diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/StatisticsService.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/StatisticsService.java
index 67a6f58da24ecabcd9e29da4bdbcd408d1ef96e7..1509e9e48c591e514973f4971ac6f96956ddca60 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/StatisticsService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/StatisticsService.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package de.thm.arsnova.services;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.security.core.session.SessionRegistry;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import de.thm.arsnova.dao.IDatabaseDao;
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@ public class StatisticsService implements IStatisticsService {
 	@Autowired
 	private IUserService userService;
 
+	@Autowired
+	private SessionRegistry sessionRegistry;
+
 	@Override
 	public final int countActiveUsers() {
 		long since = System.currentTimeMillis() - DURATION_IN_MILLIS;
@@ -25,7 +29,7 @@ public class StatisticsService implements IStatisticsService {
 
 	@Override
 	public int countLoggedInUsers() {
-		return userService.loggedInUsers();
+		return sessionRegistry.getAllPrincipals().size();
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/spring-security.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/spring-security.xml
index ecd7f7669a93c1cecda86eec020db8c05416affb..70e43945886453179a09521bb5663ad8a82bf061 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/spring-security.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/spring-security.xml
@@ -128,5 +128,7 @@
 
     <bean id="failureHandler" class="de.thm.arsnova.LoginAuthenticationFailureHandler"
         p:defaultFailureUrl="/index.html" />
-    
+
+    <!-- Session Registry -->
+    <bean id="sessionRegistry" class="org.springframework.security.core.session.SessionRegistryImpl" />
 </beans>