diff --git a/config/const.js b/config/const.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..54cbdfd0d770f15dc42b7332adeb01e0e07f1826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/const.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+module.exports = {
+
+    mailSignature: 'Mit den besten Grüßen,<br/>das Transferportal-Team der HFT Stuttgart<br/><br/>' +
+        'Transferportal der Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart<br/>' +
+        'Schellingstr. 24   70174 Stuttgart<br/>' +
+        'm4lab@hft-stuttgart.de<br/>' +
+        '<a href="https://transfer.hft-stuttgart.de">https://transfer.hft-stuttgart.de</a><br/>' +
+        '<a href="http://www.hft-stuttgart.de/Aktuell/"><img border="0" alt="HFT" src="https://m4lab.hft-stuttgart.de/img/signature/hft_logo.png" width="30" height="30"></a>  &nbsp;' +
+        '<a href="http://www.facebook.com/hftstuttgart"><img border="0" alt="Facebook" src="https://m4lab.hft-stuttgart.de/img/signature/fb_bw.png" width="30" height="30"></a>  &nbsp;' +
+        '<a href="https://www.instagram.com/hft_stuttgart/"><img border="0" alt="Instagram" src="https://m4lab.hft-stuttgart.de/img/signature/instagram_bw.png" width="30" height="30"></a>  &nbsp;' +
+        '<a href="https://twitter.com/hft_presse"><img border="0" alt="Twitter" src="https://m4lab.hft-stuttgart.de/img/signature/twitter_bw.png" width="30" height="30"></a>  &nbsp;' +
+        '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi0_JfF2qMZbOhOnNH5PyHA"><img border="0" alt="Youtube" src="https://m4lab.hft-stuttgart.de/img/signature/youtube_bw.png" width="30" height="30"></a>  &nbsp;' +
+        '<a href="http://www.hft-stuttgart.de/Aktuell/Presse-Marketing/SocialMedia/Snapcode HFT_Stuttgart.jpg/photo_view">' +
+        '<img border="0" alt="Snapchat" src="https://m4lab.hft-stuttgart.de/img/signature/snapchat_bw.png" width="30" height="30"></a>' +
+        '<br/><img border="0" src="https://m4lab.hft-stuttgart.de/img/signature/inno_bw.png" width="150" height="100">'
+
+}
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diff --git a/routes/dbconn.js b/config/dbconn.js
similarity index 93%
rename from routes/dbconn.js
rename to config/dbconn.js
index c66d0d2d270e0cb3f396fdda23fbe29406169d3b..d3275c4d009bd88390af00cf5e3bbdda1fb142e5 100644
--- a/routes/dbconn.js
+++ b/config/dbconn.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const mysql = require('mysql')
 
-var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'testing';
-const config = require('../config/config')[env]
+var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
+const config = require('./config')[env]
 
 // ==== USER ACOOUNT DB CONNECTION ====
 var userConnection = mysql.createConnection({
diff --git a/routes/dbconn2.js b/config/dbconn2.js
similarity index 93%
rename from routes/dbconn2.js
rename to config/dbconn2.js
index fe22f1d8cdc02d1d905b9df9da3272548bf3ab17..1af13587f67f8f8e425a1e6ee742603f55cde329 100644
--- a/routes/dbconn2.js
+++ b/config/dbconn2.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const mysql = require('mysql2')
 
-var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'testing';
-const config = require('../config/config')[env]
+var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
+const config = require('./config')[env]
 
 // ==== USER ACOOUNT DB CONNECTION ====
 var userConnection = mysql.createConnection({
diff --git a/routes/mailer.js b/config/mailer.js
similarity index 89%
rename from routes/mailer.js
rename to config/mailer.js
index 2c51bd7d5ed5682bfdd9fa0c48788e1bd4affe19..d1e59ff03fb74925b5f57f01ad4136bba274f017 100644
--- a/routes/mailer.js
+++ b/config/mailer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const nodemailer = require('nodemailer')
 
 var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'testing';
-const config = require('../config/config')[env]
+const config = require('./config')[env]
 
