diff --git a/app/src/Bootstrap.php b/app/src/Bootstrap.php
index 016c480..d010095 100644
--- a/app/src/Bootstrap.php
+++ b/app/src/Bootstrap.php
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ use Slovocast\Domain\Repository\User\UserRepository;
 use Slovocast\Domain\Repository\User\UserRepositoryInterface;
 
 use Slovocast\Infrastructure\Api\Database\DatabaseConnectionInterface;
+use Slovocast\Infrastructure\Database\DatabaseConnection;
 use Slovocast\Infrastructure\Api\User\UserAuthorizationInterface;
 use Slovocast\Infrastructure\User\BasicUserAuthorization;
 
@@ -71,7 +72,6 @@ class Bootstrap
         $config->addSchema('database', DatabaseConnectionSchema::getSchema());
         $config->addSchema('session', SessionSchema::getSchema());
 
-
         $config->merge([
             'site' => [
                 'name' => "Slovocast",
@@ -143,7 +143,14 @@ class Bootstrap
              * Database Connections
              */
             DatabaseConnectionInterface::class => function (ContainerInterface $container) {
-                $config = $container->get('config')->get('database');
+                $config = $container->get('config');
+                return new DatabaseConnection(
+                    $config->get('database.host'),
+                    $config->get('database.username'),
+                    $config->get('database.password'),
+                    $config->get('database.database'),
+                    $config->get('database.port'),
+                );
             },
 
             /**
diff --git a/app/src/Configuration/DatabaseConnectionSchema.php b/app/src/Configuration/DatabaseConnectionSchema.php
index 6fedd60..51d1dfe 100644
--- a/app/src/Configuration/DatabaseConnectionSchema.php
+++ b/app/src/Configuration/DatabaseConnectionSchema.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class DatabaseConnectionSchema
             'port' => Expect::int()->min(1)->max(65535)->default(3306),
             'database' => Expect::string()->required(),
             'username' => Expect::string()->required(),
-            'password' => Expect::string()->nullable()
+            'password' => Expect::string()->required()
         ]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/Controller/User/LoginUserAction.php b/app/src/Controller/User/LoginUserAction.php
index 133a640..dc9f226 100644
--- a/app/src/Controller/User/LoginUserAction.php
+++ b/app/src/Controller/User/LoginUserAction.php
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ class LoginUserAction extends Controller
         }
 
         // start the session
-        $this->session->set('user', [
-            'id' => $user->getId(),
-            'authenticated' => true
-        ]);
-        return $this->response;
+        $this->session->set('user', [ 'id' => $user->getId(), 'authenticated' => true ]);
+        return $this->render('dashboard.twig');
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/Infrastructure/Database/DatabaseConnection.php b/app/src/Infrastructure/Database/DatabaseConnection.php
index a8207d5..9be9081 100644
--- a/app/src/Infrastructure/Database/DatabaseConnection.php
+++ b/app/src/Infrastructure/Database/DatabaseConnection.php
@@ -7,7 +7,18 @@ use PDO;
 
 class DatabaseConnection implements DatabaseConnectionInterface
 {
-    public function __construct(private PDO $pdo) {}
+    private PDO $pdo;
+
+    public function __construct(
+        string $host,
+        string $username,
+        string $password,
+        string $database,
+        int $port = 3306
+    ) {
+        $dsn = "mysql:dbname={$database};host={$host};port={$port}";
+        $this->pdo = new PDO($dsn. $username, $password);
+    }
 
     public function getConnection(): PDO
     {
diff --git a/app/src/Routes.php b/app/src/Routes.php
index 543cd54..fad026a 100644
--- a/app/src/Routes.php
+++ b/app/src/Routes.php
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ class Routes
         $app->get('/login', LoginUserPage::class)
             ->setName('user-login-page');
         $app->post('/login', LoginUserAction::class)
-            ->add(AuthenticatedMiddleware::class)
             ->setName('user-login-action');
     }