diff --git a/src/main/webapp/app/login/login.component.html b/src/main/webapp/app/login/login.component.html
index fa3e0d99c7fd9e8b99364abb086a3e09c6c7ebb0..7ff9675a940e2a2b974c6eba1ac3c5a8d13e9f9a 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/app/login/login.component.html
+++ b/src/main/webapp/app/login/login.component.html
@@ -21,10 +21,16 @@
           <br />
         </div>
       </div> -->
-      <!-- <div style="padding: 20px"></div> -->
+
       <h1 jhiTranslate="login.title" data-cy="loginTitle">Sign in using your local account</h1>
       <div>
-        <div class="alert alert-danger" *ngIf="authenticationError" jhiTranslate="login.messages.error.authentication" data-cy="loginError">
+        <div
+          class="alert alert-danger"
+          *ngIf="authenticationError"
+          id="failedLogin"
+          jhiTranslate="login.messages.error.authentication"
+          data-cy="loginError"
+        >
           <strong>Failed to sign in!</strong> Please check your credentials and try again.
         </div>
         <form class="form" role="form" (ngSubmit)="login()" [formGroup]="loginForm">
@@ -73,7 +79,14 @@
             </div>
           </div>
 
-          <button [disabled]="!contentEditable" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" jhiTranslate="login.form.button" data-cy="submit">
+          <button
+            [disabled]="!contentEditable"
+            id="submit"
+            type="submit"
+            class="btn btn-primary"
+            jhiTranslate="login.form.button"
+            data-cy="submit"
+          >
             Sign in
           </button>
         </form>
diff --git a/src/test/java/at/ac/uibk/gitsearch/web/rest/StatisticsResourceIT.java b/src/test/java/at/ac/uibk/gitsearch/web/rest/StatisticsResourceIT.java
index e03ccc351ee49e42a70cd32f783559b5f31a8a56..85542a5c2a0a8bb75175b40f356b7a7b2937e241 100644
--- a/src/test/java/at/ac/uibk/gitsearch/web/rest/StatisticsResourceIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/at/ac/uibk/gitsearch/web/rest/StatisticsResourceIT.java
@@ -348,10 +348,15 @@ public class StatisticsResourceIT {
 
         //After the following call a new statistics entity for the exerciseID 143 should have been created because there exists a resource with this id in elastic search from stefan podlipnig
         restStatisticsMockMvc.perform(get("/api/statistics/exercise/{id}", "143").with(csrf().asHeader())).andExpect(status().isOk());
+        //wait for the statistics to be created
+        Thread.sleep(1000);
         assertEquals(statisticsService.findOneByExerciseID("143").get().getExerciseID(), "143");
 
         //Do the same call again to see if the statisticsService understood that the entity already exists and it only needs to increase the views
         restStatisticsMockMvc.perform(get("/api/statistics/exercise/{id}", "143").with(csrf().asHeader())).andExpect(status().isOk());
+
+        //wait for the statistics to be created
+        Thread.sleep(1000);
         assertEquals(statisticsService.findOneByExerciseID("143").get().getViews(), 2);
 
         //Test the search for an id which does not exist
diff --git a/src/test/javascript/e2e/account/account.spec.ts b/src/test/javascript/e2e/account/account.spec.ts
index b3366b6128e20407a1897dbca46ce710d56d827f..16ab640309ce2915611a3d7aefa012fb65274a47 100644
--- a/src/test/javascript/e2e/account/account.spec.ts
+++ b/src/test/javascript/e2e/account/account.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { browser, element, by, ExpectedConditions as ec } from 'protractor';
 
-import { NavBarPage, SignInPage, PasswordPage, SettingsPage } from '../page-objects/jhi-page-objects';
+import { NavBarPage, SignInPage } from '../page-objects/jhi-page-objects';
 
 const expect = chai.expect;
 