 var smtpTransport = nodemailer.createTransport({
     host: config.mailer.host,
diff --git a/routes/gitlab.js b/functions/gitlab.js
similarity index 100%
rename from routes/gitlab.js
rename to functions/gitlab.js
diff --git a/routes/helpers.js b/functions/helpers.js
similarity index 100%
rename from routes/helpers.js
rename to functions/helpers.js
diff --git a/routes/methods.js b/functions/methods.js
similarity index 93%
rename from routes/methods.js
rename to functions/methods.js
index 1e9f512760856747f5b3b4125784b28e47f9522a..722ca56be9fd1978ef25a0f74f004436f3b2b1d6 100644
--- a/routes/methods.js
+++ b/functions/methods.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-const dbconn_OBSOLETE = require('./dbconn') // DO NOT USE THIS FOR NEW FEATURE
-const dbconn = require('./dbconn2')
+const dbconn_OBSOLETE = require('../config/dbconn') // DO NOT USE THIS FOR NEW FUNCTIONS
+const dbconn = require('../config/dbconn2')
 
 var methods = {
     // ===================== user db =====================
@@ -65,18 +65,6 @@ var methods = {
             callback(err)
         })
     },
-    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 {
-                if ( rows.length > 0) {
-                    user = rows[0]
-                }
-            }
-            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+'"')
diff --git a/routes/routes-account.js b/routes/routes-account.js
index 6c931ed90aa943dbd1d0e702b122063331276c1b..8f00bed0fa5eb5e0724d3131427db132409f26f4 100644
--- a/routes/routes-account.js
+++ b/routes/routes-account.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 const fs = require('fs')
 const SamlStrategy = require('passport-saml').Strategy
-const dbconn = require('./dbconn')
-const methods = require('./methods')
-const gitlab = require('./gitlab')
+const dbconn = require('../config/dbconn')
+const methods = require('../functions/methods')
+const gitlab = require('../functions/gitlab')
 // pwd encryption
 const bcrypt = require('bcryptjs');
 const saltRounds = 10;
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const salt = 64; // salt length
 // forgot pwd
 const async = require('async')
 const crypto = require('crypto')
-const mailer = require('./mailer')
+const mailer = require('../config/mailer')
 const logoDir = 'public/upload/'
 const defaultLogo = 'public/default/logo.png'
 const tpGitlabURL = 'https://transfer.hft-stuttgart.de/gitlab/'
@@ -668,97 +668,6 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
     }
   })
 
