diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/dao/ExamDAO.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/dao/ExamDAO.java
index 1cc0b602..370cbfa1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/dao/ExamDAO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/dao/ExamDAO.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public interface ExamDAO extends ActivatableEntityDAO<Exam, Exam>, BulkActionSup
      * @param filterMap FilterMap with other filter criteria
      * @param status the list of ExamStatus
      * @return Result refer to collection of exam identifiers or to an error if happened */
-    Result<Collection<Exam>> getExamIdsForStatus(
+    Result<Collection<Exam>> getExamsForStatus(
             final FilterMap filterMap,
             final Predicate<Exam> predicate,
             final ExamStatus... status);
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/dao/FilterMap.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/dao/FilterMap.java
index a9a5b3d5..85ce64fe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/dao/FilterMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/dao/FilterMap.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class FilterMap extends POSTMapper {
     }
 
     public Integer getActiveAsInt() {
-        return getBooleanAsInteger(UserInfo.FILTER_ATTR_ACTIVE);
+        return getBooleanAsInteger(Entity.FILTER_ATTR_ACTIVE);
     }
 
     public Long getInstitutionId() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/dao/impl/ExamDAOImpl.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/dao/impl/ExamDAOImpl.java
index cbd17475..448ed0af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/dao/impl/ExamDAOImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/dao/impl/ExamDAOImpl.java
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ public class ExamDAOImpl implements ExamDAO {
 
     @Override
     @Transactional(readOnly = true)
-    public Result<Collection<Exam>> getExamIdsForStatus(
+    public Result<Collection<Exam>> getExamsForStatus(
             final FilterMap filterMap,
             final Predicate<Exam> predicate,
             final ExamStatus... status) {
@@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ public class ExamDAOImpl implements ExamDAO {
                             .collect(Collectors.toList())
                     : null;
             final Predicate<Exam> examDataFilter = createPredicate(filterMap);
-            return this.examRecordDAO.allMatching(filterMap, stateNames)
+            return this.examRecordDAO
+                    .allMatching(filterMap, stateNames)
                     .flatMap(this::toDomainModel)
                     .getOrThrow()
                     .stream()
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/session/impl/ExamSessionServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/session/impl/ExamSessionServiceImpl.java
index 15de3342..b413c5c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/session/impl/ExamSessionServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/session/impl/ExamSessionServiceImpl.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.gbl.Constants;
 import ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.gbl.api.APIMessage;
 import ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.gbl.api.APIMessage.ErrorMessage;
+import ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.gbl.model.Entity;
 import ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.gbl.model.exam.Exam;
 import ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.gbl.model.exam.Exam.ExamStatus;
 import ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.gbl.model.session.ClientConnection;
@@ -264,7 +265,9 @@ public class ExamSessionServiceImpl implements ExamSessionService {
             final FilterMap filterMap,
             final Predicate<Exam> predicate) {
 
-        return this.examDAO.getExamIdsForStatus(
+        filterMap.putIfAbsent(Entity.FILTER_ATTR_ACTIVE, Constants.TRUE_STRING);
+
+        return this.examDAO.getExamsForStatus(
                 filterMap,
                 predicate,
                 ExamStatus.FINISHED,
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config/application-dev-ws.properties b/src/main/resources/config/application-dev-ws.properties
index c45a499e..6d85c2b3 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config/application-dev-ws.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/config/application-dev-ws.properties
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sebserver.webservice.clean-db-on-startup=false
 
 # webservice configuration
 sebserver.init.adminaccount.gen-on-init=false
-sebserver.webservice.distributed=false
+sebserver.webservice.distributed=true
 #sebserver.webservice.master.delay.threshold=10000
 sebserver.webservice.http.external.scheme=http
 sebserver.webservice.http.external.servername=localhost