diff --git a/includes/engelsystem_provider.php b/includes/engelsystem_provider.php
index cbc1cb1d..56d12de6 100644
--- a/includes/engelsystem_provider.php
+++ b/includes/engelsystem_provider.php
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ require_once realpath(__DIR__ . '/../includes/pages/user_shifts.php');
 
 require_once realpath(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/parsedown/Parsedown.php');
 
+session_lifetime(24 * 60, preg_replace("/[^a-z0-9-]/", '', md5(__DIR__)));
+session_start();
+
 gettext_init();
 
 sql_connect($config['host'], $config['user'], $config['pw'], $config['db']);
diff --git a/includes/pages/guest_login.php b/includes/pages/guest_login.php
index 8f128d9e..741fd826 100644
--- a/includes/pages/guest_login.php
+++ b/includes/pages/guest_login.php
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ function guest_login() {
     if ($ok) {
       $_SESSION['uid'] = $login_user['UID'];
       $_SESSION['locale'] = $login_user['Sprache'];
+      
       redirect(page_link_to('news'));
     }
   }
diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index d69c4361..418b7eea 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 require_once realpath(__DIR__ . '/../includes/engelsystem_provider.php');
 
-session_lifetime(24 * 60, preg_replace("/[^a-z0-9-]/", '', md5(__DIR__)));
-session_start();
-
 // JSON Authorisierung gewünscht?
 if (isset($_REQUEST['auth']))
   json_auth_service();