diff --git a/routes/routes-account.js b/routes/routes-account.js
index 0feeb90537cb97fc2c4ffab72f22eaebca2415fb..612dffa0857102eb19a9c238dbca22cf757bacdb 100644
--- a/routes/routes-account.js
+++ b/routes/routes-account.js
@@ -62,26 +62,26 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
         failureFlash: true
       }),
     function (req, res) {
-      res.redirect('/account/');
+      res.redirect('/');
     }
   );
 
   // to generate Service Provider's XML metadata
-  app.get('/saml/metadata', 
+  app.get('/saml/metadata',
     function(req, res) {
       res.type('application/xml');
       var spMetadata = samlStrategy.generateServiceProviderMetadata(fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/cert/cert.pem', 'utf8'));
       res.status(200).send(spMetadata);
     }
   );
-  
+
   // ================ test i18n ==================
   i18n.setLocale('de');
   app.get('/de', function(req, res) {
     var greeting = i18n.__('Hello World')
     res.send(greeting)
   });
-  
+
   var lang = 'DE'
 
   // ======== APP ROUTES - ACCOUNT ====================
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
         }
       })
     } else {
-      res.redirect('/account/login'); // localhost
-    } 
+      res.redirect('/login'); // localhost
+    }
   });
 
   app.get('/error', function (req, res) {
@@ -122,14 +122,14 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
 
   app.get('/logout', function (req, res) {
     if (req.user == null) {
-      return res.redirect('/account/');
+      return res.redirect('/');
     }
-    
+
     req.user.nameID = req.user.id;
     req.user.nameIDFormat = req.user.idFormat;
     return samlStrategy.logout(req, function(err, uri) {
       req.logout();
-      
+
       if ( req.session ) {
         req.session.destroy((err) => {
           if(err) {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
           }
         });
       }
-     
+
       return res.redirect(uri);
     });
   });
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
         }
       })
     } else {
-      res.redirect('/account/login');
+      res.redirect('/login');
     }
   });
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
         // create JSON object of projects and user status for front-end
         function(userProjects, projectsOverview, done) {
           var allProjects = []  // JSON object
-          
+
           var userProjectId = []  // array of user's project_id
           for (var i = 0; i < userProjects.length; i++) {
             userProjectId.push(userProjects[i].project_id)
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
         }
       ])
     } else {
-      res.redirect('/account/login');
+      res.redirect('/login');
     }
   });
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
         user: req.user // useful for view engine, useless for HTML
       });
     } else {
-      res.redirect('/account/login');
+      res.redirect('/login');
     }
   });
 
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
       industry: req.body.inputIndustry,
       speciality: req.body.inputSpeciality,
     }
-    
+
     if (req.isAuthenticated()) {
       if (userData.email) {
         dbconn.user.query('UPDATE user SET ? WHERE email = "' +userData.email+'"', userData, function (err, rows, fields) {
@@ -257,10 +257,10 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
         })
       }
     } else {
-      res.redirect('/account/login');
+      res.redirect('/login');
     }
   });
-  
+
   app.post('/changePwd', function (req, res) {
     if (req.isAuthenticated()) {
       var currPwd = req.body.inputCurrPwd
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
           // Load hashed passwd from DB
           dbconn.user.query('SELECT password FROM credential WHERE user_id='+userId, function (err, rows, fields) {
             if (err) {
-              res.redirect('/account/500')
+              res.redirect('/500')
               throw err
             }
             var userPwd = rows[0].password
@@ -280,14 +280,14 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
             // check if the password is correct
             bcrypt.compare(currPwd, userPwd, function(err, isMatch) {
               if (err) {
-                res.redirect('/account/500')
+                res.redirect('/500')
                 throw err
               }
               else if (!isMatch) {
                 //req.flash('error', "Sorry, your password was incorrect. Please double-check your password.")
                 req.flash('error', "Das Passwort ist leider falsch. Bitte überprüfen Sie Ihre Eingabe.")
-                //res.redirect('/account/security')
-                res.redirect('/account/security')
+                //res.redirect('/security')
+                res.redirect('/security')
               }
               else {
                 if ( newPwd != retypePwd ) {
@@ -321,19 +321,19 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
                             }
                           });
                         }
-                        res.redirect('/account/security')
+                        res.redirect('/security')
                       })
                     });
                   });
                 }
               }
-          }) 
+          })
         })
         }
-      })  
+      })
     }
     else {
-      res.redirect('/account/login');
+      res.redirect('/login');
     }
   });
 
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
       "we've received a request to reset your password. However, this email address is not on our database of registered users.\n\n"+
       "Thanks,\nM4_LAB Team";
     var emailSubject = "Account Access Attempted"; */
-    
+
     async.waterfall([
       function(done) {
         crypto.randomBytes(20, function(err, buf) {
@@ -408,8 +408,8 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
         //req.flash('success', 'If your email is registered, an e-mail has been sent to ' + emailAddress + ' with further instructions.');
         req.flash('success', 'Wenn Ihre E-Mail-Adresse registriert ist, wurde eine E-Mail mit dem weiteren Vorgehen an ' + emailAddress + ' versendet.');
       }
-      //res.redirect('/account/forgotPwd'); // deployment
-      res.redirect('/account/forgotPwd'); // localhost
+      //res.redirect('/forgotPwd'); // deployment
+      res.redirect('/forgotPwd'); // localhost
     });
   });
 
@@ -418,8 +418,8 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
       if (!user) {
         //req.flash('error', 'Password reset token is invalid or has expired.');
         req.flash('error', 'Der Schlüssel zum zurücksetzen des Passworts ist ungültig oder abgelaufen.');
-        //res.redirect('/account/forgotPwd'); // deployment
-        res.redirect('/account/forgotPwd'); // localhost
+        //res.redirect('/forgotPwd'); // deployment
+        res.redirect('/forgotPwd'); // localhost
       }
       else {
         res.render(lang+'/account/reset');
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
   });
 
   app.post('/reset/:token', function(req, res) {
-    var newPwd = req.body.inputNewPwd  
+    var newPwd = req.body.inputNewPwd
     methods.getUserByToken(req.params.token, function(err, user){
       if (user) {
         // encrypt password
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
                   }
                 });
                 // redirect to login page
-                res.redirect('/account/login')
+                res.redirect('/login')
               }
             })
           });
@@ -466,10 +466,10 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
       }
       else {
         req.flash('error', "User not found.")
-        res.redirect('/account/login')
+        res.redirect('/login')
       }
     });
-   
+
   });
 
   // todo: user registration with captcha
@@ -510,9 +510,9 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
           }
           else {
             //req.flash('success', 'Your account has been created. Please log in.')
-            req.flash('success', 'Ihr Benutzerkonto wurde angelegt. Bitte melden Sie sich an.') 
+            req.flash('success', 'Ihr Benutzerkonto wurde angelegt. Bitte melden Sie sich an.')
           }
-          res.redirect('/account/registration');
+          res.redirect('/registration');
         })
       });
     });