d4f36b49e34e1e9..faac0b0e7d4aa88c7f44b2acfb274dca65cf267e 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ include(LofarCTest)
 lofar_find_package(UnitTest++)
 
 if(UNITTEST++_FOUND)
-    lofar_add_test(tTMSSBridge tTMSSBridge.cc)
+    lofar_add_test(tTMSSBridge tTMSSBridge.cc DEPENDS TMSSBridge.cc)
 else()
     message("WARNING UnitTest++ not found. Test tTMSSBridge will not be run!")
 endif()
diff --git a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/test/tTMSSBridge.cc b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/test/tTMSSBridge.cc
index 8db56c8db078c3d3f3e94a13a68c22ff500be752..750fcedf349380b3061490b309ac2b356588c831 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/test/tTMSSBridge.cc
+++ b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/test/tTMSSBridge.cc
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@
 //  $Id$
 #include "UnitTest++/UnitTest++.h"
 
-// The Subject to Test
-#include "../src/TMSSBridge.h"
 
+// The Subject to be Tested 
+#include "../TMSSBridge.h"
 
+#include <fstream>
 #include <boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp>
 #include <boost/property_tree/json_parser.hpp>
 
@@ -33,15 +34,17 @@ namespace pt = boost::property_tree;
 using namespace std;
 
 using namespace boost::property_tree;
+using namespace LOFAR::MainCU;
 
 
 TEST(tmss_translate_http_result_ok)
 {
     // check if json read goes well as precondition for the test
-    ifstream::jsonFile("test_resonse.json");
-    if (!jsonFile){
+    //  See jsoncpp https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp/wiki
+    std::ifstream jsonFile("test_resonse.json");
+    if (!jsonFile) {
         std::cerr << "Error opening file\n";
-        return -1;
+        // some assert error    
     }
     ptree jsontree;
     read_json(jsonFile, jsontree);
@@ -49,13 +52,11 @@ TEST(tmss_translate_http_result_ok)
     int v0 = jsontree.get<int>("count");
     // check if count is equal to 4 .... otherwise precond test did not match so will make no sense to continue
 
-    TMSSBridge testTMSSBridge = TMSSBridge();
+    TMSSBridge testTMSSBridge;
 
-
-
-
-    // Read file jsson
-    testResult = testTMSSBridge.translateHttpResultToSortedUrlList(string result);
+    // Read file json
+    std::vector<string> testResult; 
+    testResult = testTMSSBridge.translateHttpResultToSortedUrlList("json string");
 
     // Do some check like   CHECK_EQUAL
 }
@@ -63,10 +64,11 @@ TEST(tmss_translate_http_result_ok)
 
 TEST(tmss_translate_http_empty_result)
 {
-    TMSSBridge testTMSSBridge = TMSSBridge();
+    TMSSBridge testTMSSBridge;
 
-    // Read file jsson
-    testResult = testTMSSBridge.translateHttpResultToSortedUrlList(string result);
+    // Read file json
+    std::vector<string> testResult;
+    testResult = testTMSSBridge.translateHttpResultToSortedUrlList("");
 
     // Do some check like   CHECK_EQUAL
 }