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-        "xmldom": "0.1.x"
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@@ -6381,6 +6449,11 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/seq-queue/-/seq-queue-0.0.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-1WgS4cAXpuTnw+Ojeh2m143TyT4="
+    },
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-          "integrity": "sha1-1QH5ezvbQDr4757MIFcxh6rawOk="
-        }
+        "xmldom": "0.5.0",
+        "xpath": "0.0.32"
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xml-encryption/-/xml-encryption-1.2.1.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xml-encryption/-/xml-encryption-1.2.3.tgz",
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         "node-forge": "^0.10.0",
-        "xmldom": "~0.1.15",
+        "xmldom": "~0.5.0",
         "xpath": "0.0.27"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "xpath": {
+          "version": "0.0.27",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xpath/-/xpath-0.0.27.tgz",
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+        }
       }
     },
     "xml-name-validator": {
@@ -7375,12 +7448,19 @@
       "requires": {
         "sax": ">=0.6.0",
         "xmlbuilder": "~11.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "xmlbuilder": {
+          "version": "11.0.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xmlbuilder/-/xmlbuilder-11.0.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-fDlsI/kFEx7gLvbecc0/ohLG50fugQp8ryHzMTuW9vSa1GJ0XYWKnhsUx7oie3G98+r56aTQIUB4kht42R3JvA=="
+        }
       }
     },
     "xmlbuilder": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xmlbuilder/-/xmlbuilder-11.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-fDlsI/kFEx7gLvbecc0/ohLG50fugQp8ryHzMTuW9vSa1GJ0XYWKnhsUx7oie3G98+r56aTQIUB4kht42R3JvA=="
+      "version": "15.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xmlbuilder/-/xmlbuilder-15.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yMqGBqtXyeN1e3TGYvgNgDVZ3j84W4cwkOXQswghol6APgZWaff9lnbvN7MHYJOiXsvGPXtjTYJEiC9J2wv9Eg=="
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@@ -7388,14 +7468,14 @@
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+      "version": "0.5.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xmldom/-/xmldom-0.5.0.tgz",
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xpath/-/xpath-0.0.27.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-fg03WRxtkCV6ohClePNAECYsmpKKTv5L8y/X3Dn1hQrec3POx2jHZ/0P2qQ6HvsrU1BmeqXcof3NGGueG6LxwQ=="
+      "version": "0.0.32",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xpath/-/xpath-0.0.32.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-rxMJhSIoiO8vXcWvSifKqhvV96GjiD5wYb8/QHdoRyQvraTpp4IEv944nhGausZZ3u7dhQXteZuZbaqfpB7uYw=="
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aa17a9888868220005e38b88be552011df44950d..739f4247468a9d5709d69f33e94aa6eb85197c82 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@
     "jest": "^26.6.3",
     "morgan": "^1.9.1",
     "mysql": "^2.17.1",
+    "mysql2": "^2.2.5",
     "nodemailer": "^6.3.1",
     "nodemon": "^2.0.1",
     "passport": "0.3.2",
-    "passport-saml": "^1.4.2",
+    "passport-saml": "^2.1.0",
     "pug": "^3.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {},
diff --git a/public/js/headfootLogout.js b/public/js/headfootLogout.js
index 3de579214613513c5927401173ee0ee46dd9a573..4178a0266ecdcc7f5d7bca5656ad42d44a1bf94b 100644
--- a/public/js/headfootLogout.js
+++ b/public/js/headfootLogout.js
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ function head(){
     alertbutton.innerHTML = "&times;";
     alertdiv.innerHTML="<strong>Disclaimer</strong> This website is under construction and in prototype-phase. It is not for public use."
     prependChild(alertdiv, alertbutton);
