diff --git a/config/environment.default.js b/config/environment.default.js
index a6ef738f41..3dc4f5ed2d 100644
--- a/config/environment.default.js
+++ b/config/environment.default.js
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@ module.exports = {
     nameSpace: '/'
   },
   // The REST API server settings.
-  rest: {
-    ssl: true,
-    host: 'dspace7.4science.it',
-    port: 443,
-    // NOTE: Space is capitalized because 'namespace' is a reserved string in TypeScript
-    nameSpace: '/dspace-spring-rest/api'
-  },
+    rest: {
+        ssl: true,
+        host: 'dspace7-internal.atmire.com',
+        port: 443,
+        nameSpace: '/rest/api'
+    },
   // Caching settings
   cache: {
     // NOTE: how long should objects be cached for by default
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.ts
index 2326355472..893395719a 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
-import { flatMap, } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { flatMap, switchMap, } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export class SearchPageComponent implements OnInit {
         this.resultsRD$.next(results);
       });
     this.scopeListRD$ = this.searchConfigService.getCurrentScope('').pipe(
-      flatMap((scopeId) => this.service.getScopes(scopeId))
+      switchMap((scopeId) => this.service.getScopes(scopeId))
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.spec.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.spec.ts
index 4cd911e2e6..488996a3da 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.spec.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import { SearchQueryResponse } from './search-query-response.model';
 import { SearchFilterConfig } from './search-filter-config.model';
 import { CommunityDataService } from '../../core/data/community-data.service';
 import { ViewMode } from '../../core/shared/view-mode.model';
-import { PIDService } from '../../core/data/pid.service';
+import { DSpaceObjectDataService } from '../../core/data/dspace-object-data.service';
 
 @Component({ template: '' })
 class DummyComponent {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe('SearchService', () => {
           { provide: RemoteDataBuildService, useValue: {} },
           { provide: HALEndpointService, useValue: {} },
           { provide: CommunityDataService, useValue: {}},
-          { provide: PIDService, useValue: {}},
+          { provide: DSpaceObjectDataService, useValue: {}},
           SearchService
         ],
       });
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ describe('SearchService', () => {
           { provide: RemoteDataBuildService, useValue: remoteDataBuildService },
           { provide: HALEndpointService, useValue: halService },
           { provide: CommunityDataService, useValue: {}},
-          { provide: PIDService, useValue: {}},
+          { provide: DSpaceObjectDataService, useValue: {}},
           SearchService
         ],
       });
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
index 3ca200330d..ac5f7a6169 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   UrlSegmentGroup
 } from '@angular/router';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
-import { flatMap, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { flatMap, map, switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../../core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
 import {
   FacetConfigSuccessResponse,
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { RequestService } from '../../core/data/request.service';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../../core/shared/generic-constructor';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../../core/shared/hal-endpoint.service';
-import { configureRequest } from '../../core/shared/operators';
+import { configureRequest, getSucceededRemoteData } from '../../core/shared/operators';
 import { URLCombiner } from '../../core/url-combiner/url-combiner';
 import { hasValue, isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { NormalizedSearchResult } from '../normalized-search-result.model';
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ import { PaginatedSearchOptions } from '../paginated-search-options.model';
 import { Community } from '../../core/shared/community.model';
 import { CommunityDataService } from '../../core/data/community-data.service';
 import { ViewMode } from '../../core/shared/view-mode.model';
-import { PIDService } from '../../core/data/pid.service';
 import { ResourceType } from '../../core/shared/resource-type';
+import { DSpaceObjectDataService } from '../../core/data/dspace-object-data.service';
 
 /**
  * Service that performs all general actions that have to do with the search page
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
               private rdb: RemoteDataBuildService,
               private halService: HALEndpointService,
               private communityService: CommunityDataService,
-              private pidService: PIDService
+              private dspaceObjectService: DSpaceObjectDataService
   ) {
   }
 
@@ -267,9 +267,9 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
       return top;
     }
 
