diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/WebserviceInfo.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/WebserviceInfo.java
index 3e2860ea..ed4557aa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/WebserviceInfo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/WebserviceInfo.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang3.BooleanUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
 import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
@@ -72,6 +73,13 @@ public class WebserviceInfo {
     private final WebserviceInfoDAO webserviceInfoDAO;
     private boolean isMaster = false;
 
+    @Value("${sebserver.webservice.api.admin.accessTokenValiditySeconds:3600}")
+    private int adminAccessTokenValSec;
+    @Value("${sebserver.webservice.api.admin.refreshTokenValiditySeconds:-1}")
+    private int adminRefreshTokenValSec;
+    @Value("${sebserver.webservice.api.exam.accessTokenValiditySeconds:43200}")
+    private int examAPITokenValiditySeconds;
+
     public WebserviceInfo(
             final WebserviceInfoDAO webserviceInfoDAO,
             final Environment environment) {
@@ -253,6 +261,18 @@ public class WebserviceInfo {
                 .orElse(null);
     }
 
+    public int getAdminAccessTokenValSec() {
+        return this.adminAccessTokenValSec;
+    }
+
+    public int getAdminRefreshTokenValSec() {
+        return this.adminRefreshTokenValSec;
+    }
+
+    public int getExamAPITokenValiditySeconds() {
+        return this.examAPITokenValiditySeconds;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/WebserviceInit.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/WebserviceInit.java
index f3a3de58..0c3f4026 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/WebserviceInit.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/WebserviceInit.java
@@ -140,6 +140,14 @@ public class WebserviceInit implements ApplicationListener<ApplicationReadyEvent
         SEBServerInit.INIT_LOGGER.info("---->");
         SEBServerInit.INIT_LOGGER.info("----> HTTP Scheme {}", this.webserviceInfo.getHttpScheme());
         SEBServerInit.INIT_LOGGER.info("---->");
+        SEBServerInit.INIT_LOGGER.info("----> Access-Tokens:");
+        SEBServerInit.INIT_LOGGER.info(
+                "----> admin API access token validity: " + this.webserviceInfo.getAdminAccessTokenValSec() + "s");
+        SEBServerInit.INIT_LOGGER.info(
+                "----> admin API refresh token validity: " + this.webserviceInfo.getAdminRefreshTokenValSec() + "s");
+        SEBServerInit.INIT_LOGGER.info(
+                "----> exam API access token validity: " + this.webserviceInfo.getExamAPITokenValiditySeconds() + "s");
+        SEBServerInit.INIT_LOGGER.info("----> ");
         SEBServerInit.INIT_LOGGER.info("----> Property Override Test: {}", this.webserviceInfo.getTestProperty());
 
         SEBServerInit.INIT_LOGGER.info("---->");
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/sebconfig/impl/ClientConfigServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/sebconfig/impl/ClientConfigServiceImpl.java
index 68be9476..06f25b7c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/sebconfig/impl/ClientConfigServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/sebconfig/impl/ClientConfigServiceImpl.java
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public class ClientConfigServiceImpl implements ClientConfigService {
             final CertificateDAO certificateDAO,
             @Qualifier(WebSecurityConfig.CLIENT_PASSWORD_ENCODER_BEAN_NAME) final PasswordEncoder clientPasswordEncoder,
             @Value("${sebserver.webservice.api.exam.defaultPingInterval:1000}") final long defaultPingInterval,
-            @Value("${sebserver.webservice.api.exam.accessTokenValiditySeconds:-1}") final int examAPITokenValiditySeconds) {
+            @Value("${sebserver.webservice.api.exam.accessTokenValiditySeconds:43200}") final int examAPITokenValiditySeconds) {
 
         this.sebClientConfigDAO = sebClientConfigDAO;
         this.clientCredentialService = clientCredentialService;
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/WebServiceSecurityConfig.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/WebServiceSecurityConfig.java
index 545bd136..89accdfa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/WebServiceSecurityConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/WebServiceSecurityConfig.java
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ public class WebServiceSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
     private Integer adminAccessTokenValSec;
     @Value("${sebserver.webservice.api.admin.refreshTokenValiditySeconds:-1}")
     private Integer adminRefreshTokenValSec;
+    @Value("${sebserver.webservice.api.exam.accessTokenValiditySeconds:43200}")
+    private Integer examAccessTokenValSec;
 
