diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/UserController.java b/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/UserController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d232ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/UserController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package de.szut.casino.user;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestHeader;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+import de.szut.casino.user.dto.CreateUserDto;
+import de.szut.casino.user.dto.GetUserDto;
+import jakarta.validation.Valid;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Slf4j
+@RestController
+public class UserController {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private UserService userService;
+
+    @GetMapping("/user/{id}")
+    public ResponseEntity<?> getUser(@PathVariable String id) {
+        if (id == null || !userService.exists(id)) {
+            return ResponseEntity.notFound().build();
+        }
+        
+        return ResponseEntity.ok(userService.getUser(id));
+    }
+
+    @PostMapping("/user")
+    public ResponseEntity<?> createUser(@RequestBody @Valid CreateUserDto userData) {
+        if (userService.exists(userData.getKeycloakId())) {
+
+            return this.redirect("/user/" + userData.getKeycloakId());
+        }
+
+        return ResponseEntity.ok(userService.createUser(userData));
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping("/user")
+    public ResponseEntity<GetUserDto> getCurrentUser(@RequestHeader("Authorization") String token) {
+        GetUserDto userData = userService.getCurrentUser(token);
+
+        if (userData == null) {
+            return ResponseEntity.notFound().build();
+        }
+
+        return ResponseEntity.ok(userData);
+    }
+
+    private ResponseEntity<Object> redirect(String route) {
+        HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
+        headers.add("Location", route);
+
+        return new ResponseEntity<>(headers, HttpStatus.FOUND);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/UserEntity.java b/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/UserEntity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6c1a5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/UserEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package de.szut.casino.user;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Column;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Setter;
+
+@Setter
+@Getter
+@Entity
+@NoArgsConstructor
+public class UserEntity {
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue
+    private Long id;
+    @Column(unique = true)
+    private String keycloakId;
+    private String username;
+    private float balance;
+
+    public UserEntity(String keycloakId, String username, float balance) {
+        this.keycloakId = keycloakId;
+        this.username = username;
+        this.balance = balance;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/UserMappingService.java b/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/UserMappingService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0183ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/UserMappingService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package de.szut.casino.user;
+
+import de.szut.casino.user.dto.CreateUserDto;
+import de.szut.casino.user.dto.GetUserDto;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+@Service
+public class UserMappingService {
+    public GetUserDto mapToGetUserDto(UserEntity user) {
+        return new GetUserDto(user.getKeycloakId(), user.getUsername(), user.getBalance());
+    }
+
+    public UserEntity mapToUserEntity(CreateUserDto createUserDto) {
+        return new UserEntity(createUserDto.getKeycloakId(), createUserDto.getUsername(), 0);
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/UserRepository.java b/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/UserRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aaa5752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/UserRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package de.szut.casino.user;
+
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.Query;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+@Service
+public interface UserRepository extends JpaRepository<UserEntity, Long> {
+    @Query("SELECT u FROM UserEntity u WHERE u.keycloakId = ?1")
+    Optional<UserEntity> findOneByKeycloakId(String keycloakId);
+
+    boolean existsByKeycloakId(String keycloakId);
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/UserService.java b/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/UserService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..724962e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/UserService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package de.szut.casino.user;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+
+import de.szut.casino.user.dto.CreateUserDto;
+import de.szut.casino.user.dto.GetUserDto;
+import de.szut.casino.user.dto.KeycloakUserDto;
+
+@Service
+public class UserService {
+    @Autowired
+    private UserRepository userRepository;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private RestTemplate http;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private UserMappingService mappingService;
+
+    public UserEntity createUser(CreateUserDto createUserDto) {
+        UserEntity user = mappingService.mapToUserEntity(createUserDto);
+        userRepository.save(user);
+
+        return user;
+    }
+
+    public GetUserDto getUser(String keycloakId) {
+        Optional<UserEntity> user = this.userRepository.findOneByKeycloakId(keycloakId);
+
+        return user.map(userEntity -> mappingService.mapToGetUserDto(userEntity)).orElse(null);
+    }
+
+    public GetUserDto getCurrentUser(String token) {
+        KeycloakUserDto userData = getKeycloakUserInfo(token);
+
+        if (userData == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        Optional<UserEntity> user = this.userRepository.findOneByKeycloakId(userData.getSub());
+
+        return user.map(userEntity -> mappingService.mapToGetUserDto(userEntity)).orElse(null);
+
+    }
+
+    private KeycloakUserDto getKeycloakUserInfo(String token) {
+        HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
+        headers.set("Authorization", token);
+        ResponseEntity<KeycloakUserDto> response = this.http.exchange("http://localhost:9090/realms/LF12/protocol/openid-connect/userinfo", HttpMethod.GET, new HttpEntity<>(headers), KeycloakUserDto.class);
+    
+        return response.getBody();
+    }
+
+    public boolean exists(String keycloakId) {
+        return userRepository.existsByKeycloakId(keycloakId);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/dto/CreateUserDto.java b/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/dto/CreateUserDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff28427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/dto/CreateUserDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package de.szut.casino.user.dto;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Setter;
+
+@Getter
+@Setter
+@AllArgsConstructor
+@NoArgsConstructor
+public class CreateUserDto {
+    private String keycloakId;
+    private String username;
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/dto/GetUserDto.java b/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/dto/GetUserDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb690af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/dto/GetUserDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package de.szut.casino.user.dto;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Setter;
+
+@Getter
+@Setter
+@AllArgsConstructor
+@NoArgsConstructor
+public class GetUserDto {
+    private String keycloakId;
+    private String username;
+    private float balance;
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/dto/KeycloakUserDto.java b/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/dto/KeycloakUserDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4238e13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/de/szut/casino/user/dto/KeycloakUserDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package de.szut.casino.user.dto;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Setter;
+
+@Getter
+@Setter
+@AllArgsConstructor
+@NoArgsConstructor
+public class KeycloakUserDto {
+    private String sub;
+    private String preferred_username;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/app.config.ts b/frontend/src/app/app.config.ts
index 8401ece..217efd4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/app.config.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/app.config.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const initializeKeycloak = (keycloak: KeycloakService) => async () =>
       onLoad: 'check-sso',
       silentCheckSsoRedirectUri: window.location.origin + '/silent-check-sso.html',
       checkLoginIframe: false,
-      redirectUri: 'http://localhost:4200',
+      redirectUri: window.location.origin + '/',
     },
   });
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/app.routes.ts b/frontend/src/app/app.routes.ts
index dc68406..6fbef95 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/app.routes.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/app.routes.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ export const routes: Routes = [
     path: '',
     component: LandingComponent,
   },
+  {
+    path: 'login/success',
+    loadComponent: () => import('./feature/login-success/login-success.component'),
+  },
   {
     path: 'home',
     loadComponent: () => import('./feature/home/home.component'),
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/auth.guard.ts b/frontend/src/app/auth.guard.ts
index 0743ff6..035ccc8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/auth.guard.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/auth.guard.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,16 @@
-import { ActivatedRouteSnapshot, CanActivateFn, RouterStateSnapshot } from '@angular/router';
+import { CanActivateFn, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { inject } from '@angular/core';
 import { KeycloakService } from 'keycloak-angular';
 
