diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/lms/impl/MockupLmsAPITemplate.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/lms/impl/MockupLmsAPITemplate.java
index 5ff1805a..3bca575c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/lms/impl/MockupLmsAPITemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/lms/impl/MockupLmsAPITemplate.java
@@ -132,11 +132,6 @@ final class MockupLmsAPITemplate implements LmsAPITemplate {
                 throw new IllegalAccessException("Wrong client credential");
             }
 
-            final CharSequence plainClientSecret = this.clientCredentialService.getPlainClientSecret(this.credentials);
-            if (plainClientSecret == null || plainClientSecret.length() <= 0) {
-                throw new IllegalAccessException("Wrong client credential");
-            }
-
             return true;
         } catch (final Exception e) {
             log.info("Authentication failed: ", e);
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config/application-dev-ws.properties b/src/main/resources/config/application-dev-ws.properties
index f5a7a2a8..4db65f9d 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config/application-dev-ws.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/config/application-dev-ws.properties
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ logging.file=log/sebserver.log
 # data source configuration
 spring.datasource.initialize=true
 spring.datasource.initialization-mode=always
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mariadb://localhost:6603/SEBServer?createDatabaseIfNotExist=true&verifyServerCertificate=true&useSSL=true&requireSSL=true
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mariadb://localhost:3306/SEBServer?createDatabaseIfNotExist=true&verifyServerCertificate=false&useSSL=false&requireSSL=false
 spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
 spring.datasource.platform=dev
 spring.datasource.hikari.max-lifetime=600000
diff --git a/src/main/resources/data-demo.sql b/src/main/resources/data-demo.sql
index e984fa93..fe7c6dd3 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/data-demo.sql
+++ b/src/main/resources/data-demo.sql
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ INSERT IGNORE INTO view VALUES
     (11, 'hooked_keys', 12, 11);
     
 INSERT IGNORE INTO lms_setup VALUES
-    (1, 1, 'test', 'MOCKUP', 'http://', 'test-user', '8d14b78ecdcbec1d010d414a7208dbe5c411f1fa735c35c7427d840453093a3730d1bc0abe13b9b1a8', null, 1)
+    (1, 1, 'test', 'MOCKUP', 'http://', 'test-user', 'test-user', null, 1)
     ;
     
 INSERT IGNORE INTO seb_client_configuration VALUES