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ describe('account', () => {
   let signInPage: SignInPage;
   const username = process.env.E2E_USERNAME ?? 'admin';
   const password = process.env.E2E_PASSWORD ?? 'search@admin';
-  let passwordPage: PasswordPage;
-  let settingsPage: SettingsPage;
 
   before(async () => {
     await browser.get('/');
@@ -19,17 +17,19 @@ describe('account', () => {
   });
 
   it('should fail to login with bad password', async () => {
+    browser.get('/login');
     await browser.sleep(2000);
-    signInPage = await navBarPage.getSignInPage();
+    signInPage = navBarPage.getSignInPage();
     await signInPage.autoSignInUsing(username, 'foo');
     const expect2 = 'login.messages.error.authentication';
-    const value2 = await element(by.css('.alert-danger')).getAttribute('jhiTranslate');
+    const value2 = await element(by.id('failedLogin')).getAttribute('jhiTranslate');
     expect(value2).to.eq(expect2);
   });
 
   it('should login successfully with admin account', async () => {
-    await browser.get('/');
-    signInPage = await navBarPage.getSignInPage();
+    browser.get('/login');
+    await browser.sleep(2000);
+    signInPage = navBarPage.getSignInPage();
     await signInPage.autoSignInUsing(username, password);
     const expect2 = 'home.logged.message';
     await browser.wait(ec.visibilityOf(element(by.id('home-logged-message'))));
@@ -37,78 +37,12 @@ describe('account', () => {
     expect(value2).to.eq(expect2);
   });
 
-  it('should be able to update settings', async () => {
-    await navBarPage.clickOnAccountMenu();
-    settingsPage = await navBarPage.getSettingsPage();
-
-    const expect1 = 'settings.title';
-    const value1 = await settingsPage.getTitle();
-    expect(value1).to.eq(expect1);
-    await settingsPage.save();
-    const expect2 = 'settings.messages.success';
-    const alert = element(by.id('success'));
-    const value2 = await alert.getAttribute('jhiTranslate');
-    expect(value2).to.eq(expect2);
-  });
-
-  it('should fail to update password when using incorrect current password', async () => {
-    passwordPage = await navBarPage.getPasswordPage();
-    expect(await passwordPage.getTitle()).to.eq('password.title');
-
-    await passwordPage.setCurrentPassword('wrong_current_password');
-    await passwordPage.setPassword('new_password');
-    await passwordPage.setConfirmPassword('new_password');
-    await passwordPage.save();
-    await browser.sleep(1000);
-
-    const expect2 = 'password.messages.error';
-    const alert = element(by.css('.alert-danger'));
-    const value2 = await alert.getAttribute('jhiTranslate');
-    expect(value2).to.eq(expect2);
-  });
-
-  it('should be able to update password', async () => {
-    passwordPage = await navBarPage.getPasswordPage();
-
-    expect(await passwordPage.getTitle()).to.eq('password.title');
-    await passwordPage.setCurrentPassword(password);
-    await passwordPage.setPassword('newpassword');
-    await passwordPage.setConfirmPassword('newpassword');
-    await passwordPage.save();
-    await browser.sleep(1000);
-
-    const successMsg = 'password.messages.success';
-    const alert = element(by.css('.alert-success'));
-    const alertValue = await alert.getAttribute('jhiTranslate');
-    expect(alertValue).to.eq(successMsg);
-    await navBarPage.autoSignOut();
-
-    signInPage = await navBarPage.getSignInPage();
-    await signInPage.autoSignInUsing(username, 'newpassword');
-
-    // change back to default
-    await navBarPage.clickOnPasswordMenu();
-    expect(await passwordPage.getTitle()).to.eq('password.title');
-    await passwordPage.setCurrentPassword('newpassword');
-    await passwordPage.setPassword(password);
-    await passwordPage.setConfirmPassword(password);
-    await passwordPage.save();
-    await browser.sleep(1000);
-
-    // wait for success message
-    const alertValue2 = await alert.getAttribute('jhiTranslate');
-    expect(alertValue2).to.eq(successMsg);
-  });
-
   it('should navigate to 404 not found error page on non existing route and show user own navbar if valid authentication exists', async () => {
     // don't sign out and refresh page with non existing route
     await browser.get('/this-is-link-to-non-existing-page');
     // should navigate to 404 not found page
     const url = await browser.getCurrentUrl();
     expect(url).to.endWith('404');
-
-    // as user is admin then should show admin menu to user
-    await navBarPage.clickOnAdminMenu();
   });
 