-    alertdiv.classList.add('alert','alert-danger', 'alert-dismissible', 'fade','show');
-    alertdiv.style = "text-align:center;";
+    alertdiv.classList.add('alert','alert-danger', 'alert-dismissible', 'fade','show', 'text-center');
+    //alertdiv.style = "text-align:center;";
     navheader.appendChild(alertdiv);
     let navbar = document.createElement('nav');
     navbar.classList.add("navbar", "navbar-default");
diff --git a/routes/api_TBD.js b/routes/api_TBD.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a6ee24d95d8e35431ea2c408e3f0f5792e1fe7a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/routes/api_TBD.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-// ==== USER ACOOUNT API ====
-var dbconn = require('./dbconn')
-module.exports = function (app) {
-
-    //console.log(dbconn);
-    //var con = dbconn.connection
-    
-    app.get('/api/v1/profile', function (req, res) {
-        if (req.isAuthenticated()) {
-            // read data based on email
-            dbconn.user.query('SELECT * FROM user WHERE email="'+req.user.email+'"', function (err, rows, fields) {
-                if (err) throw err
-                res.send(rows[0])
-            })
-        } else {
-          res.send('authentication required');
-        }
-    });
-    
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/dbconn2.js b/routes/dbconn2.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fe22f1d8cdc02d1d905b9df9da3272548bf3ab17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/dbconn2.js
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+const mysql = require('mysql2')
+
+var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'testing';
+const config = require('../config/config')[env]
+
+// ==== USER ACOOUNT DB CONNECTION ====
+var userConnection = mysql.createConnection({
+    host: config.database.host,
+    user: config.database.user,
+    password: config.database.password,
+    port: config.database.port,
+    database: config.database.dbUser,
+    multipleStatements: true
+})
+
+userConnection.connect(function(err) {
+    if (err) throw err;
+})
+userConnection.query('USE '+config.database.dbUser)
+
+// ALTERNATIVE approach: close db connection manually after every query
+/*
+var dbconn = function dbconn(query, values, next) {
+    var connection = mysql.createConnection({
+        host: config.database.host,
+        user: config.database.user,
+        password: config.database.password,
+        port: config.database.port,
+        database: config.database.db
+    })
+    connection.connect(function(err) {
+        if (err) throw err;
+    })
+    connection.query(query, values, function(err) {
+        connection.end(); // close the connection
+        if (err) {
+            throw err;
+        }
+        // Execute the callback
+        next.apply(this, arguments);
+    });
+}
+*/
+
+// ==== PROJECT DB CONNECTION ====
+var projectConnection = mysql.createConnection({
+    host: config.database.host_project,
+    user: config.database.user,
+    password: config.database.password,
+    port: config.database.port,
+    database: config.database.dbProject
+})
+
+projectConnection.connect(function(err) {
+    if (err) throw err;
+})
+projectConnection.query('USE '+config.database.dbProject)
+
+var connection = {
+    user: userConnection,
+    project: projectConnection
+}
+
+module.exports = connection
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/methods.js b/routes/methods.js
index 4461dea632988108faf89444b01afaabf185a338..d3d3f69c029b562775f40c36cf4e710377e008a0 100644
--- a/routes/methods.js
+++ b/routes/methods.js
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
-const dbconn = require('./dbconn');
+const dbconn_OBSOLETE = require('./dbconn') // DO NOT USE THIS FOR NEW FEATURE
+const dbconn = require('./dbconn2')
 
