diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/security/ApplicationPermissionEvaluator.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/security/ApplicationPermissionEvaluator.java
index b8b2a69f8ab13e1c6ad3c8eaae1f67c0fea125e7..f9f1227956436748ecffdb8293f505ff5f39bd06 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/security/ApplicationPermissionEvaluator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/security/ApplicationPermissionEvaluator.java
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ public class ApplicationPermissionEvaluator implements PermissionEvaluator {
 
 	private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ApplicationPermissionEvaluator.class);
 
-	@Value("${security.adminaccount}")
-	private String adminaccount;
+	@Value("${security.admin-accounts}")
+	private String adminAccounts;
 
 	@Autowired
 	private IDatabaseDao dao;
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class ApplicationPermissionEvaluator implements PermissionEvaluator {
 				"motd".equals(targetType)
 				&& permission.equals("admin")
 				) {
-			String[] splittedNames = adminaccount.split(",");
+			String[] splittedNames = adminAccounts.split(",");
 			if (Arrays.asList(splittedNames).contains(username)) {
 				return true;
 			}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/UserService.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/UserService.java
index 803206a8e72f393e874b81858600539469c9c016..aa4be5e5619dff32c8f3c445e8b6b234ebc65e43 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/UserService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/UserService.java
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ public class UserService implements IUserService {
 	@Value("${security.authentication.login-try-limit}")
 	private int loginTryLimit;
 
-	@Value("${security.adminaccount}")
-	private String adminaccount;
+	@Value("${security.admin-accounts}")
+	private String adminAccounts;
 
 	private Pattern mailPattern;
 	private BytesKeyGenerator keygen;
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public class UserService implements IUserService {
 			}
 		}
 
-		String[] splittedNames = adminaccount.split(",");
+		String[] splittedNames = adminAccounts.split(",");
 		user.setAdmin(Arrays.asList(splittedNames).contains(user.getUsername()));
 
 		if (user == null || user.getUsername().equals("anonymous")) {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/arsnova.properties.example b/src/main/resources/arsnova.properties.example
index f84a81bdf538d4a79ddb176a463d6fdac962c398..450ab14d81130b3dab1e04b69404ebb19c592140 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/arsnova.properties.example
+++ b/src/main/resources/arsnova.properties.example
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ security.storepass=arsnova
 socketio.ip=0.0.0.0
 socketio.port=10443
 
-# admin account
-security.adminaccount=
+# Admin accounts
+# Usernames of the accounts which are allowed to manage global messages of the
+# day. Multiple accounts are separated by commas.
+security.admin-accounts=
 
 
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/src/test/resources/arsnova.properties.example b/src/test/resources/arsnova.properties.example
index 5c418583d93828e765366b48816946f7d28728d7..450ab14d81130b3dab1e04b69404ebb19c592140 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/arsnova.properties.example
+++ b/src/test/resources/arsnova.properties.example
@@ -24,8 +24,11 @@ security.storepass=arsnova
 socketio.ip=0.0.0.0
 socketio.port=10443
 
-# admin account
-security.adminaccount=username
+# Admin accounts
+# Usernames of the accounts which are allowed to manage global messages of the
+# day. Multiple accounts are separated by commas.
+security.admin-accounts=
+
 
 ################################################################################
 # Database