   after(async () => {
diff --git a/src/test/javascript/e2e/admin/administration.spec.ts b/src/test/javascript/e2e/admin/administration.spec.ts
index 8f861233e958c6084425e2f097448b58535858af..632ecef9e477d62ceb4902661c358fbc897e82d7 100644
--- a/src/test/javascript/e2e/admin/administration.spec.ts
+++ b/src/test/javascript/e2e/admin/administration.spec.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ describe('administration', () => {
   const username = process.env.E2E_USERNAME ?? 'admin';
   const password = process.env.E2E_PASSWORD || 'search@admin';
   before(async () => {
-    await browser.get('/');
+    browser.get('/login');
     await browser.sleep(2000);
 
     navBarPage = new NavBarPage(true);
-    signInPage = await navBarPage.getSignInPage();
+    signInPage = navBarPage.getSignInPage();
     await signInPage.autoSignInUsing(username, password);
     await browser.wait(ec.visibilityOf(navBarPage.adminMenu), 5000);
   });
diff --git a/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/likes/likes.spec.ts b/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/likes/likes.spec.ts
index deec05313e54819df3bb9524834ff457cdfe025c..64642b6b8eba74c51c3ced6c7930474688cc912a 100644
--- a/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/likes/likes.spec.ts
+++ b/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/likes/likes.spec.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ describe('Likes e2e test', () => {
   const password = process.env.E2E_PASSWORD ?? 'search@admin';
 
   before(async () => {
-    await browser.get('/');
+    browser.get('/login');
     await browser.sleep(2000);
     navBarPage = new NavBarPage();
-    signInPage = await navBarPage.getSignInPage();
+    signInPage = navBarPage.getSignInPage();
     await signInPage.autoSignInUsing(username, password);
     await browser.wait(ec.visibilityOf(navBarPage.entityMenu), 5000);
     await browser.sleep(1000);
diff --git a/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/saved-searches/saved-searches.spec.ts b/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/saved-searches/saved-searches.spec.ts
index 4e7f7d177b3cad3b264934864fc7ad0c66675f2c..b6565b0a6e6806d9cb6d494b14484137279447eb 100644
--- a/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/saved-searches/saved-searches.spec.ts
+++ b/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/saved-searches/saved-searches.spec.ts
@@ -14,17 +14,14 @@ describe('SavedSearches e2e test', () => {
   let signInPage: SignInPage;
   let savedSearchesComponentsPage: SavedSearchesComponentsPage;
   let savedSearchesUpdatePage: SavedSearchesUpdatePage;
-  /* let savedSearchesDeleteDialog: SavedSearchesDeleteDialog; */
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
   const username = process.env.E2E_USERNAME ?? 'admin';
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
   const password = process.env.E2E_PASSWORD ?? 'search@admin';
 
   before(async () => {
-    await browser.get('/');
+    browser.get('/login');
     await browser.sleep(2000);
     navBarPage = new NavBarPage();
-    signInPage = await navBarPage.getSignInPage();
+    signInPage = navBarPage.getSignInPage();
     await signInPage.autoSignInUsing(username, password);
     await browser.wait(ec.visibilityOf(navBarPage.entityMenu), 5000);
     // await navBarPage.clickOnEntityMenu();
diff --git a/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/statistics/statistics.spec.ts b/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/statistics/statistics.spec.ts
index 521bf636ae1a3b555041af41697c0bc0756d1beb..cb7f579d44dab9ab7b7a24d9eca9fafb19d34338 100644
--- a/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/statistics/statistics.spec.ts
+++ b/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/statistics/statistics.spec.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ describe('Statistics e2e test', () => {
   const password = process.env.E2E_PASSWORD ?? 'search@admin';
 
