diff --git a/src/app/app.component.html b/src/app/app.component.html
index 1f0404d..4d82d34 100644
--- a/src/app/app.component.html
+++ b/src/app/app.component.html
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<navbar *ngIf= "properties && showMenu && checkLogin"   portal="connect-admin" logoPath="assets/imgs/" [onlyTop]=false [userMenu]=true
+<navbar *ngIf= "properties && showMenu"   portal="connect-admin" logoPath="assets/imgs/" [onlyTop]=false [userMenu]=true
         [homeurl] = false [user]="user" [userMenuItems]=userMenuItems [menuItems]=menuItems [properties]=properties
           [community]=community class="adminMenu"></navbar>
 
 <div  id="wrapper" class="uk-section  uk-padding-remove">
   <div class="uk-grid-collapse" uk-height-viewport="expand: true" uk-grid>
-    <sidebar *ngIf="showSidebar && checkLogin && this.router.url.split('?')[0]!= '/customize-layout'"
+    <sidebar *ngIf="showSidebar && this.router.url.split('?')[0]!= '/customize-layout'"
              [menuItems]="sideMenuItems"
              class="uk-width-1-5 uk-light sidebar "></sidebar>
     <div class="uk-width-expand uk-overflow-auto"
diff --git a/src/app/app.component.ts b/src/app/app.component.ts
index 583edb9..36e8b14 100644
--- a/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
   wellcome = false;
   showMenu: boolean = false;
   user: User;
-  checkLogin: boolean = false;
 
   constructor(private route: ActivatedRoute,
               private propertiesService: EnvironmentSpecificService,
@@ -64,9 +63,8 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
         this.logOutUrl = this.properties.logoutUrl;
         this.showSidebar = false;
         this.showMenu = false;
-        this.userManagementService.getUserInfo(this.properties.userInfoUrl).subscribe(user => {
+        this.userManagementService.getUserInfo().subscribe(user => {
           this.user = user;
-          this.checkLogin = true;
           if (this.user) {
             localStorage.setItem('user_id', this.user.id);
             localStorage.setItem('mining_backend_address', this.properties.miningBackendURL);
diff --git a/src/app/pages/curator/curator.component.ts b/src/app/pages/curator/curator.component.ts
index 0b82154..78b4cc2 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/curator/curator.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/curator/curator.component.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export class CuratorComponent implements OnInit {
           this.communityId = params['communityId'];
           this.showLoading = true;
           this.updateErrorMessage = '';
-          this.userManagementService.getUserInfo(this.properties.userInfoUrl).subscribe(user => {
+          this.userManagementService.getUserInfo().subscribe(user => {
             this.user = user;
             this.curatorId = this.user.id;
             this.curatorService.getCurator(this.properties,
diff --git a/src/app/pages/entity/entities.component.ts b/src/app/pages/entity/entities.component.ts
index 2d55d45..3401132 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/entity/entities.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/entity/entities.component.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export class EntitiesComponent implements OnInit {
 
            this.route.queryParams.subscribe(params => {
              HelperFunctions.scroll();
-            this.userManagementService.getUserInfo(this.properties.userInfoUrl).subscribe( user => {
+            this.userManagementService.getUserInfo().subscribe( user => {
               this.selectedCommunityPid = params['communityId'];
               this.applyCommunityFilter(this.selectedCommunityPid);
               this.isPortalAdministrator = Session.isPortalAdministrator(user) && !this.selectedCommunityPid;
diff --git a/src/app/pages/page/pages.component.ts b/src/app/pages/page/pages.component.ts
index 64ca3c4..4fed6fb 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/page/pages.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/page/pages.component.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class PagesComponent implements OnInit {
           }
 
           this.keyword = '';
-          this.userManagementService.getUserInfo(this.properties.userInfoUrl).subscribe( user => {
+          this.userManagementService.getUserInfo().subscribe( user => {
             this.selectedCommunityPid = params['communityId'];
             this.applyCommunityFilter(this.selectedCommunityPid);
             this.isPortalAdministrator = Session.isPortalAdministrator(user) && !this.selectedCommunityPid;
diff --git a/src/app/pages/usernotifications/manage-user-notifications.component.ts b/src/app/pages/usernotifications/manage-user-notifications.component.ts
index 46c8108..93d4821 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/usernotifications/manage-user-notifications.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/usernotifications/manage-user-notifications.component.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export class ManageUserNotificationsComponent implements OnInit {
             this.updateErrorMessage = '';
             this.errorMessage = '';
             this.successfulSaveMessage = '';
-            this.userManagementService.getUserInfo(this.properties.userInfoUrl).subscribe(user => {
+            this.userManagementService.getUserInfo().subscribe(user => {
                 this.user = user;
                 if (this.user) {
                     this.userEmail = this.user.email;
diff --git a/src/app/pages/wellcome/wellcome.component.ts b/src/app/pages/wellcome/wellcome.component.ts
index 1db4ac7..78de599 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/wellcome/wellcome.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/wellcome/wellcome.component.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export class WellcomeComponent implements OnInit {
       this.propertiesService.setEnvProperties(es);
       this.properties = this.propertiesService.envSpecific;
       HelperFunctions.scroll();
-      this.userManagementService.getUserInfo(this.properties.userInfoUrl).subscribe(user => {
+      this.userManagementService.getUserInfo().subscribe(user => {
         this.user = user;
 
         //this._communitiesService.getCommunities(this.properties, this.properties.communityAPI + 'communities').subscribe(
diff --git a/src/assets/env-properties.json b/src/assets/env-properties.json
index e3eb930..9cd1bb6 100644
--- a/src/assets/env-properties.json
+++ b/src/assets/env-properties.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   "piwikBaseUrl" :" https://analytics.openaire.eu/piwik.php?idsite=6",
   "loginUrl" :"http://dl170.madgik.di.uoa.gr:8180/dnet-login/openid_connect_login",
 
-  "userInfoUrl" : "http://scoobydoo.di.uoa.gr:8080/dnet-openaire-users-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/api/users/getUserInfo?accessToken=",
+  "userInfoUrl" : "http://dl170.madgik.di.uoa.gr:8180/dnet-openaire-users-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/api/users/getUserInfo?accessToken=",
 
   "logoutUrl" :"https://aai.openaire.eu/proxy/saml2/idp/SingleLogoutService.php?ReturnTo=",