diff --git a/default.cert b/default.cert
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cffe3c08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default.cert
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+MIIFCTCCAvGgAwIBAgIUbvD0dvnZOCfstZkE6ByRwYah4VMwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEL
+BQAwFDESMBAGA1UEAwwJbG9jYWxob3N0MB4XDTI0MTAxNjA4NDM0OFoXDTI1MTAx
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+5OBU6MSaClmyrsTjsh0TjCdOVZrX1nNvfg+2WlfzMn9XfQlpd+iXbjuShFuP
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/UserLandingPage.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/UserLandingPage.svelte
index b15cc09f..4dd25e0f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/UserLandingPage.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/UserLandingPage.svelte
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 	import { onDestroy } from 'svelte';
 
+	console.log('user: ', get(currentUser));
 	const isVerifed = get(currentUser)?.is_verified;
 	let currentPersonal = 'userDataInput';
 	let currentChildren = 'childrenGallery';
@@ -25,8 +26,6 @@
 		unsubscribeChildren();
 		unsubscribePersonal();
 	});
-	console.log('user: ', get(currentUser));
-	console.log('  verified: ', isVerifed);
 </script>
 
 {#if isVerifed === true}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/UserLogin.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/UserLogin.svelte
index b9e39435..7ee785dc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/UserLogin.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/UserLogin.svelte
@@ -17,13 +17,10 @@
 		const returned = await usersCurrentUser();
 		if (returned.error) {
 			console.log('Error getting current user: ', returned.error.detail);
-			currentUser.set(null as unknown as UserRead);
+			currentUser.set(null);
 			return returned.error.detail;
 		} else {
 			console.log('Successfully retrieved active user');
-			// TODO: remove this in the final version, this sets verified to true
-			// to emulate a successful user registration
-			returned.data.is_verified = true;
 			currentUser.set(returned.data as UserRead);
 			return 'success';
 		}
@@ -42,9 +39,6 @@
 
 		// forget user data again to not have a plain text password lying around in memory somewhere
 		// any longer than needed
-		formData.forEach((element) => {
-			element.value = '';
-		});
 
 		if (authReturn.error) {
 			showAlert = true;
@@ -130,7 +124,7 @@
 			<UserLoginUtil cls="p-6 mb-3" bind:checked={remember} />
 
 			<Button
-				class="dark:bg-primay-700 w-full bg-primary-700 text-center text-sm text-white hover:bg-primary-800 hover:text-white dark:hover:bg-primary-800"
+				class="dark:bg-primay-700 bg-primary-700 hover:bg-primary-800 dark:hover:bg-primary-800 w-full text-center text-sm text-white hover:text-white"
 				type="submit">{$_('login.submitButtonLabel')}</Button
 			>
 		</form>
@@ -139,7 +133,7 @@
 	<span class="container mx-auto w-full text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-400">Not registered?</span>
 	<a
 		href={`${base}/userLand/userRegistration`}
-		class="text-primary-700 hover:underline dark:text-primary-500"
+		class="text-primary-700 dark:text-primary-500 hover:underline"
 	>
 		Create account
 	</a>
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/UserRegistration.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/UserRegistration.svelte
index ec7008bb..13aa2282 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/UserRegistration.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/UserRegistration.svelte
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@
 			userData.body.is_active = true;
 
 			const result = await registerRegister(userData);
-			data.forEach((element) => {
-				element.value = '';
-			});
+
 			if (result.error) {
 				console.log('error: ', result.response.status, result.error.detail);
 				alertMessage = $_('registration.alertMessageError') + ': ' + result.error.detail;
@@ -99,7 +97,7 @@
 					return { name: String(v), value: v };
 				})
 			},
-			value: ''
+			value: $_('registration.observerRole')
 		}
 	];
 
@@ -147,7 +145,7 @@
 
 			<Button
 				type="submit"
-				class="dark:bg-primay-700 w-full bg-primary-700 text-center text-sm text-white hover:bg-primary-800 hover:text-white dark:hover:bg-primary-800"
+				class="dark:bg-primay-700 bg-primary-700 hover:bg-primary-800 dark:hover:bg-primary-800 w-full text-center text-sm text-white hover:text-white"
 				>{$_('registration.submitButtonLabel')}</Button
 			>
 		</form>
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/stores/userStore.ts b/frontend/src/lib/stores/userStore.ts
index ae95a900..aab5efb3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/stores/userStore.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/stores/userStore.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,6 @@ async function hash(input: string): string {
 	return hash;
 }
 
-const currentUser = writable(null as unknown as UserRead);
+const currentUser = writable(null as null | UserRead);
 
 export { createDummyUser, currentUser, hash, users, UserStore, type UserData, type UserList };