   before(async () => {
-    await browser.get('/');
+    browser.get('/login');
     await browser.sleep(2000);
     navBarPage = new NavBarPage();
-    signInPage = await navBarPage.getSignInPage();
+    signInPage = navBarPage.getSignInPage();
     await signInPage.autoSignInUsing(username, password);
     await browser.wait(ec.visibilityOf(navBarPage.entityMenu), 5000);
   });
diff --git a/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/user-watch-list/user-watch-list.spec.ts b/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/user-watch-list/user-watch-list.spec.ts
index c20eb23b27579561204276300ee4a5ef1e07a37a..0e442573d573e94d0cdc83c98a03d3b3b7d0405a 100644
--- a/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/user-watch-list/user-watch-list.spec.ts
+++ b/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/user-watch-list/user-watch-list.spec.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ describe('UserWatchList e2e test', () => {
   const password = process.env.E2E_PASSWORD ?? 'search@admin';
 
   before(async () => {
-    await browser.get('/');
+    browser.get('/login');
     await browser.sleep(2000);
     navBarPage = new NavBarPage();
-    signInPage = await navBarPage.getSignInPage();
+    signInPage = navBarPage.getSignInPage();
     await signInPage.autoSignInUsing(username, password);
     await browser.wait(ec.visibilityOf(navBarPage.entityMenu), 5000);
   });
diff --git a/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/watch-list-entry/watch-list-entry.spec.ts b/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/watch-list-entry/watch-list-entry.spec.ts
index 1edf13c0a0a9d751372add2e336d56b8324c5590..7ca5f677be78fdfa584a8accfb1d15ecd8e6791b 100644
--- a/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/watch-list-entry/watch-list-entry.spec.ts
+++ b/src/test/javascript/e2e/entities/watch-list-entry/watch-list-entry.spec.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ describe('WatchListEntry e2e test', () => {
   const password = process.env.E2E_PASSWORD ?? 'search@admin';
 
   before(async () => {
-    await browser.get('/');
-    await browser.sleep(3000);
+    browser.get('/login');
+    await browser.sleep(2000);
     navBarPage = new NavBarPage();
-    signInPage = await navBarPage.getSignInPage();
+    signInPage = navBarPage.getSignInPage();
     await signInPage.autoSignInUsing(username, password);
     await browser.wait(ec.visibilityOf(navBarPage.entityMenu), 5000);
   });
diff --git a/src/test/javascript/e2e/page-objects/jhi-page-objects.ts b/src/test/javascript/e2e/page-objects/jhi-page-objects.ts
index afde63ebf51bd32a2f5730e4ced70a44bcf0b791..e4e3ddc372430603b0e92322bbfe220a06a6c1b7 100644
--- a/src/test/javascript/e2e/page-objects/jhi-page-objects.ts
+++ b/src/test/javascript/e2e/page-objects/jhi-page-objects.ts
@@ -76,39 +76,15 @@ export class NavBarPage {
     await element(by.css('[routerLink="admin/' + entityName + '"]')).click();
   }
 
-  async getSignInPage(): Promise<SignInPage> {
-    await this.clickOnAccountMenu();
-    await this.acceptDatapolicy();
+  getSignInPage(): SignInPage {
     return new SignInPage();
   }
 
-  async getPasswordPage(): Promise<PasswordPage> {
-    await this.clickOnAccountMenu();
-    await this.clickOnPasswordMenu();
-    return new PasswordPage();
-  }
-
-  async getSettingsPage(): Promise<SettingsPage> {
-    await this.clickOnAccountMenu();
-    await this.clickOnSettingsMenu();
-    return new SettingsPage();
-  }
-
   async goToEntity(entityName: string): Promise<void> {
     await this.clickOnEntityMenu();
     await this.clickOnEntity(entityName);
   }
 