 var methods = {
     // ===================== user db =====================
     registerNewUser: function(data, callback) {
-        dbconn.user.beginTransaction(function(err) { // START TRANSACTION
+        dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.beginTransaction(function(err) { // START TRANSACTION
             if (err) {
                 throw err
             }
             // insert profile
-            dbconn.user.query('INSERT INTO user SET ?', data.profile, function (err, results, fields) {
+            dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.query('INSERT INTO user SET ?', data.profile, function (err, results, fields) {
                 if (err) {
-                  return dbconn.user.rollback(function() {
+                  return dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.rollback(function() {
                     throw err
                   });
                 }
@@ -20,9 +21,9 @@ var methods = {
                     user_id: newUserId,
                     password: data.password
                 }
-                dbconn.user.query('INSERT INTO credential SET ?', credentialData, function (err, results, fields) {
+                dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.query('INSERT INTO credential SET ?', credentialData, function (err, results, fields) {
                     if (err) {
-                        return dbconn.user.rollback(function() {
+                        return dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.rollback(function() {
                             throw err
                         });
                     }
@@ -32,9 +33,9 @@ var methods = {
                         role_id: 2,     // USER
                         user_id: newUserId
                     }
-                    dbconn.user.query('INSERT INTO user_project_role SET ?', projectRoleData, function (err, results, fields) {
+                    dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.query('INSERT INTO user_project_role SET ?', projectRoleData, function (err, results, fields) {
                         if (err) {
-                            return dbconn.user.rollback(function() {
+                            return dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.rollback(function() {
                                 throw err
                             });
                         }
@@ -43,16 +44,16 @@ var methods = {
                             user_id: newUserId,
                             token: data.verificationToken
                         }
-                        dbconn.user.query('INSERT INTO verification SET ?', verificationData, function (err, results, fields) {
+                        dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.query('INSERT INTO verification SET ?', verificationData, function (err, results, fields) {
                             if (err) {
-                                return dbconn.user.rollback(function() {
+                                return dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.rollback(function() {
                                     throw err
                                 });
                             }
                             // COMMIT
-                            dbconn.user.commit(function(err) {
+                            dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.commit(function(err) {
                                 if (err) {
-                                    return dbconn.user.rollback(function() {
+                                    return dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.rollback(function() {
                                         throw err
                                     })
                                 }
@@ -64,8 +65,8 @@ var methods = {
             callback(err)
         })
     },
-    getUserByEmail: function(email, callback) {
-        dbconn.user.query('SELECT id, verificationStatus, salutation, title, firstname, lastname, industry, organisation, speciality, m4lab_idp FROM user WHERE email = "' +email+'"', function (err, rows, fields) {
+    getUserByEmail_OBSOLETE: function(email, callback) {
+        dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.query('SELECT id, verificationStatus, salutation, title, firstname, lastname, industry, organisation, speciality, m4lab_idp FROM user WHERE email = "' +email+'"', function (err, rows, fields) {
             let user
             if (err) { throw err }
             else {
@@ -76,8 +77,17 @@ var methods = {
             callback(user, err)
         });
     },
+    getUserByEmail: async function(email) {
+        try {
+            let rows = await dbconn.user.promise().query('SELECT id, verificationStatus, salutation, title, firstname, lastname, industry, organisation, speciality, m4lab_idp FROM user WHERE email = "' +email+'"')
+            return rows[0][0]
+        } catch (err) {
+            console.error(err)
+            return err
+        }
+    },
     getUserById: function(userId, callback) {
-        dbconn.user.query('SELECT verificationStatus, email, salutation, title, firstname, lastname, industry, organisation, speciality FROM user WHERE id = ' +userId, function (err, rows, fields) {
+        dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.query('SELECT verificationStatus, email, salutation, title, firstname, lastname, industry, organisation, speciality FROM user WHERE id = ' +userId, function (err, rows, fields) {
             let user
             if (err) { throw err }
             else {
@@ -90,7 +100,7 @@ var methods = {
     },
 	checkUserEmail: function(email, callback) {
         let user
-        dbconn.user.query('SELECT id, email FROM user WHERE email = "' +email+'"', function (err, rows) {
+        dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.query('SELECT id, email FROM user WHERE email = "' +email+'"', function (err, rows) {
             if (err) { throw err }
             else {
                 if ( rows.length > 0) {
@@ -102,7 +112,7 @@ var methods = {
     },
     getUserByToken: function(token, callback) {
         let user
-        dbconn.user.query('SELECT t1.user_id, t2.email FROM userdb.credential AS t1 INNER JOIN userdb.user AS t2 ON t1.user_id = t2.id AND t1.resetPasswordToken = "'
+        dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.query('SELECT t1.user_id, t2.email FROM userdb.credential AS t1 INNER JOIN userdb.user AS t2 ON t1.user_id = t2.id AND t1.resetPasswordToken = "'
             +token+'" and resetPasswordExpires > '+Date.now(), function (err, rows, fields) {
                 if (err) { throw err }
                 else {
@@ -115,20 +125,20 @@ var methods = {
