diff --git a/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/RandomCodeGeneratorTest.java b/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/RandomCodeGeneratorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6097cd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/authentication/RandomCodeGeneratorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package de.ids_mannheim.korap.authentication;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+
+import org.apache.oltu.oauth2.as.issuer.MD5Generator;
+import org.apache.oltu.oauth2.common.exception.OAuthSystemException;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+
+import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.SpringJerseyTest;
+import de.ids_mannheim.korap.encryption.RandomCodeGenerator;
+import de.ids_mannheim.korap.exceptions.KustvaktException;
+
+public class RandomCodeGeneratorTest extends SpringJerseyTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private RandomCodeGenerator random;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRandomGenerator ()
+            throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, KustvaktException {
+        String value = random.createRandomCode();
+        assertEquals(22, value.length());
+        //System.out.println(value);
+    }
+
+    public void testRandomGeneratorPerformance () throws OAuthSystemException,
+            NoSuchAlgorithmException, KustvaktException {
+        long min = Integer.MAX_VALUE, max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+
+        while (true) {
+            long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
+                random.createRandomCode();
+            }
+            long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            long duration = end - start;
+            if (duration < min)
+                min = duration;
+            else if (duration > max) max = duration;
+            System.out.println(
+                    "d : " + duration + " min :" + min + ", max: " + max);
+
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testMD5Generator () throws OAuthSystemException,
+            NoSuchAlgorithmException, KustvaktException {
+        MD5Generator m = new MD5Generator();
+        String value = m.generateValue();
+        value = m.generateValue(value);
+        System.out.println(value);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/full/src/test/resources/kustvakt-test.conf b/full/src/test/resources/kustvakt-test.conf
index 03badfb..512ef34 100644
--- a/full/src/test/resources/kustvakt-test.conf
+++ b/full/src/test/resources/kustvakt-test.conf
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 rsa.key.id = 74caa3a9-217c-49e6-94e9-2368fdd02c35
 
 ## see SecureRandom Number Generation Algorithms
-## default SHA1PRNG
+## optional
 security.secure.random.algorithm=SHA1PRNG
 
 ## see MessageDigest Algorithms