-    const scopeObject: Observable<RemoteData<DSpaceObject>> = this.pidService.findById(scopeId).filter((dsoRD: RemoteData<DSpaceObject>) => !dsoRD.isLoading);
+    const scopeObject: Observable<RemoteData<DSpaceObject>> = this.dspaceObjectService.findById(scopeId).pipe(getSucceededRemoteData());
     const scopeList: Observable<DSpaceObject[]> = scopeObject.pipe(
-      flatMap((dsoRD: RemoteData<DSpaceObject>) => {
+      switchMap((dsoRD: RemoteData<DSpaceObject>) => {
           if (dsoRD.payload.type === ResourceType.Community) {
             const community: Community = dsoRD.payload as Community;
             return Observable.combineLatest(community.subcommunities, community.collections, (subCommunities, collections) => {
diff --git a/src/app/core/core.module.ts b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
index 46eee6af8b..dabdfba0ab 100644
--- a/src/app/core/core.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import { CollectionDataService } from './data/collection-data.service';
 import { CommunityDataService } from './data/community-data.service';
 import { DebugResponseParsingService } from './data/debug-response-parsing.service';
 import { DSOResponseParsingService } from './data/dso-response-parsing.service';
-import { PIDService } from './data/pid.service';
 import { SearchResponseParsingService } from './data/search-response-parsing.service';
 import { DSpaceRESTv2Service } from './dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service';
 import { FormBuilderService } from '../shared/form/builder/form-builder.service';
@@ -63,6 +62,7 @@ import { RegistryMetadatafieldsResponseParsingService } from './data/registry-me
 import { RegistryBitstreamformatsResponseParsingService } from './data/registry-bitstreamformats-response-parsing.service';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
 import { UploaderService } from '../shared/uploader/uploader.service';
+import { DSpaceObjectDataService } from './data/dspace-object-data.service';
 
 const IMPORTS = [
   CommonModule,
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ const PROVIDERS = [
   IntegrationResponseParsingService,
   UploaderService,
   UUIDService,
-  PIDService,
+  DSpaceObjectDataService,
   // register AuthInterceptor as HttpInterceptor
   {
     provide: HTTP_INTERCEPTORS,
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
index 06e7f25926..c7588a5231 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>
       .map((endpoint: string) => this.getFindByIDHref(endpoint, id));
 
     hrefObs
-      .filter((href: string) => hasValue(href))
-      .take(1)
+      .first((href: string) => hasValue(href))
       .subscribe((href: string) => {
         const request = new FindByIDRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, id);
         this.requestService.configure(request);
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/pid.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.spec.ts
similarity index 67%
rename from src/app/core/data/pid.service.spec.ts
rename to src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.spec.ts
index e435e27d72..bb2bdc675d 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/pid.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.spec.ts
@@ -3,28 +3,28 @@ import { TestScheduler } from '../../../../node_modules/rxjs';
 import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
-import { PIDService } from './pid.service';
 import { FindByIDRequest } from './request.models';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
+import { DSpaceObjectDataService } from './dspace-object-data.service';
 
-describe('PIDService', () => {
+describe('DSpaceObjectDataService', () => {
   let scheduler: TestScheduler;
-  let service: PIDService;
+  let service: DSpaceObjectDataService;
   let halService: HALEndpointService;
   let requestService: RequestService;
   let rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService;
   const testObject = {
-    id: '9b4f22f4-164a-49db-8817-3316b6ee5746'
+    uuid: '9b4f22f4-164a-49db-8817-3316b6ee5746'
   } as DSpaceObject;
-  const pidLink = 'https://rest.api/rest/api/pid/find{?id}';
-  const requestURL = `https://rest.api/rest/api/pid/find?id=${testObject.id}`;
+  const dsoLink = 'https://rest.api/rest/api/dso/find{?uuid}';
+  const requestURL = `https://rest.api/rest/api/dso/find?uuid=${testObject.uuid}`;
   const requestUUID = '34cfed7c-f597-49ef-9cbe-ea351f0023c2';
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     scheduler = getTestScheduler();
 
     halService = jasmine.createSpyObj('halService', {
-      getEndpoint: cold('a', { a: pidLink })
+      getEndpoint: cold('a', { a: dsoLink })
     });
     requestService = jasmine.createSpyObj('requestService', {
       generateRequestId: requestUUID,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe('PIDService', () => {
       })
     });
 