         )
     },
 	updateUserById: function(userData, callback) {
-		dbconn.user.query('UPDATE user SET ? WHERE id = ' +userData.id, userData, function (err, rows, fields) {
+		dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.query('UPDATE user SET ? WHERE id = ' +userData.id, userData, function (err, rows, fields) {
             if (err) throw err
             callback(err)
         })
     },
     updateCredential: function(data, callback) {
-        dbconn.user.query('UPDATE credential SET ? WHERE user_id = ' +data.user_id, data, function (err, rows, fields) {
+        dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.query('UPDATE credential SET ? WHERE user_id = ' +data.user_id, data, function (err, rows, fields) {
             if (err) throw err
             callback(err)
         })
     },
     getUserIdByEmail: function(email, callback) {
         let userId
-        dbconn.user.query('SELECT id FROM user WHERE email = "' +email+'"', function (err, rows, fields) {
+        dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.query('SELECT id FROM user WHERE email = "' +email+'"', function (err, rows, fields) {
             if (err) {
                 throw err
             }
@@ -141,20 +151,20 @@ var methods = {
         });
     },
     getUserProjectRole: function(userId, callback) {
-        dbconn.user.query('SELECT project_id, role_id FROM user_project_role WHERE user_id = "' +userId+'"', function (err, rows, fields) {
+        dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.query('SELECT project_id, role_id FROM user_project_role WHERE user_id = "' +userId+'"', function (err, rows, fields) {
             if (err) throw err
             callback(rows, err)
         });
     },
     addUserProjectRole: function(data, callback) {
-        dbconn.user.query('INSERT INTO user_project_role SET ?', data, function (err, results, fields){
+        dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.query('INSERT INTO user_project_role SET ?', data, function (err, results, fields){
             if (err) throw err
             callback(err)
         })
     },
     getVerificationTokenByUserId: function(userId, callback) {
         let token
-        dbconn.user.query('SELECT token FROM verification WHERE user_id = "' +userId+'"', function (err, rows, fields) {
+        dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.query('SELECT token FROM verification WHERE user_id = "' +userId+'"', function (err, rows, fields) {
             if (err) {
                 throw err
             }
@@ -168,7 +178,7 @@ var methods = {
     },
     getUserIdByVerificationToken: function(token, callback) {
         let userId
-        dbconn.user.query('SELECT user_id FROM verification WHERE token = "' +token+'"', function (err, rows, fields) {
+        dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.query('SELECT user_id FROM verification WHERE token = "' +token+'"', function (err, rows, fields) {
             if (err) {
                 throw err
             }
@@ -179,22 +189,22 @@ var methods = {
         })
     },
     verifyUserAccount: function(userData, callback) {
-        dbconn.user.beginTransaction(function(err) { // START TRANSACTION
+        dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.beginTransaction(function(err) { // START TRANSACTION
             if (err) { throw err }
             // update user status
-            dbconn.user.query('UPDATE user SET ? WHERE id =' +userData.id, userData, function (err, rows, fields) {
+            dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.query('UPDATE user SET ? WHERE id =' +userData.id, userData, function (err, rows, fields) {
                 if (err) {
-                    return dbconn.user.rollback(function() { throw err })
+                    return dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.rollback(function() { throw err })
                 }
                 // delete verification token
-                dbconn.user.query('DELETE FROM verification WHERE user_id = '+userData.id, function (err, rows, fields) {
+                dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.query('DELETE FROM verification WHERE user_id = '+userData.id, function (err, rows, fields) {
                     if (err) {
-                        return dbconn.user.rollback(function() { throw err })
+                        return dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.rollback(function() { throw err })
                     }
                     // COMMIT
-                    dbconn.user.commit(function(err) {
+                    dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.commit(function(err) {
                         if (err) {
-                            return dbconn.user.rollback(function() { throw err })
+                            return dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.rollback(function() { throw err })
                         }
                     })
                 })
@@ -203,9 +213,9 @@ var methods = {
         })
     },
     /* ===== GitLab ===== */
-    getGitlabId: function(userId, callback){
+    getGitlabId_OBSOLETE: function(userId, callback){
         let gitlabUserId
-        dbconn.user.query('SELECT gu.gitlab_userId FROM user_gitlab gu, user u WHERE u.id = "' +userId+'" and gu.user_id = u.id', function (err, rows) {
+        dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.query('SELECT gu.gitlab_userId FROM user_gitlab gu, user u WHERE u.id = "' +userId+'" and gu.user_id = u.id', function (err, rows) {
             if (err) {
                 throw err
             }
@@ -215,8 +225,18 @@ var methods = {
             callback(gitlabUserId, err)
         })
     },
+    getGitlabId: async function(userId) {
+        try {
+            let rows = await dbconn.user.promise().query('SELECT gu.gitlab_userId FROM user_gitlab gu, user u WHERE u.id = "' +userId+'" and gu.user_id = u.id')
+            return rows[0][0].gitlab_userId
+        }
+        catch(err) {
+            console.error(err)
+            return err
+        }
+    },
     addGitlabUser: function(data, callback){
-        dbconn.user.query('INSERT INTO user_gitlab SET ?', data, function (err) {
+        dbconn_OBSOLETE.user.query('INSERT INTO user_gitlab SET ?', data, function (err) {
             if (err) throw err
             callback(err)
         })
diff --git a/routes/routes-account.js b/routes/routes-account.js
index 0a62ba0fb2b148cd40783d76de2b3aea1058c508..dc18b3d9e114919314c2ff83824084206c99befa 100644
--- a/routes/routes-account.js
+++ b/routes/routes-account.js
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ const projectRepo = require('../classes/repo')
 
