diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/setting/SettingService.java b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/setting/SettingService.java
index e428258da0d119519f44a8492f1d23a666b1bef2..51b8529add8a7e42cb367f1fc6b4a062f8eaa4cb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/setting/SettingService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/setting/SettingService.java
@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ class SettingService {
 	}
 
 	PostfachSettingBody getSettingWithPostfachFromDb() {
-		var postfach = repository.findOneByName(POSTFACH_SETTING_ITEM_NAME);
-		return postfach.isPresent() ? (PostfachSettingBody) postfach.get().getSettingBody() : PostfachSettingBody.builder().build();
+		return repository.findOneByName(POSTFACH_SETTING_ITEM_NAME)
+				.map(Setting::getSettingBody)
+				.map(PostfachSettingBody.class::cast)
+				.orElse(PostfachSettingBody.builder().build());
 	}
 
 	Map<String, OrganisationsEinheitSettings> getOrganisationsEinheitSettings() {
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/setting/SettingEnvironmentITCase.java b/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/setting/SettingEnvironmentITCase.java
index 2101df7ba2814325726f5624fa83786a5238b65b..c50d09934b9cfd835215a4589a0c70000fdc9419 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/setting/SettingEnvironmentITCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/setting/SettingEnvironmentITCase.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilder
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.*;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.web.servlet.AutoConfigureMock
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoOperations;
 import org.springframework.security.test.context.support.WithMockUser;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.ResultActions;
 
 import de.ozgcloud.admin.organisationseinheit.OrganisationsEinheit;
 import de.ozgcloud.admin.organisationseinheit.OrganisationsEinheitTestFactory;
@@ -52,11 +54,6 @@ class SettingEnvironmentITCase {
 	@Autowired
 	private MongoOperations mongoOperations;
 
-	private Setting settingWithPostfach = SettingTestFactory.createBuilder()
-			.name("Postfach")
-			.settingBody(PostfachSettingBodyTestFactory.create())
-			.build();
-
 	@Test
 	@SneakyThrows
 	void shouldHaveHttpEndpoint() {
@@ -65,35 +62,111 @@ class SettingEnvironmentITCase {
 		result.andExpect(status().isOk());
 	}
 
+	@DisplayName("Get alfa settings")
 	@Nested
-	class TestFindOne {
-
-		@BeforeEach
-		void fillDb() {
-			mongoOperations.dropCollection(Setting.class);
-			mongoOperations.dropCollection(OrganisationsEinheit.class);
-			mongoOperations.save(settingWithPostfach);
-			mongoOperations.save(OrganisationsEinheitTestFactory.create());
+	class TestGetAlfaSettings {
+
+		@Nested
+		class OnInitialStartup {
+
+			@BeforeEach
+			void fillDb() {
+				fillDbWithInitialSetting();
+			}
+
+			@Test
+			@SneakyThrows
+			void shouldHandleEmptySetting() {
+				var result = getAlfaSettings();
+
+				assertThat(formatLineBreaks(result.andReturn().getResponse().getContentAsString())).isEqualTo(YamlTestFactory.createInitialYaml());
+			}
 		}
 
-		@Test
-		@SneakyThrows
-		void shouldReturnValuesForVorgangManager() {
-			var result = mockMvc.perform(get("/configserver/OzgCloud_VorgangManager-profile.yaml"));
+		@Nested
+		class OnSettingsAvailable {
+
+			@BeforeEach
+			void fillDb() {
+				fillDbWithPostfachSetting();
+			}
+
+			@Test
+			@SneakyThrows
+			void shouldReturnValuesForAlfa() {
+				var result = getAlfaSettings();
 
-			assertThat(formatLineBreaks(result.andReturn().getResponse().getContentAsString())).isEqualTo(YamlTestFactory.createVorgangManagerYaml());
+				assertThat(formatLineBreaks(result.andReturn().getResponse().getContentAsString())).isEqualTo(YamlTestFactory.createAlfaYaml());
+			}
 		}
 
-		@Test
-		@SneakyThrows
-		void shouldReturnValuesForAlfa() {
-			var result = mockMvc.perform(get("/configserver/Alfa-any.yaml"));
+		private ResultActions getAlfaSettings() throws Exception {
+			return mockMvc.perform(get("/configserver/Alfa-any.yaml")).andExpect(status().isOk());
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Nested
+	class TestGetVorgangManagerSettings {
+
+		@Nested
+		class OnInitialStartup {
+
+			@BeforeEach
+			void fillDb() {
+				fillDbWithInitialSetting();
+			}
 
-			assertThat(formatLineBreaks(result.andReturn().getResponse().getContentAsString())).isEqualTo(YamlTestFactory.createAlfaYaml());
+			@Test
+			@SneakyThrows
+			void shouldHandleEmptySetting() {
+				var result = getVorgangManagerSettings();
+
+				assertThat(formatLineBreaks(result.andReturn().getResponse().getContentAsString())).isEqualTo(YamlTestFactory.createInitialYaml());
+			}
+		}
+
+		@Nested
+		class OnSettingsAvailable {
+
+			@BeforeEach
+			void fillDb() {
+				fillDbWithPostfachSetting();
+			}
+
+			@Test
+			@SneakyThrows
+			void shouldReturnValuesForVorgangManager() {
+				var result = getVorgangManagerSettings();
+
+				assertThat(formatLineBreaks(result.andReturn().getResponse().getContentAsString()))
+						.isEqualTo(YamlTestFactory.createVorgangManagerYaml());
+			}
 		}
 
