diff --git a/public/default/logo.png b/public/default/logo.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/routes/routes-account.js b/routes/routes-account.js
index dc18b3d9e114919314c2ff83824084206c99befa..24502b7ad61612d3424429ceeb305f66778da7ae 100644
--- a/routes/routes-account.js
+++ b/routes/routes-account.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const async = require('async')
 const crypto = require('crypto')
 const mailer = require('./mailer')
 const logoDir = 'public/upload/'
+const defaultLogo = 'public/default/logo.png'
 const tpGitlabURL = 'https://transfer.hft-stuttgart.de/gitlab/'
 const tpGitlabPagesURL = 'https://transfer.hft-stuttgart.de/pages/'
 
@@ -493,45 +494,49 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
         let projectDesc = req.body.description
         let projectTemplate = req.body.template
         let newInformation = new projectInformation(loggedInUser.getGitlabUserId(), null, projectName, projectDesc, null, null)
-            
-        if (!req.files) {
-          res.flash('error', 'Bitte geben Sie ein Projektlogo an.')
-          res.redirect('/account/newInformation')
-        } else {
-          let newLogoFile = req.files.logo
-          async.waterfall([
-            function(callback){ // upload logo
+        let newLogoFile = defaultLogo
+          
+        if (req.files) { newLogoFile = req.files.logo }
+
+        async.waterfall([
+          function(callback){ // upload logo
+            if (!req.files) {
+              callback(null, newLogoFile)
+            } else {
               newLogoFile.mv(logoDir + newLogoFile.name, function(err) {
                 newLogoFile = logoDir+newLogoFile.name
                 callback(err, newLogoFile)
               })
-            },
-            async function(newLogoFile){ // create a new GitLab Page
-              let newPages = await gitlab.createNewPages(newInformation, newLogoFile, projectTemplate)
-              if (newPages.error) {
-                if(newPages.data.message.name == "has already been taken") {
-                  res.flash("error", "Der Projektname '"+newInformation.getName()+"' ist bereits vergeben, bitte wählen Sie einen anderen Namen.")
-                } else {
-                  res.flash("error", "Ein Fehler ist aufgetreten. Bitte versuchen Sie es erneut. ")
-                }
-                res.redirect('/account/newInformation')
+            }
+          },
+          async function(newLogoFile){ // create a new GitLab Page
+            let newPages = await gitlab.createNewPages(newInformation, newLogoFile, projectTemplate)
+            if (newPages.error) {
+              if(newPages.data.message.name == "has already been taken") {
+                res.flash("error", "Der Projektname '"+newInformation.getName()+"' ist bereits vergeben, bitte wählen Sie einen anderen Namen.")
               } else {
-                let newPagesData = newPages.data
-        
-                //res.flash("success", "Ihre Webseite wurde erstellt, aber noch nicht veröffentlicht. Bitte fahren Sie mit Schritten 2 und 3 fort, um Ihre Webseite zu veröffentlichen.")
-                res.flash("success", "Your website will be published AFTER you complete your website by following the provided guideline below."+
-                  "\r\n Your website URL: "+tpGitlabPagesURL+newPagesData.path_with_namespace+"/home/")
-                res.redirect('/account/updateInformation?id='+newPagesData.id)
+                res.flash("error", "Ein Fehler ist aufgetreten. Bitte versuchen Sie es erneut. ")
               }
+              res.redirect('/account/newInformation')
+            } else {
+              let newPagesData = newPages.data
+        
+              res.flash("success", "Ihre Webseite wurde erstellt, aber noch nicht veröffentlicht. Um Ihre Webseite endgültig zu veröffentlichen, "+
+                "schließen Sie die Einrichtung gemäß unten stehender Anleitung ab.")
+              /* res.flash("success", "Your website will be published AFTER you complete your website by following the provided guideline below."+
+                "\r\n Your website URL: "+tpGitlabPagesURL+newPagesData.path_with_namespace+"/home/") */
+              res.redirect('/account/updateInformation?id='+newPagesData.id)
             }
-          ], function (err) {
-            if(err) console.log(err)
-            // remove logo
+          }
+        ], function (err) {
+          if(err) console.log(err)
+          // remove logo
+          if (req.files) {
             fs.unlink(newLogoFile, (err) => {
               if(err) console.log(err)
             })
-          })
-        }
+          }
+        })
       }
     }
   })
@@ -595,7 +600,7 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
           async function(newLogoFile, callback){ // update gitlab page
             let updatedPages = await gitlab.updateProject(updatedInformation, newLogoFile)
             let pagesData = updatedPages.data
-            if (pagesData.error) {
+            if (updatedPages.error) {
               if(pagesData.message.name == "has already been taken") {
                 res.flash("error", "Der Projektname ist bereits vergeben, bitte wählen Sie einen anderen Namen.")
               } else {
diff --git a/views/DE/account/home.pug b/views/DE/account/home.pug
index 33bc0392997c84d84767fecdb6e973c5724b51d6..e476d871e1acb02fc7ef20b4c53b45e6b8fc70e3 100644
--- a/views/DE/account/home.pug
+++ b/views/DE/account/home.pug
@@ -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 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")
diff --git a/views/DE/account/newInformation.pug b/views/DE/account/newInformation.pug
index b2b9051668b279bc88c28e89a4087d4201d70a9d..14fead832e85203b5cde6cf1e30a5a77e26c8bde 100644
--- a/views/DE/account/newInformation.pug
+++ b/views/DE/account/newInformation.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="/account/")
-                                    span(class="font-weight-bold" style="color:black;") #{user.firstName} #{user.lastName} - #{user.gitlabUserId}
+                                    span(class="font-weight-bold" style="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")
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ html(lang="de")
                                     img(src=defaultLogo, width="100" height="100")
                                 div(class="form-group row px-3")
                                     input#logo(name="logo", class="form-control-file", type="file")
+                                p <small>(Max file size is 80 KB.)</small>
                         input(type="submit", class="btn btn-primary", value="Senden")
                 hr
                 div(class="mx-4", style="color: gray;")
diff --git a/views/DE/account/services.pug b/views/DE/account/services.pug
index 9103c77c7141cb50c9244705174df63aff2c79ca..4702916d9d3e2bfd6f15432b8747559a50b59932 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 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")
diff --git a/views/DE/account/updateInformation.pug b/views/DE/account/updateInformation.pug
index d2a4fd152b4ce07d531453c54d907661ba40100e..acd0a143ac6807f3058dc20e7ef90343e3a0d368 100644
--- a/views/DE/account/updateInformation.pug
+++ b/views/DE/account/updateInformation.pug
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ html(lang="de")
                                     img(src=information.logo, width="100" height="100")
                                 div(class="form-group row")
                                     input#logo(name="logo", class="form-control-file", type="file")
+                                p <small>(Max file size is 80 KB.)</small>
                         input(type="submit", class="btn btn-primary", value="Speichern")
                 hr
                 div(class="mx-4")