 module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
 
-  var loggedInUser
-
   // =========== PASSPORT =======
   passport.serializeUser(function (user, done) {
     done(null, user);
@@ -112,28 +110,27 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
   var updatePasswordMailSubject = "Ihr Passwort für das Transferportal wurde gespeichert."
   var updatePasswordMailContent = '<div>Lieber Nutzer,<br/><br/>Ihr Passwort wurde erfolgreich geändert.<br/><br/>' + mailSignature + '</div>';
 
-  app.get('/', function (req, res) {
+  async function getLoggedInUserData(email) {
+    let user = await methods.getUserByEmail(email)
+    let loggedInUser = new portalUser(
+      user.id, email, user.salutation, user.title, user.firstname, user.lastname, user.industry, user.organisation, user.speciality, user.m4lab_idp, null, user.verificationStatus
+    )
+    
+    let userGitlabId = await methods.getGitlabId(loggedInUser.id)
+    loggedInUser.setGitlabUserId(userGitlabId)
+
+    return loggedInUser
+  }
+
+  app.get('/', async function (req, res) {
     if ( !req.isAuthenticated() ) {
       res.redirect('/login')
     } else {
-      methods.getUserByEmail(req.user.email, function(data, err){
-        if (!err) {
-          // Initialize user
-          if (!loggedInUser) {
-            loggedInUser = new portalUser(
-              data.id, req.user.email, data.salutation, data.title, data.firstname, data.lastname, data.industry, data.organisation, data.speciality, data.m4lab_idp, null, data.verificationStatus
-            )
-            methods.getGitlabId(data.id, function(gitlabUserId, err){
-              if(!err) {
-                loggedInUser.setGitlabUserId(gitlabUserId)
-              }
-            })
-          }
-          res.render(lang+'/account/home', {
-            user: loggedInUser
-          });
-        }
-      })
+      let loggedInUser = await getLoggedInUserData(req.user.email)
+      
+      res.render(lang+'/account/home', {
+        user: loggedInUser
+      });
     }
   });
 
@@ -166,10 +163,11 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
     });
   });
 
-  app.get('/profile', function (req, res) {
-    if(!req.isAuthenticated() && !loggedInUser) {
+  app.get('/profile', async function (req, res) {
+    if ( !req.isAuthenticated() ) {
       res.redirect('/login')
     } else {
+      let loggedInUser = await getLoggedInUserData(req.user.email)
       if(loggedInUser.getVerificationStatus() != 1) {
         res.redirect('/account/')
       } else {
@@ -181,9 +179,10 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
   })
 
   app.get('/services', async function(req, res){
-    if(!req.isAuthenticated() && !loggedInUser) {
+    if( !req.isAuthenticated() ) {
       res.redirect('/login')
     } else {
+      let loggedInUser = await getLoggedInUserData(req.user.email)
       if(loggedInUser.getVerificationStatus() != 1) { // unverified users
         res.redirect('/account/')
       } else {
@@ -235,10 +234,11 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
     }
   })
 
-  app.get('/security', function (req, res) {
-    if (!req.isAuthenticated() && !loggedInUser) {
+  app.get('/security', async function (req, res) {
+    if ( !req.isAuthenticated() ) {
       res.redirect('/login')
     } else {
+      let loggedInUser = await getLoggedInUserData(req.user.email)
       if(loggedInUser.getVerificationStatus() == 1 && loggedInUser.getIdpStatus() == 1) {
         res.render(lang+'/account/security', {
           user: loggedInUser
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
     }
   })
 
-  app.post('/updateProfile', function (req, res) {
+  app.post('/updateProfile', async function (req, res) {
     var userData = {
       salutation: req.body.inputSalutation,
       title: req.body.inputTitle,
@@ -261,9 +261,10 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
       speciality: req.body.inputSpeciality,
     }
 
-    if (!req.isAuthenticated() && !loggedInUser) {
+    if ( !req.isAuthenticated() ) {
       res.redirect('/login')
     } else {
+      let loggedInUser = await getLoggedInUserData(req.user.email)
       if (userData.email) {
         dbconn.user.query('UPDATE user SET ? WHERE email = "' +userData.email+'"', userData, function (err, rows, fields) {
             if (err) {
@@ -280,10 +281,12 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
     }
   });
 
-  app.post('/changePwd', function (req, res) {
-    if(!req.isAuthenticated() && !loggedInUser) {
+  app.post('/changePwd', async function (req, res) {
+    if( !req.isAuthenticated() ) {
       res.redirect('/login')
     } else {
+      let loggedInUser = await getLoggedInUserData(req.user.email)
+
       var currPwd = req.body.inputCurrPwd
       var newPwd = req.body.inputNewPwd
       var retypePwd = req.body.inputConfirm
@@ -461,9 +464,10 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
   // ============= NEW GITLAB PAGES ===========================
   
   app.get('/newInformation', async function(req, res){
-    if (!req.isAuthenticated() && !loggedInUser) {
+    if ( !req.isAuthenticated() ) {
       res.redirect('/login')
     } else {
+      let loggedInUser = await getLoggedInUserData(req.user.email)
       let gitlabUser = await gitlab.getUserByEmail(loggedInUser.getEmail())
       if (!gitlabUser) { // no user found
         res.redirect('/account/service')
@@ -475,10 +479,12 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
       }
     }
   })
-  app.post('/newInformation', function(req, res) {
-    if(!req.isAuthenticated() && !loggedInUser) {
+  app.post('/newInformation', async function(req, res) {
+    if( !req.isAuthenticated() ) {
       res.redirect('/login')
     } else {
+      let loggedInUser = await getLoggedInUserData(req.user.email)
+
       if (!req.body.name && !req.body.description) {
         res.flash('error', 'Bitte geben Sie die benötigten Daten ein')
         res.redirect('/account/newInformation')
@@ -531,9 +537,11 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
   })
 
   app.get('/updateInformation', async function(req, res){
-    if(!req.isAuthenticated() && !loggedInUser) {
+    if( !req.isAuthenticated() ) {
       res.redirect('/login')
     } else {
+      let loggedInUser = await getLoggedInUserData(req.user.email)
+
       if(!req.query.id) {
         res.redirect('/account/services')
       } else {
@@ -557,10 +565,12 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
     }
   })
 