-  // ============= NEW USERS REGISTRATION ===========================
-  app.get('/registration', function(req, res) {
-    res.render(lang+'/account/registration')
-  })
-  app.post('/registration', function(req, res) {
-    // user data
-    var curDate = new Date()
-    var userData = {
-      salutation: req.body.inputSalutation,
-      title: req.body.inputTitle,
-      firstname: req.body.inputFirstname,
-      lastname: req.body.inputLastname,
-      email: req.body.inputEmail,
-      organisation: req.body.inputOrganisation,
-      industry: req.body.inputIndustry,
-      speciality: req.body.inputSpeciality,
-      createdDate: curDate.toISOString().slice(0,10)
-    }
-
-    var userEmail = userData.email
-    var pos = userEmail.indexOf('@')
-    var emailLength = userEmail.length
-    var emailDomain = userEmail.slice(pos, emailLength);
-
-    if ( emailDomain.toLowerCase() == "@hft-stuttgart.de") {
-        res.flash('error', "Fehlgeschlagen: HFT-Account")
-        res.redirect('/account/registration')
-    }
-    else {
-      let token
-      async.waterfall([
-        function(done) {
-          crypto.randomBytes(20, function(err, buf) {
-            token = buf.toString('hex');
-            done(err, token);
-          });
-        },
-        // encrypt password
-        function(token, done) {
-          bcrypt.genSalt(saltRounds, function(err, salt) {
-            bcrypt.hash(req.body.inputPassword, salt, function(err, hash) {
-              var newAccount = {
-                profile: userData,
-                password: hash,
-                verificationToken: token
-              }
-              done(err, newAccount)
-            });
-          });
-        },
-        // save data
-        function(newAccount, err) {
-          methods.registerNewUser(newAccount, function(err){
-            if (err) {
-              res.flash('error', "Fehlgeschlagen")
-            }
-            else {
-              // send email
-              var emailSubject = "Bitte bestätigen Sie Ihr M4_LAB Benutzerkonto"
-              // var emailContent = "Lieber Nutzer,\n\n"+
-              //     "vielen Dank für Ihre Anmeldung am Transferportal der HFT Stuttgart.\n"+
-              //     "Um Ihre Anmeldung zu bestätigen, klicken Sie bitte diesen Link: "+config.app.host+"/verifyAccount?token="+token+"\n"+
-              //     "Ohne Bestätigung Ihres Kontos müssen wir Ihr Konto leider nach 7 Tagen löschen.\n\n"+
-              //     "Sollten Sie sich selbst nicht mit Ihren Daten am Transferportal registriert haben, ignorieren Sie diese E-Mail bitte.\n\n"+mailSignature
-              var emailContent = '<div>Lieber Nutzer,<br/><br/>' +
-                '<p>vielen Dank für Ihre Anmeldung am Transferportal der HFT Stuttgart. <br/>' +
-                'Um Ihre Anmeldung zu bestätigen, klicken Sie bitte diesen Link: ' + config.app.host + '/verifyAccount?token=' + token +
-                '<br/><br/>' +
-                'Ohne Bestätigung Ihres Kontos müssen wir Ihr Konto leider nach 7 Tagen löschen.</p><br/>' + mailSignature +
-                '</div>';
-              mailer.options.to = req.body.inputEmail;
-              mailer.options.subject = emailSubject;
-              mailer.options.html = emailContent;
-              mailer.transport.sendMail(mailer.options, function(err) {
-                if (err) {
-                  console.log('cannot send email')
-                  throw err
-                }
-              })
-              // user feedback
-              res.flash('success', 'Vielen Dank für Ihre Registrierung!'+'\r\n\r\n'+
-                'Wir haben Ihnen eine E-Mail an Ihre verwendete Adresse gesendet. Diese enthält einen Link zur Bestätigung Ihres Accounts.'+'\r\n'+
-                'Wenn Sie die Mail nicht in ihrem Postfach vorfinden, prüfen Sie bitte auch Ihren Spam-Ordner.')
-            }
-            res.redirect('/account/registration')
-          })
-        }
-      ])
-    }
-  })
-
   // ============= USER VERIFICATION ================================
   app.get("/verifyAccount", function(req, res){
     methods.getUserIdByVerificationToken(req.query.token, function(userId, err){
@@ -870,40 +779,4 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, passport, i18n) {
     })
   })
 
-  app.get('/contact', function (req, res) {
-    res.render(lang+'/account/contact', {
-      user: req.user
-    })
-  })
-
-  app.post('/contact', function(req, res, next) {
-      //methods.currentDate();
-      let emailAddress = req.body.inputEmail;
-      let supportAddress = "support-transfer@hft-stuttgart.de";
-      let inputName = req.body.name;
-      let inputContent = req.body.message;
-      let emailContent = "Es wurde eine Anfrage an das Transferportal gestellt: \n\n NAME: " + inputName + "\n NACHRICHT:\n "+ inputContent;
-      let emailSubject = "Ihre Anfrage an das Transferportal";
-      async.waterfall([
-        function(done) {
-            // send email
-            mailer.options.to = supportAddress;
-            mailer.options.cc = emailAddress;
-            mailer.options.subject = emailSubject;
-            mailer.options.text = emailContent;
-            mailer.transport.sendMail(mailer.options, function(err) {
-                done(err, 'done');
-              });
-          }
-      ], function(err) {
-        if (err) {
-          res.flash('error', 'Ein Fehler ist aufgetreten. Bitte versuchen Sie es erneut.');
-        }
-        else {
-          res.flash('success', 'Vielen Dank für Ihre Anfrage. Wir melden uns baldmöglichst bei Ihnen. Eine Kopie Ihrer Anfrage wurde an ' + emailAddress + ' versandt.');
-        }
-        res.redirect('/account/contact')
-      })
-  })
-
 }
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