-export const authGuard: CanActivateFn = async (
-  route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot,
-  state: RouterStateSnapshot
-) => {
+export const authGuard: CanActivateFn = async () => {
   const keycloakService = inject(KeycloakService);
-  const isLoggedIn = keycloakService.isLoggedIn();
+  const router = inject(Router);
 
-  if (isLoggedIn) {
+  if (keycloakService.isLoggedIn()) {
     return true;
   }
 
-  const baseurl = window.location.origin;
-
-  keycloakService.login({
-    redirectUri: `${baseurl}${state.url}`,
-  });
+  router.navigate(['']);
 
   return false;
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/feature/login-success/login-success.component.css b/frontend/src/app/feature/login-success/login-success.component.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/feature/login-success/login-success.component.html b/frontend/src/app/feature/login-success/login-success.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba9d449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/feature/login-success/login-success.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<p>Logging in...</p>
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/feature/login-success/login-success.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/feature/login-success/login-success.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf81ac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/feature/login-success/login-success.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, inject, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { UserService } from '../../service/user.service';
+import { KeycloakService } from 'keycloak-angular';
+import { Router } from '@angular/router';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'app-login-success',
+  standalone: true,
+  imports: [],
+  templateUrl: './login-success.component.html',
+  styleUrl: './login-success.component.css',
+  changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
+})
+export default class LoginSuccessComponent implements OnInit {
+  private userService: UserService = inject(UserService);
+  private keycloakService: KeycloakService = inject(KeycloakService);
+  private router: Router = inject(Router);
+
+  async ngOnInit() {
+    const userProfile = await this.keycloakService.loadUserProfile();
+    const user = await this.userService.getOrCreateUser(userProfile);
+    sessionStorage.setItem('user', JSON.stringify(user));
+
+    this.router.navigate(['']);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/model/User.ts b/frontend/src/app/model/User.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a579b7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/model/User.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export interface User {
+  keycloakId: string;
+  username: string;
+  balance: number;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/service/user.service.ts b/frontend/src/app/service/user.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba6bead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/service/user.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { KeycloakProfile } from 'keycloak-js';
+import { catchError, EMPTY, Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { User } from '../model/User';
+
+@Injectable({
+  providedIn: 'root',
+})
+export class UserService {
+  private http: HttpClient = inject(HttpClient);
+
+  public getUser(id: string): Observable<User | null> {
+    return this.http.get<User | null>(`/backend/user/${id}`).pipe(catchError(() => EMPTY));
+  }
+
+  public createUser(id: string, username: string): Observable<User> {
+    return this.http.post<User>('/backend/user', {
+      keycloakId: id,
+      username: username,
+    });
+  }
+
+  public async getOrCreateUser(userProfile: KeycloakProfile) {
+    if (userProfile.id == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    return await this.getUser(userProfile.id)
+      .toPromise()
+      .then(async (user) => {
+        if (user) {
+          return user;
+        }
+
+        return await this.createUser(userProfile.id ?? '', userProfile.username ?? '').toPromise();
+      });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/shared/components/navbar/navbar.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/shared/components/navbar/navbar.component.ts
index ba86e73..53d1dee 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/shared/components/navbar/navbar.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/shared/components/navbar/navbar.component.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export class NavbarComponent {
   login() {
     try {
       const baseUrl = window.location.origin;
-      this.keycloakService.login({ redirectUri: `${baseUrl}/home` });
+      this.keycloakService.login({ redirectUri: `${baseUrl}/login/success` });
     } catch (error) {
       console.error('Login failed:', error);
     }