-  app.post('/updateInformation', function(req, res){
-    if(!req.isAuthenticated() && !loggedInUser) {
+  app.post('/updateInformation', async function(req, res){
+    if( !req.isAuthenticated() ) {
       res.redirect('/login')
     } else {
+      let loggedInUser = await getLoggedInUserData(req.user.email)
+
       if (!req.body.name && !req.body.description) {
         res.flash('error', 'Bitte geben Sie die benötigten Daten ein')
         res.redirect('/account/updateInformation')
@@ -705,7 +715,6 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
 
   // ============= USER VERIFICATION ================================
   app.get("/verifyAccount", function(req, res){
-    console.log(req.query)
     methods.getUserIdByVerificationToken(req.query.token, function(userId, err){
       if (userId) {
         let userData = {
@@ -743,9 +752,6 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
               }
             })
 
-            if(!loggedInUser) {
-              loggedInUser.setVerificationStatus(userData.verificationStatus)
-            }
             res.render(lang+'/account/verification', {
               status: true
             });
diff --git a/views/DE/account/contact.pug b/views/DE/account/contact.pug
index 37fee82b6853574a7e3871a52cc87a71b66896b6..937926036ae76d55d45a43e1f67d6828c3de912e 100644
--- a/views/DE/account/contact.pug
+++ b/views/DE/account/contact.pug
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ html(lang="de")
   body
     div(class="container")
         div(class="row")
-            div(class="col-md-12" style="margin-bottom: 40px;")
+            div(class="col-md-12 margin_bottom_40")
                 img(class="mx-auto" src="/img/Kontakt.jpg" width="100%")
-    div(class="contact-clean" style="background-color: rgb(234,234,234);")
+    div(class="contact-clean background_eaeaea")
         if flash.success
             div.alert.alert-success.alert-dismissible #{flash.success}
                 a(class="close", href="#", data-dismiss="alert", aria-label="close") &times;
@@ -32,18 +32,18 @@ html(lang="de")
             div(class="form-group")
                 textarea#message(class="form-control" name="message" placeholder="Nachricht" rows="14")
             div(class="form-group")
-                input#submitBtn(class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" style="background-color: #8a348b;" value="SENDEN")
-    div(class="contact-clean" style="background-color: rgb(234,234,234);padding: 80px;padding-top: 0px;")
+                input#submitBtn(class="btn contact_send_btn" type="submit" value="SENDEN")
+    div(class="contact-clean contact_footer")
         form(method="POST")
-            p(style="margin-top: 25px;") <strong>Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart</strong><br/>Institut für Angewandte Forschung<br/>Innovative Hochschule - Projekt M4_LAB<br/>Schellingstr. 24<br/>70174 Stuttgart<br/>Deutschland<br/><br/><a href="mailto:support-transfer@hft-stuttgart.de">support-transfer@hft-stuttgart.de</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.hft-stuttgart.de/">www.hft-stuttgart.de</a> / <a href="https://www.hft-stuttgart.de/M4LAB">www.hft-stuttgart.de/M4LAB</a><br/>
-    div(style="background-color: rgba(138,52,139,0.45);")
+            p(class="m_top_25") <strong>Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart</strong><br/>Institut für Angewandte Forschung<br/>Innovative Hochschule - Projekt M4_LAB<br/>Schellingstr. 24<br/>70174 Stuttgart<br/>Deutschland<br/><br/><a href="mailto:support-transfer@hft-stuttgart.de">support-transfer@hft-stuttgart.de</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.hft-stuttgart.de/">www.hft-stuttgart.de</a> / <a href="https://www.hft-stuttgart.de/M4LAB">www.hft-stuttgart.de/M4LAB</a><br/>
+    div(class="background_8a348b")
         div(class="container")
             div(class="row")
                 div(class="col-md-4 col-lg-2")
                 div(class="col-md-4 col-lg-8")
-                    div(style="background-color: #feffff;margin: 0px;padding: 60px;padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;")
-                        img(class="d-flex d-lg-flex justify-content-center justify-content-lg-center align-items-lg-start mx-auto" src="/img/Logo_TV1.png" width="100px" style="padding-bottom: 35px;")
-                        h2(class="text-center" style="color: #8a348b;") <strong>Transferportal</strong>
+                    div(class="contact_foot_message")
+                        img(class="d-flex d-lg-flex justify-content-center justify-content-lg-center align-items-lg-start mx-auto p_bottom_35" src="/img/Logo_TV1.png" width="100px")
+                        h2(class="text-center color_8a348b") <strong>Transferportal</strong>
                         p(class="text-center") Das Transferportal entsteht in einem Teilprojekt der Innovativen <a href="https://www.hft-stuttgart.de">Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart</a>. Im <a href="https://www.hft-stuttgart.de/forschung/innovative-hochschule-m4-lab">Innovationslabor M4_LAB</a> wird das Transferportal als eine Webpräsenz entwickelt, welches Wissen, Lösungen und Dienste für HFT-Mitglieder, externe Partner und die allgemeine Öffentlichkeit bereitstellt.<br/><br/>Es ergänzt die Informationen der allgemeinen HFT-Webseite durch konkrete Ergebnisse aus Forschung und Entwicklung, verfügbar in verschiedenster Form wie beispielsweise Daten, Dokumentationen und Software-Code.<br/><br/>Zudem stellt es Kollaborationsmittel für Projektpartner und später auch Partizipationsmöglichkeiten für die breite Öffentlichkeit bereit.
                 div(class="col-md-4 col-lg-2")
 
