diff --git a/space/handler/space.go b/space/handler/space.go
index 74de499..ed77d80 100644
--- a/space/handler/space.go
+++ b/space/handler/space.go
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func (s Space) List(ctx context.Context, request *pb.ListRequest, response *pb.L
 	}
 
 	recs, err := store.Read(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", prefixByUser, objectName), store.ReadPrefix())
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && err != store.ErrNotFound {
 		log.Errorf("Error listing objects %s", err)
 		return errors.InternalServerError(method, "Error listing objects")
 	}
@@ -285,10 +285,16 @@ func (s Space) Head(ctx context.Context, request *pb.HeadRequest, response *pb.H
 	}
 
 	md, err := s.objectMeta(objectName)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && err != store.ErrNotFound {
 		log.Errorf("Error reading object meta %s", err)
 		return errors.InternalServerError(method, "Error reading object")
 	}
+	if md == nil {
+		md, err = s.reconstructMeta(ctx, method, objectName, *goo.LastModified)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
 
 	url := ""
 	if md.Visibility == visibilityPublic {
@@ -338,7 +344,7 @@ func (s *Space) Read(ctx context.Context, req *pb.ReadRequest, rsp *pb.ReadRespo
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		aerr, ok := err.(awserr.Error)
-		if ok && aerr.Code() == "NotSuchKey" {
+		if ok && aerr.Code() == "NoSuchKey" {
 			return errors.BadRequest(method, "Object not found")
 		}
 		log.Errorf("Error s3 %s", err)
@@ -346,10 +352,16 @@ func (s *Space) Read(ctx context.Context, req *pb.ReadRequest, rsp *pb.ReadRespo
 	}
 
 	md, err := s.objectMeta(objectName)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && err != store.ErrNotFound {
 		log.Errorf("Error reading meta %s", err)
 		return errors.InternalServerError(method, "Error reading object")
 	}
+	if md == nil {
+		md, err = s.reconstructMeta(ctx, method, objectName, *goo.LastModified)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
 
 	url := ""
 	if md.Visibility == visibilityPublic {
@@ -377,6 +389,44 @@ func (s *Space) Read(ctx context.Context, req *pb.ReadRequest, rsp *pb.ReadRespo
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (s *Space) reconstructMeta(ctx context.Context, method, objectName string, lastMod time.Time) (*meta, error) {
+	aclo, err := s.client.GetObjectAcl(&sthree.GetObjectAclInput{
+		Bucket: aws.String(s.conf.SpaceName),
+		Key:    aws.String(objectName),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		aerr, ok := err.(awserr.Error)
+		if ok && aerr.Code() == "NotFound" {
+			return nil, errors.BadRequest(method, "Object not found")
+		}
+		log.Errorf("Error s3 %s", err)
+		return nil, errors.InternalServerError(method, "Error reading object")
+	}
+
+	vis := visibilityPrivate
+
+	for _, v := range aclo.Grants {
+		if v.Grantee != nil &&
+			v.Grantee.URI != nil && *(v.Grantee.URI) == "http://acs.amazonaws.com/groups/global/AllUsers" &&
+			v.Permission != nil && *(v.Permission) == "READ" {
+			vis = visibilityPublic
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	md := &meta{
+		Visibility:   vis,
+		CreateTime:   lastMod.Format(time.RFC3339Nano),
+		ModifiedTime: lastMod.Format(time.RFC3339Nano),
+	}
+	// store the metadata for easy retrieval for listing
+	if err := store.Write(store.NewRecord(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", prefixByUser, objectName), md)); err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("Error writing object to store %s", err)
+		return nil, errors.InternalServerError(method, "Error reading object")
+	}
+	return md, nil
+}
+
 func (s *Space) Download(ctx context.Context, req *api.Request, rsp *api.Response) error {
 	method := "space.Download"
 	tnt, ok := tenant.FromContext(ctx)