diff --git a/lib/private/files/objectstore/eosutil.php b/lib/private/files/objectstore/eosutil.php
index 90203f94f954..a654c79ba670 100644
--- a/lib/private/files/objectstore/eosutil.php
+++ b/lib/private/files/objectstore/eosutil.php
@@ -994,22 +994,46 @@ public static function getFolderContents($eosPath, $additionalParameterCallback
 		return $result;
 	}
 	
-	public static function getUserQuota()
+	const STAT_FILE_NOT_EXIST = 14;
+	const STAT_FILE_EXIST = 0;
+	
+	public static function statFile($eosPath)
 	{
-		$userId = \OC::$server->getUserSession()->getUser()->getUID();
-		list($uid, $gid) = self::getUidAndGid($userId);
+		$eosPathEscaped = escapeshellarg($eosPath);
+		$cmd = "eos -r 0 0 stat $eosPathEscaped";
+		list($result, $errorCode) = EosCmd::exec($cmd);
+		return $errorCode;
+	}
+	
+	public static function getUserQuota($userName = false)
+	{
+		if(!$userName)
+		{
+			$userInstance = \OC::$server->getUserSession()->getUser();
+			if($userInstance)
+			{
+				$userName = $userInstance->getUID();
+			}
+		}
+		
+		if(!$userName)
+		{
+			return [ 'free' => -1, 'used' => 0, 'total' => 0, 'relative' => 0, 'owner' => '', 'ownerDisplayName' => ''];
+		}
+		
+		list($uid, $gid) = self::getUidAndGid($userName);
 		$eosPrefix = self::getEosPrefix();
 		$cmd = "eos -r $uid $gid quota $eosPrefix -m";
 		list($result, $errorCode) = EosCmd::exec($cmd);
 		if($errorCode === 0)
 		{
 			$parsed = EosParser::parseQuota($result);
-			$parsed['owner'] = $userId;
-			$parsed['ownerDisplayName'] = \OC_User::getDisplayName($userId);
+			$parsed['owner'] = $userName;
+			$parsed['ownerDisplayName'] = \OC_User::getDisplayName($userName);
 			
 			return $parsed;
 		}
 		
-		return [ 'free' => 0, 'used' => 0, 'total' => 0, 'relative' => 0, 'owner' => $userId, 'ownerDisplayName' => \OC_User::getDisplayName($userId)];
+		return [ 'free' => -1, 'used' => 0, 'total' => 0, 'relative' => 0, 'owner' => $userName, 'ownerDisplayName' => \OC_User::getDisplayName($userName)];
 	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/private/user/cernboxsession.php b/lib/private/user/cernboxsession.php
index f4a9ac6a9308..29bfae3b957e 100644
--- a/lib/private/user/cernboxsession.php
+++ b/lib/private/user/cernboxsession.php
@@ -73,13 +73,26 @@ public function setUpNewUser($uid)
 		// HUGO check user has valid homedir if not we create it
 		$homedir = \OC\Files\ObjectStore\EosUtil::getEosPrefix() . substr($uid, 0, 1) . "/" . $uid . "/";
 		//$meta = \OC\Files\ObjectStore\EosUtil::getFileByEosPath($homedir);
-		$meta = \OC\Files\ObjectStore\EosUtil::getFolderContents($homedir, function(array &$data) use ($uid)
+		
+		$errorCode = -1;
+		do
 		{
-			$data['storage'] = 'object::user:' . $uid;	
-		});
-	
-		if($meta) { // path exists so we let the user access the system
+			$errorCode = \OC\Files\ObjectStore\EosUtil::statFile($homedir);
+			if($errorCode != \OC\Files\ObjectStore\EosUtil::STAT_FILE_EXIST)
+			{
+				usleep(500000); // Half a second delay between request (microseconds)
+			}
+		}
+		while($errorCode != \OC\Files\ObjectStore\EosUtil::STAT_FILE_EXIST && $errorCode != \OC\Files\ObjectStore\EosUtil::STAT_FILE_NOT_EXIST);
+		
+		if($errorCode === \OC\Files\ObjectStore\EosUtil::STAT_FILE_EXIST) { // path exists so we let the user access the system
 			\OCP\Util::writeLog('EOSLOGIN', "user: $uid has a valid homedir that is: $homedir", \OCP\Util::ERROR);
+			
+			$meta = \OC\Files\ObjectStore\EosUtil::getFolderContents($homedir, function(array &$data) use ($uid)
+			{
+				$data['storage'] = 'object::user:' . $uid;
+			});
+			
 			return true;
 		}