diff --git a/views/DE/account/home.pug b/views/DE/account/home.pug
index 104778eb3fd4f28632f95613e9c018a5b0e570e2..33bc0392997c84d84767fecdb6e973c5724b51d6 100644
--- a/views/DE/account/home.pug
+++ b/views/DE/account/home.pug
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ html(lang="de")
                 | Wir haben Ihnen eine E-Mail an Ihre verwendete Adresse gesendet. Diese enthält einen Link zur Bestätigung Ihres Accounts.
                 | Wenn Sie die Mail nicht in ihrem Postfach vorfinden, prüfen Sie bitte auch Ihren Spam-Ordner.
                 | <br >Falls Sie keine E-Mail von uns erhalten haben, können Sie <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="verify();">diese hier</a> erneut anfordern.
-                div(class="spinner-border text-secondary", role="status", style="display: none")
+                div(class="spinner-border text-secondary display_none", role="status")
         else
             div(class="row min-vh-100 flex-column flex-md-row")
                 aside(class="col-12 col-md-3 p-0 flex-shrink-1")
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ html(lang="de")
                             ul(class="flex-md-column flex-row navbar-nav w-100 justify-content-between")
                                 li(class="nav-item")
                                     a(class="nav-link pl-0 text-nowrap" href="#")
-                                        span(class="font-weight-bold" style="color:black;") #{user.firstName} #{user.lastName}
+                                        span(class="font-weight-bold color_black") #{user.firstname} #{user.lastname}
                                 li(class="nav-item")
                                     a(class="nav-link pl-0" href="/account/profile")
                                         i(class="fa fa-user fa-fw")
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ html(lang="de")
                                         i(class="fa fa-tasks fa-fw")
                                         span(class="d-none d-md-inline") Projekte und Dienste
                                 li(class="nav-item")
-                                    a(class="nav-link pl-0" href="/logout" style="color:red;")
+                                    a(class="nav-link pl-0 color_red" href="/logout")
                                         i(class="fa fa-sign-out-alt fa-fw")
                                         span(class="d-none d-md-inline") Logout
                 main(class="col bg-faded py-3 flex-grow-1")
diff --git a/views/DE/account/profile.pug b/views/DE/account/profile.pug
index 282fe411d91eda495e1f90fcc857872fc41c0d7c..8ab9bf550e30e249616c9cea366057c9286dbd7b 100644
--- a/views/DE/account/profile.pug
+++ b/views/DE/account/profile.pug
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ html(lang="de")
                         ul(class="flex-md-column flex-row navbar-nav w-100 justify-content-between")
                             li(class="nav-item")
                                 a(class="nav-link pl-0 text-nowrap" href="/account/")
-                                    span(class="font-weight-bold" style="color:black;") #{user.firstName} #{user.lastName}
+                                    span(class="font-weight-bold color_black") #{user.firstName} #{user.lastName}
                             li(class="nav-item")
                                 a(class="nav-link pl-0" href="/account/profile")
-                                    i(class="fa fa-user fa-fw" style="color:black;")
-                                    span(class="d-none d-md-inline" style="color:black;") Benutzerprofil
+                                    i(class="fa fa-user fa-fw color_black")
+                                    span(class="d-none d-md-inline color_black") Benutzerprofil
                             if user.is_m4lab_idp
                                 li(class="nav-item")
                                     a(class="nav-link pl-0" href="/account/security")
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ html(lang="de")
                                     i(class="fa fa-tasks fa-fw")
                                     span(class="d-none d-md-inline") Projekte und Dienste
                             li(class="nav-item")
-                                a(class="nav-link pl-0" href="/logout" style="color:red;")
+                                a(class="nav-link pl-0 color_red" href="/logout")
                                     i(class="fa fa-sign-out-alt fa-fw")
                                     span(class="d-none d-md-inline") Logout
             main(class="col bg-faded py-3 flex-grow-1")
                 nav(aria-label="breadcrumb")
                     ol(class="breadcrumb")
                         li(class="breadcrumb-item")
-                            a(href="/account") Konto
+                            a(href="/account/") Konto
                         li(class="breadcrumb-item active" aria-current="page") Benutzerprofil
 
