diff --git a/alfa-service/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/alfa/common/LinkedUserProfileResourceSerializer.java b/alfa-service/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/alfa/common/LinkedUserProfileResourceSerializer.java
index c5d25a7dc0be69c0684c522fe454e5b5307e14fa..285b74549e410e7ccde1d86fb9af3c54e19fe9da 100644
--- a/alfa-service/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/alfa/common/LinkedUserProfileResourceSerializer.java
+++ b/alfa-service/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/alfa/common/LinkedUserProfileResourceSerializer.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect.ConstructorUtils;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.Link;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
@@ -50,9 +51,10 @@ public class LinkedUserProfileResourceSerializer extends JsonSerializer<Object>
 
 	// for usage outside of Spring
 	private LinkedUserProfileResourceSerializer() {
-		this.userManagerUrlProvider = new UserManagerUrlProvider(new UserManagerProperties());
+		this(new UserManagerUrlProvider(new UserManagerProperties()));
 	}
 
+	@Autowired
 	public LinkedUserProfileResourceSerializer(UserManagerUrlProvider userManagerUrlProvider) {
 		this.userManagerUrlProvider = userManagerUrlProvider;
 	}