-		private String formatLineBreaks(String text) {
-			return text.replaceAll("\\\\\\s+\\\\", "").replace("\\n", "\n");
+		private ResultActions getVorgangManagerSettings() throws Exception {
+			return mockMvc.perform(get("/configserver/OzgCloud_VorgangManager-profile.yaml")).andExpect(status().isOk());
 		}
 	}
+
+	private String formatLineBreaks(String text) {
+		return text.replaceAll("\\\\\\s+\\\\", "").replace("\\n", "\n");
+	}
+
+	private void fillDbWithInitialSetting() {
+		var initialSetting = Setting.builder().name("Postfach").build();
+		mongoOperations.dropCollection(Setting.class);
+		mongoOperations.dropCollection(OrganisationsEinheit.class);
+		mongoOperations.save(initialSetting);
+	}
+
+	private void fillDbWithPostfachSetting() {
+		var postfachSetting = SettingTestFactory.createBuilder()
+				.name("Postfach")
+				.settingBody(PostfachSettingBodyTestFactory.create())
+				.build();
+		mongoOperations.dropCollection(Setting.class);
+		mongoOperations.dropCollection(OrganisationsEinheit.class);
+		mongoOperations.save(postfachSetting);
+		mongoOperations.save(OrganisationsEinheitTestFactory.create());
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/setting/SettingServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/setting/SettingServiceTest.java
index 213871e7870000e36d2749d7fc3925978d2638ea..2f27b9c79fb0cee564837ba91320a25468254b6a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/setting/SettingServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/setting/SettingServiceTest.java
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ class SettingServiceTest {
 
 	private final PostfachSettingBody postfach = PostfachSettingBodyTestFactory.create();
 
-	private static final String POSTFACH = "Postfach";
-	private final Setting settingWithPostfach = SettingTestFactory.createBuilder().name(POSTFACH).settingBody(postfach).build();
-
 	@Nested
 	class TestGetAlfaSettingDTO {
 
@@ -147,9 +144,15 @@ class SettingServiceTest {
 
 	@Nested
 	class TestGetSettingWithPostfachFromDb {
+
+		private static final String POSTFACH = "Postfach";
+
+		private final Setting emptyPostfachSetting = SettingTestFactory.createBuilder().name(POSTFACH).build();
+		private final Setting postfachSettingWithBody = SettingTestFactory.createBuilder().name(POSTFACH).settingBody(postfach).build();
+
 		@Test
 		void shouldCallRepository() {
-			when(repository.findOneByName(POSTFACH)).thenReturn(Optional.of(settingWithPostfach));
+			when(repository.findOneByName(POSTFACH)).thenReturn(Optional.of(postfachSettingWithBody));
 
 			service.getSettingWithPostfachFromDb();
 
@@ -158,7 +161,7 @@ class SettingServiceTest {
 
 		@Test
 		void shouldReturnPostfachSettingBody() {
-			when(repository.findOneByName(POSTFACH)).thenReturn(Optional.of(settingWithPostfach));
+			when(repository.findOneByName(POSTFACH)).thenReturn(Optional.of(postfachSettingWithBody));
 
 			var returnedBody = service.getSettingWithPostfachFromDb();
 
@@ -166,13 +169,22 @@ class SettingServiceTest {
 		}
 
 		@Test
-		void shouldReturnEmptyPostfachSettingBodyForEmptySetting() {
+		void shouldReturnEmptyPostfachSettingBodyWhenSettingNotFound() {
 			when(repository.findOneByName(POSTFACH)).thenReturn(Optional.empty());
 
 			var returnedBody = service.getSettingWithPostfachFromDb();
 
 			assertThat(returnedBody).usingRecursiveComparison().isEqualTo(PostfachSettingBody.builder().build());
 		}
+
+		@Test
+		void shouldReturnEmptyPostfachSettingBodyForSettingWithoutBody() {
+			when(repository.findOneByName(POSTFACH)).thenReturn(Optional.of(emptyPostfachSetting));
+
+			var returnedBody = service.getSettingWithPostfachFromDb();
+
+			assertThat(returnedBody).usingRecursiveComparison().isEqualTo(PostfachSettingBody.builder().build());
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Nested
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/setting/YamlTestFactory.java b/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/setting/YamlTestFactory.java
index 3bad02a8b2b2e80771008857779a6adc1631d448..e6b1c0195b264005203eda0694d11bd77b5b1cf7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/setting/YamlTestFactory.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/setting/YamlTestFactory.java
@@ -51,4 +51,8 @@ public class YamlTestFactory {
 				OrganisationsEinheitTestFactory.ORGANISATIONS_EINHEIT_ID,
 				OrganisationsEinheitSettingsTestFactory.SIGNATUR);
 	}
+
+	public static String createInitialYaml() {
+		return TestUtils.loadTextFile("yamlTemplates/settings/initial.yaml.tmpl");
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/yamlTemplates/settings/initial.yaml.tmpl b/src/test/resources/yamlTemplates/settings/initial.yaml.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1a6ddf888e1a28b35e2782c93e2b21116d844e86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/yamlTemplates/settings/initial.yaml.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ozgcloud:
+  postfach:
+    signatur: null
+    organisationsEinheitSettings: {}