-  async goToSignInPage(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.clickOnAccountMenu();
-    await this.clickOnSignIn();
-  }
-
-  async goToPasswordMenu(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.clickOnAccountMenu();
-    await this.clickOnPasswordMenu();
-  }
-
   async autoSignOut(): Promise<void> {
     await this.clickOnAccountMenu();
     await this.clickOnSignOut();
@@ -118,7 +94,8 @@ export class NavBarPage {
 export class SignInPage {
   username = element(by.id('username'));
   password = element(by.id('password'));
-  loginButton = element(by.id('submit_without_gitlab'));
+  loginButton = element(by.id('submit'));
+  privacyCheckbox = element(by.id('datapolicy2'));
 
   async setUserName(username: string): Promise<void> {
     await this.clearUserName();
@@ -153,105 +130,7 @@ export class SignInPage {
   }
 
   async login(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.privacyCheckbox.click();
     await this.loginButton.click();
   }
 }
-
-export class PasswordPage {
-  currentPassword = element(by.id('currentPassword'));
-  password = element(by.id('newPassword'));
-  confirmPassword = element(by.id('confirmPassword'));
-  saveButton = element(by.css('button[type=submit]'));
-  title = element.all(by.css('h2')).first();
-
-  async setCurrentPassword(password: string): Promise<void> {
-    await this.currentPassword.clear();
-    await this.currentPassword.sendKeys(password);
-  }
-
-  async setPassword(password: string): Promise<void> {
-    await this.password.clear();
-    await this.password.sendKeys(password);
-  }
-
-  async getPassword(): Promise<string> {
-    return this.password.getAttribute('value');
-  }
-
-  async clearPassword(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.password.clear();
-  }
-
-  async setConfirmPassword(confirmPassword: string): Promise<void> {
-    await this.confirmPassword.clear();
-    await this.confirmPassword.sendKeys(confirmPassword);
-  }
-
-  async getConfirmPassword(): Promise<string> {
-    return this.confirmPassword.getAttribute('value');
-  }
-
-  async clearConfirmPassword(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.confirmPassword.clear();
-  }
-
-  async getTitle(): Promise<string> {
-    return this.title.getAttribute('jhiTranslate');
-  }
-
-  async save(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.saveButton.click();
-  }
-}
-
-export class SettingsPage {
-  firstName = element(by.id('firstName'));
-  lastName = element(by.id('lastName'));
-  email = element(by.id('email'));
-  saveButton = element(by.id('saveSettings'));
-  title = element(by.id('title'));
-
-  async setFirstName(firstName: string): Promise<void> {
-    await this.firstName.sendKeys(firstName);
-  }
-
-  async getFirstName(): Promise<string> {
-    return this.firstName.getAttribute('value');
-  }
-
-  async clearFirstName(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.firstName.clear();
-  }
-
-  async setLastName(lastName: string): Promise<void> {
-    await this.lastName.sendKeys(lastName);
-  }
-
-  async getLastName(): Promise<string> {
-    return this.lastName.getAttribute('value');
-  }
-
-  async clearLastName(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.lastName.clear();
-  }
-
-  async setEmail(email: string): Promise<void> {
-    await this.email.sendKeys(email);
-  }
-
-  async getEmail(): Promise<string> {
-    return this.email.getAttribute('value');
-  }
-
-  async clearEmail(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.email.clear();
-  }
-
-  async getTitle(): Promise<string> {
-    return this.title.getAttribute('jhiTranslate');
-  }
-
-  async save(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.saveButton.click();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/test/javascript/e2e/search/search.spec.ts b/src/test/javascript/e2e/search/search.spec.ts
index 3df78aee659bc1d5ae4df0326083fb5483338671..b2d1ff9e9b34e282005857e51c749cb8c855cede 100644
--- a/src/test/javascript/e2e/search/search.spec.ts
+++ b/src/test/javascript/e2e/search/search.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { browser, element, by, ExpectedConditions as ec } from 'protractor';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-import { NavBarPage, SignInPage, PasswordPage, SettingsPage } from '../page-objects/jhi-page-objects';
+import { NavBarPage, SignInPage } from '../page-objects/jhi-page-objects';
 
 const expect = chai.expect;
 
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ describe('search', () => {
   const password = process.env.E2E_PASSWORD || 'search@admin';
 
   before(async () => {
-    await browser.get('/');
+    browser.get('/login');
+    await browser.sleep(2000);
     navBarPage = new NavBarPage(true);
   });
 
   it('should display search page', async () => {
-    signInPage = await navBarPage.getSignInPage();
+    signInPage = navBarPage.getSignInPage();
     await signInPage.autoSignInUsing(username, password);
 
     const expect2 = 'home.logged.message';