diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/config/BeanConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/config/BeanConfiguration.java
index 2eb99bd..8702b28 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/config/BeanConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/config/BeanConfiguration.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
     public static final String KUSTVAKT_ENCRYPTION = "kustvakt_encryption";
     public static final String KUSTVAKT_AUDITING = "kustvakt_auditing";
     public static final String KUSTVAKT_CONFIG = "kustvakt_config";
+    public static final String KUSTVAKT_USERSETTINGS = "kustvakt_usersettings";
+    public static final String KUSTVAKT_USERDETAILS = "kustvakt_userdetails";
 
     public static final String KUSTVAKT_AUTHENTICATION_MANAGER = "kustvakt_authenticationmanager";
     public static final String KUSTVAKT_USERDB = "kustvakt_userdb";
@@ -148,13 +150,13 @@
             return getBean(KUSTVAKT_DB);
         }
 
-        //        public AuthenticationManagerIface getAuthenticationManager() {
-        //            throw new RuntimeException("!Stub");
-        //        }
+        public UserDataDbIface getUserDetailsDao() {
+            return getBean(KUSTVAKT_USERDETAILS);
+        }
 
-        //        public EntityHandlerIface getUserDBHandler() {
-        //            throw new RuntimeException("!Stub");
-        //        }
+        public UserDataDbIface getUserSettingsDao() {
+            return getBean(KUSTVAKT_USERSETTINGS);
+        }
 
         public EncryptionIface getEncryption() {
             return getBean(KUSTVAKT_ENCRYPTION);
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/resource/LayerMapper.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/resource/LayerMapper.java
index 3eb7f38..25bfd38 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/resource/LayerMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/resource/LayerMapper.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.KustvaktConfiguration;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.user.Attributes;
-import de.ids_mannheim.korap.user.UserSettings;
+import de.ids_mannheim.korap.user.Userdata;
 
 /**
  * @author hanl
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
  */
 public class LayerMapper {
 
-    private UserSettings settings;
+    private Userdata settings;
     private KustvaktConfiguration config;
 
-    public LayerMapper(KustvaktConfiguration config, UserSettings settings) {
+    public LayerMapper(KustvaktConfiguration config, Userdata settings) {
         this.settings = settings;
         this.config = config;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/resource/rewrite/FoundryInject.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/resource/rewrite/FoundryInject.java
index 56ff658..e7961f9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/resource/rewrite/FoundryInject.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/resource/rewrite/FoundryInject.java
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.BeanConfiguration;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.KustvaktConfiguration;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.exceptions.KustvaktException;
-import de.ids_mannheim.korap.handlers.UserSettingsDao;
+import de.ids_mannheim.korap.interfaces.db.UserDataDbIface;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.resource.LayerMapper;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.user.User;
-import de.ids_mannheim.korap.user.UserSettings;
 
 /**
  * @author hanl
@@ -19,12 +18,10 @@
     public JsonNode preProcess(KoralNode node, KustvaktConfiguration config,
             User user) throws KustvaktException {
         LayerMapper mapper;
-        // inject user settings from cache!
         if (user != null && BeanConfiguration.hasContext()) {
-            UserSettingsDao dao = new UserSettingsDao(
-                    BeanConfiguration.getBeans().getPersistenceClient());
-            UserSettings settings = dao.get(user);
-            mapper = new LayerMapper(config, settings);
+            UserDataDbIface dao = BeanConfiguration.getBeans()
+                    .getUserSettingsDao();
+            mapper = new LayerMapper(config, dao.get(user));
         }else
             mapper = new LayerMapper(config);
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/default-config.xml b/src/main/resources/default-config.xml
index 89f4bb9..86a5cba 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/default-config.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/default-config.xml
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
        xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
        xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
        xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
        xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-       xmlns:cache="http://www.springframework.org/schema/cache"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
                             http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
                             http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx
                             http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-4.0.xsd
                             http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop
                             http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-4.0.xsd
-                            http://www.springframework.org/schema/cache
-                            http://www.springframework.org/schema/cache/spring-cache-4.0.xsd
+
+
                             http://www.springframework.org/schema/util
                             http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.0.xsd">
 
@@ -42,13 +40,13 @@
     </bean>
 
     <!--<bean id='cacheManager'-->
-          <!--class='org.springframework.cache.ehcache.EhCacheCacheManager'-->
-          <!--p:cacheManager-ref='ehcache'/>-->
+    <!--class='org.springframework.cache.ehcache.EhCacheCacheManager'-->
+    <!--p:cacheManager-ref='ehcache'/>-->
 
     <!--<bean id='ehcache'-->
-          <!--class='org.springframework.cache.ehcache.EhCacheManagerFactoryBean'-->
-          <!--p:configLocation='classpath:ehcache.xml'-->
-          <!--p:shared='true'/>-->
+    <!--class='org.springframework.cache.ehcache.EhCacheManagerFactoryBean'-->
+    <!--p:configLocation='classpath:ehcache.xml'-->
+    <!--p:shared='true'/>-->
 
     <!-- props are injected from default-config.xml -->
     <bean id="kustvakt_config"
@@ -89,6 +87,16 @@
         <property name="database" value="${jdbc.database}"/>
     </bean>
 
+    <bean id="kustvakt_userdetails"
+          class="de.ids_mannheim.korap.handlers.UserDetailsDao">
+        <constructor-arg ref="kustvakt_db"/>
+    </bean>
+
+    <bean id="kustvakt_usersettings"
+          class="de.ids_mannheim.korap.handlers.UserSettingsDao">
+        <constructor-arg ref="kustvakt_db"/>
+    </bean>
+
     <bean id="kustvakt_auditing"
           class="de.ids_mannheim.korap.handlers.JDBCAuditing">
         <constructor-arg ref="kustvakt_db"/>
@@ -101,8 +109,8 @@
 
     <!--fixme: change name according to convention -->
     <!--<bean id="collectionProvider"-->
-          <!--class="de.ids_mannheim.korap.handlers.CollectionDao">-->
-        <!--<constructor-arg ref="kustvakt_db"/>-->
+    <!--class="de.ids_mannheim.korap.handlers.CollectionDao">-->
+    <!--<constructor-arg ref="kustvakt_db"/>-->
     <!--</bean>-->
 
     <!--fixme: change name according to convention -->