                 if flash.success
@@ -107,4 +107,4 @@ html(lang="de")
     // Bootstrap
     script(src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-JjSmVgyd0p3pXB1rRibZUAYoIIy6OrQ6VrjIEaFf/nJGzIxFDsf4x0xIM+B07jRM" crossorigin="anonymous")
     // M4_LAB
-    script(src="/js/headfoot.js")
\ No newline at end of file
+    script(src="/js/headfoot.js")
diff --git a/views/DE/account/security.pug b/views/DE/account/security.pug
index 55e0494f1b62d1af08da870f92f442b1ccc77d31..bd021a682c64235580b13c2a2892205116e9b676 100644
--- a/views/DE/account/security.pug
+++ b/views/DE/account/security.pug
@@ -20,21 +20,21 @@ html(lang="de")
                         ul(class="flex-md-column flex-row navbar-nav w-100 justify-content-between")
                             li(class="nav-item")
                                 a(class="nav-link pl-0 text-nowrap" href="/account/")
-                                    span(class="font-weight-bold" style="color:black;") #{user.firstName} #{user.lastName}
+                                    span(class="font-weight-bold color_black") #{user.firstname} #{user.lastname}
                             li(class="nav-item")
                                 a(class="nav-link pl-0" href="/account/profile")
                                     i(class="fa fa-user fa-fw")
                                     span(class="d-none d-md-inline") Benutzerprofil
                             li(class="nav-item")
                                 a(class="nav-link pl-0" href="/account/security")
-                                    i(class="fa fa-lock fa-fw" style="color:black;")
-                                    span(class="d-none d-md-inline" style="color:black;") Sicherheitseinstellungen
+                                    i(class="fa fa-lock fa-fw color_black")
+                                    span(class="d-none d-md-inline color_black") Sicherheitseinstellungen
                             li(class="nav-item")
                                 a(class="nav-link pl-0" href="/account/services")
                                     i(class="fa fa-tasks fa-fw")
                                     span(class="d-none d-md-inline") Projekte und Dienste
                             li(class="nav-item")
-                                a(class="nav-link pl-0" href="/logout" style="color:red;")
+                                a(class="nav-link pl-0 color_red" href="/logout")
                                     i(class="fa fa-sign-out-alt fa-fw")
                                     span(class="d-none d-md-inline") Logout
             main(class="col bg-faded py-3 flex-grow-1")
diff --git a/views/DE/account/services.pug b/views/DE/account/services.pug
index 7d3b56aaf89079241235c247be967067db1dfb19..9103c77c7141cb50c9244705174df63aff2c79ca 100644
--- a/views/DE/account/services.pug
+++ b/views/DE/account/services.pug
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ html(lang="de")
                         ul(class="flex-md-column flex-row navbar-nav w-100 justify-content-between")
                             li(class="nav-item")
                                 a(class="nav-link pl-0 text-nowrap" href="/")
-                                    span(class="font-weight-bold" style="color:black;") #{user.firstName} #{user.lastName}
+                                    span(class="font-weight-bold color_black") #{user.firstname} #{user.lastname}
                             li(class="nav-item")
                                 a(class="nav-link pl-0" href="/account/profile")
                                     i(class="fa fa-user fa-fw")
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ html(lang="de")
                                         span(class="d-none d-md-inline") Sicherheitseinstellungen
                             li(class="nav-item")
                                 a(class="nav-link pl-0" href="/account/services")
-                                    i(class="fa fa-tasks fa-fw" style="color:black;")
-                                    span(class="d-none d-md-inline" style="color:black;") Projekte und Dienste
+                                    i(class="fa fa-tasks fa-fw color_black")
+                                    span(class="d-none d-md-inline color_black") Projekte und Dienste
                             li(class="nav-item")
-                                a(class="nav-link pl-0" href="/logout" style="color:red;")
+                                a(class="nav-link pl-0 color_red" href="/logout")
                                     i(class="fa fa-sign-out-alt fa-fw")
                                     span(class="d-none d-md-inline") Logout
             main(class="col bg-faded py-3 flex-grow-1")