     @Lazy
     @Bean
@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ public class WebServiceSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
                 this.webServiceClientDetails,
                 authenticationManagerBean(),
                 this.examAPIEndpoint,
-                -1);
+                this.examAccessTokenValSec);
     }
 
     @Bean
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config/application-ws.properties b/src/main/resources/config/application-ws.properties
index 7a38e8cb..c354da07 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config/application-ws.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/config/application-ws.properties
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ sebserver.webservice.api.exam.config.init.permittedProcesses=config/initialPermi
 sebserver.webservice.api.exam.config.init.prohibitedProcesses=config/initialProhibitedProcesses.xml
 sebserver.webservice.api.exam.endpoint=/exam-api
 sebserver.webservice.api.exam.endpoint.discovery=${sebserver.webservice.api.exam.endpoint}/discovery
-sebserver.webservice.api.exam.endpoint.v1=${sebserver.webservice.api.exam.endpoint}/v1
+sebserver.webservice.api.exam.endpoint.v1=${sebserver.webservice.api.exam.endpoint}/v1
+sebserver.webservice.api.exam.accessTokenValiditySeconds=43200
 sebserver.webservice.api.exam.event-handling-strategy=SINGLE_EVENT_STORE_STRATEGY
 sebserver.webservice.api.exam.enable-indicator-cache=true
-sebserver.webservice.api.exam.accessTokenValiditySeconds=-1
 sebserver.webservice.api.pagination.maxPageSize=500
 # comma separated list of known possible OpenEdX API access token request endpoints
 sebserver.webservice.lms.openedx.api.token.request.paths=/oauth2/access_token
diff --git a/src/test/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/integration/api/exam/ExamAPIAccessTokenRequestTest.java b/src/test/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/integration/api/exam/ExamAPIAccessTokenRequestTest.java
index f3f25d4d..b1747ccd 100644
--- a/src/test/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/integration/api/exam/ExamAPIAccessTokenRequestTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/integration/api/exam/ExamAPIAccessTokenRequestTest.java
@@ -9,9 +9,18 @@
 package ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.webservice.integration.api.exam;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.springframework.security.test.web.servlet.request.SecurityMockMvcRequestPostProcessors.httpBasic;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.post;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.content;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.json.JacksonJsonParser;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.test.context.jdbc.Sql;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.ResultActions;
+import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
+import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 
 @Sql(scripts = { "classpath:schema-test.sql", "classpath:data-test.sql", "classpath:data-test-additional.sql" })
 public class ExamAPIAccessTokenRequestTest extends ExamAPIIntegrationTester {
@@ -22,4 +31,23 @@ public class ExamAPIAccessTokenRequestTest extends ExamAPIIntegrationTester {
         assertNotNull(accessToken);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testAccessTokenResponse() throws Exception {
+        final MultiValueMap<String, String> params = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
+        params.add("grant_type", "client_credentials");
+        params.add("scope", "read write");
+
+        final ResultActions result = this.mockMvc.perform(post("/oauth/token")
+                .params(params)
+                .with(httpBasic("test", "test"))
+                .accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andExpect(content().contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_UTF8_VALUE));
+
+        final String resultString = result.andReturn().getResponse().getContentAsString();
+        final JacksonJsonParser jsonParser = new JacksonJsonParser();
+        final Object expiry = jsonParser.parseMap(resultString).get("expires_in");
+        assertNotNull(expiry);
+    }
+
 }