diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/LoginController.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/LoginController.java
index d67551bd43c4716339e12b3b8fdda6ea30e051ff..47ec7823d9a0c15505715fb7db10125d42cbbb35 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/LoginController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/LoginController.java
@@ -175,11 +175,13 @@ public class LoginController extends AbstractController {
 			
 			Authentication token = new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(user, password, getAuthorities());
 			try {
-				ldapAuthenticationProvider.authenticate(token);
+				Authentication auth = ldapAuthenticationProvider.authenticate(token);
+				LOGGER.info("LDAPLOGIN: {}", auth.isAuthenticated());
 				return new RedirectView(referer + "#auth/checkLogin");
 			}
 			catch (AuthenticationException e) {
-				e.printStackTrace();
+				LOGGER.info("No LDAP login: {}", e);
+				return new RedirectView("/login.html");
 			}
 		}
 		return null;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/test.ldif b/src/main/resources/test.ldif
index f0a60c365b38d3589649a507818bac4b8701500d..54bc2b1fbbf12326ce0a581f33b83524600afaf6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/test.ldif
+++ b/src/main/resources/test.ldif
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ objectclass: organization
 objectclass: top
 o: Dummy Organisation
 
-dn: uid=ptsr00, dc=example, dc=com
+dn: ou=people, dc=example, dc=com
+objectclass: organizationalunit
+ou: people
+
+dn: uid=ptsr00, ou=people, dc=example, dc=com
 objectclass: person
 objectclass: organizationalperson
 objectclass: inetorgperson
@@ -12,7 +16,7 @@ sn: Tester
 givenName: Patrick
 userPassword:: VGVzdA==
 
-dn: uid=ptsr01, dc=example, dc=com
+dn: uid=ptsr01, ou=people, dc=example, dc=com
 objectclass: person
 objectclass: organizationalperson
 objectclass: inetorgperson
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/spring-security.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/spring-security.xml
index 44b2648515a434a9c73771a10598ce7f3c932e19..1419851821e20e47bc85fa3a44cdc925c4c2aec4 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/spring-security.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/spring-security.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
     <!-- ######################### LDAP ############################# -->
 	<!-- <security:ldap-server url="${security.ldap.url}" /> -->
-	<security:ldap-server ldif="classpath:/test.ldif" />
+	<security:ldap-server ldif="classpath:/test.ldif" root="dc=example,dc=com" />
 
 	<bean id="loginUrlAuthenticationEntryPoint"
 		class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.LoginUrlAuthenticationEntryPoint">
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/arsnova.properties.example b/src/main/webapp/arsnova.properties.example
index 8d6516561529b73c3586f8f0b666e9a4f6b8f5a0..4e4a13edb3a7208c75d1bcb1c08f0edddbfa01fb 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/arsnova.properties.example
+++ b/src/main/webapp/arsnova.properties.example
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ security.twitter.secret=mC0HOvxiEgqwdDWCcDoy3q75nUQPu1bYRp1ncHWGd0
 security.google.key=110959746118.apps.googleusercontent.com
 security.google.secret=CkzUJZswY8rjWCCYnHVovyGA
 
-security.ldap.url=ldap://example.com:389/dc=example,dc=com
+security.ldap.url=ldap://example.com:33389/dc=example,dc=com
 security.ldap.user-search-filter=(uid={0})
 security.ldap.user-search-base="ou=people"