-    service = new PIDService(
+    service = new DSpaceObjectDataService(
       requestService,
       rdbService,
       halService
@@ -46,22 +46,22 @@ describe('PIDService', () => {
   });
 
   describe('findById', () => {
-    it('should call HALEndpointService with the path to the pid endpoint', () => {
-      scheduler.schedule(() => service.findById(testObject.id));
+    it('should call HALEndpointService with the path to the dso endpoint', () => {
+      scheduler.schedule(() => service.findById(testObject.uuid));
       scheduler.flush();
 
-      expect(halService.getEndpoint).toHaveBeenCalledWith('pid');
+      expect(halService.getEndpoint).toHaveBeenCalledWith('dso');
     });
 
     it('should configure the proper FindByIDRequest', () => {
-      scheduler.schedule(() => service.findById(testObject.id));
+      scheduler.schedule(() => service.findById(testObject.uuid));
       scheduler.flush();
 
-      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new FindByIDRequest(requestUUID, requestURL, testObject.id));
+      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new FindByIDRequest(requestUUID, requestURL, testObject.uuid));
     });
 
     it('should return a RemoteData<DSpaceObject> for the object with the given ID', () => {
-      const result = service.findById(testObject.id);
+      const result = service.findById(testObject.uuid);
       const expected = cold('a', {
         a: {
           payload: testObject
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/pid.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.ts
similarity index 78%
rename from src/app/core/data/pid.service.ts
rename to src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.ts
index 8c745a232d..39feea4c30 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/pid.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
-import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
-import { BrowseService } from '../browse/browse.service';
 import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
 import { NormalizedDSpaceObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-dspace-object.model';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
@@ -11,12 +9,11 @@ import { DSpaceObject } from '../shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 import { DataService } from './data.service';
 import { RemoteData } from './remote-data';
-import { FindByIDRequest } from './request.models';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 class DataServiceImpl extends DataService<NormalizedDSpaceObject, DSpaceObject> {
-  protected linkPath = 'pid';
+  protected linkPath = 'dso';
 
   constructor(
     protected responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
@@ -32,13 +29,13 @@ class DataServiceImpl extends DataService<NormalizedDSpaceObject, DSpaceObject>
   }
 
   getFindByIDHref(endpoint, resourceID): string {
-    return endpoint.replace(/\{\?id\}/,`?id=${resourceID}`);
+    return endpoint.replace(/\{\?uuid\}/,`?uuid=${resourceID}`);
   }
 }
 
 @Injectable()
-export class PIDService {
-  protected linkPath = 'pid';
+export class DSpaceObjectDataService {
+  protected linkPath = 'dso';
   private dataService: DataServiceImpl;
 
   constructor(
@@ -48,7 +45,7 @@ export class PIDService {
     this.dataService = new DataServiceImpl(null, requestService, rdbService, null, halService);
   }
 
-  findById(id: string): Observable<RemoteData<DSpaceObject>> {
-    return this.dataService.findById(id);
+  findById(uuid: string): Observable<RemoteData<DSpaceObject>> {
+    return this.dataService.findById(uuid);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/operators.ts b/src/app/core/shared/operators.ts
index c0b9be3fbf..af41c9c56b 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/operators.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/operators.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
-import { filter, flatMap, map, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { filter, first, flatMap, map, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { hasValueOperator } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { DSOSuccessResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../cache/response-cache.reducer';
@@ -45,3 +45,7 @@ export const configureRequest = (requestService: RequestService) =>
 export const getRemoteDataPayload = () =>
   <T>(source: Observable<RemoteData<T>>): Observable<T> =>
     source.pipe(map((remoteData: RemoteData<T>) => remoteData.payload));
+
+export const getSucceededRemoteData = () =>
+  <T>(source: Observable<RemoteData<T>>): Observable<RemoteData<T>> =>
+    source.pipe(first((rd: RemoteData<T>) => rd.hasSucceeded));