diff --git a/includes/helper/email_helper.php b/includes/helper/email_helper.php
index 5c7c64a8..24c32be8 100644
--- a/includes/helper/email_helper.php
+++ b/includes/helper/email_helper.php
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 function engelsystem_email_to_user($recipient_user, $title, $message, $not_if_its_me = false) {
   global $user;
   
-  if ($not_if_its_me && $user['UID'] == $recipient_user['UID'])
+  if ($not_if_its_me && $user['UID'] == $recipient_user['UID']) {
     return true;
+  }
   
   gettext_locale($recipient_user['Sprache']);
   
diff --git a/includes/helper/graph_helper.php b/includes/helper/graph_helper.php
index 17473634..180d1ef9 100644
--- a/includes/helper/graph_helper.php
+++ b/includes/helper/graph_helper.php
@@ -9,14 +9,16 @@
  */
 function bargraph($id, $key, $row_names, $colors, $data) {
   $labels = [];
-  foreach ($data as $dataset)
+  foreach ($data as $dataset) {
     $labels[] = $dataset[$key];
+  }
   
   $datasets = [];
   foreach ($row_names as $row_key => $name) {
     $values = [];
-    foreach ($data as $dataset)
+    foreach ($data as $dataset) {
       $values[] = $dataset[$row_key];
+    }
     $datasets[] = [
         'label' => $name,
         'fillColor' => $colors[$row_key],
diff --git a/includes/helper/internationalization_helper.php b/includes/helper/internationalization_helper.php
index a8fdd0f0..1f4f3558 100644
--- a/includes/helper/internationalization_helper.php
+++ b/includes/helper/internationalization_helper.php
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ function locale_short() {
 function gettext_init() {
   global $locales, $default_locale;
   
-  if (isset($_REQUEST['set_locale']) && in_array($_REQUEST['set_locale'], array_keys($locales)))
+  if (isset($_REQUEST['set_locale']) && in_array($_REQUEST['set_locale'], array_keys($locales))) {
     $_SESSION['locale'] = $_REQUEST['set_locale'];
-  elseif (! isset($_SESSION['locale']))
+  } elseif (! isset($_SESSION['locale'])) {
     $_SESSION['locale'] = $default_locale;
+  }
   
   gettext_locale();
   bindtextdomain('default', '../locale');
@@ -43,8 +44,9 @@ function gettext_init() {
  * @param string $locale          
  */
 function gettext_locale($locale = null) {
-  if ($locale == null)
+  if ($locale == null) {
     $locale = $_SESSION['locale'];
+  }
   
   putenv('LC_ALL=' . $locale);
   setlocale(LC_ALL, $locale);
@@ -60,8 +62,9 @@ function make_langselect() {
   $URL = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] . (strpos($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"], "?") > 0 ? '&' : '?') . "set_locale=";
   
   $items = array();
-  foreach ($locales as $locale => $name)
+  foreach ($locales as $locale => $name) {
     $items[] = toolbar_item_link(htmlspecialchars($URL) . $locale, '', '<img src="pic/flag/' . $locale . '.png" alt="' . $name . '" title="' . $name . '"> ' . $name);
+  }
   return $items;
 }
 
diff --git a/includes/helper/message_helper.php b/includes/helper/message_helper.php
index 26bad871..a0cc6eb7 100644
--- a/includes/helper/message_helper.php
+++ b/includes/helper/message_helper.php
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
  * Gibt zwischengespeicherte Fehlermeldungen zurück und löscht den Zwischenspeicher
  */
 function msg() {
-  if (! isset($_SESSION['msg']))
+  if (! isset($_SESSION['msg'])) {
     return "";
+  }
   $msg = $_SESSION['msg'];
   $_SESSION['msg'] = "";
   return $msg;
@@ -15,44 +16,37 @@ function msg() {
  * Rendert eine Information
  */
 function info($msg, $immediatly = false) {
-  if ($immediatly) {
-    if ($msg == "")
-      return "";
-    return '<div class="alert alert-info">' . $msg . '</div>';
-  } else {
-    if (! isset($_SESSION['msg']))
-      $_SESSION['msg'] = "";
-    $_SESSION['msg'] .= info($msg, true);
-  }
+  return alert('info', $msg, $immediatly);
 }
 
 /**
  * Rendert eine Fehlermeldung
  */
 function error($msg, $immediatly = false) {
-  if ($immediatly) {
-    if ($msg == "")
-      return "";
-    return '<div class="alert alert-danger">' . $msg . '</div>';
-  } else {
-    if (! isset($_SESSION['msg']))
-      $_SESSION['msg'] = "";
-    $_SESSION['msg'] .= error($msg, true);
-  }
+  return alert('danger', $msg, $immediatly);
 }
 
 /**
  * Rendert eine Erfolgsmeldung
  */
 function success($msg, $immediatly = false) {
+  return alert('success', $msg, $immediatly);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renders an alert with given alert-* class.
+ */
+function alert($class, $msg, $immediatly = false) {
   if ($immediatly) {
-    if ($msg == "")
+    if ($msg == "") {
       return "";
-    return '<div class="alert alert-success">' . $msg . '</div>';
+    }
+    return '<div class="alert alert-' . $class . '">' . $msg . '</div>';
   } else {
-    if (! isset($_SESSION['msg']))
+    if (! isset($_SESSION['msg'])) {
       $_SESSION['msg'] = "";
-    $_SESSION['msg'] .= success($msg, true);
+    }
+    $_SESSION['msg'] .= alert($class, $msg, true);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/includes/pages/guest_login.php b/includes/pages/guest_login.php
index dfda3306..2700fd5b 100644
--- a/includes/pages/guest_login.php
+++ b/includes/pages/guest_login.php
@@ -313,13 +313,13 @@ function guest_login() {
   
   return page([
       div('col-md-12', [
-          msg(),
           div('row', [
               div('col-md-4', [
                   EventConfig_countdown_page($event_config) 
               ]),
               div('col-md-4', [
                   heading(login_title(), 2),
+                  msg(),
                   form([
                       form_text('nick', _("Nick"), $nick),
                       form_password('password', _("Password")),