diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 537ef4223e49502ce0e52222e8d5b2d1307bb73e..517e05d28109b9c11493827ce952bd327e7290bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# user-manager Project
+# user-manager
 
 This project uses Quarkus, the Supersonic Subatomic Java Framework.
 
@@ -36,12 +36,21 @@ You can run your application in dev mode that enables live coding using:
 > ```yaml
 > keycloak:
 >   realm: your-realm
-> kop:
->   keycloak:
->     sync:
->       period: "6h"
+> ozgcloud:
+>   usersync:
+>     period: "6h"
 > ```
 
+## Running the server with custom realm
+In order to start user-manager-server connecting againts dev keycloak locally with custom realm 
+use below configuration in your IDE or CLI. 
+```
+-Dquarkus.profile=local,remotekc
+-Dquarkus.oidc.auth-server-url=https://sso.dev.by.ozg-cloud.de/realms/sebo-test
+-Dkop.keycloak.api.realm=sebo-test
+-Dozgcloud.usersync.period="5s"
+```
+
 ## Packaging and running the application
 
 The application can be packaged using:
@@ -133,7 +142,7 @@ Usermanager als native Anwendung erstellen und lokal starten:
     -Dkop.keycloak.api.password=hlc_j1I1Ji0trC0 \
     -Dkop.keycloak.api.realm=by-kiel-dev \
     -Dkop.keycloak.api.client=alfa \
-    -Dkop.keycloak.sync.cron="* */3 * * * ?" \
+    -Dozgcloud.usersync.period="5m" \
     -Xmx32m
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/main/helm/templates/deployment.yaml b/src/main/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
index af8cb38b76d848478eda646f4511eb4b661d8e19..c00aeea69396b4d7f79681670f7c5b1560f7d8a6 100644
--- a/src/main/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/src/main/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -98,8 +98,10 @@ spec:
           value: {{ include "app.ssoServerUrl" . }}
         - name: KOP_USER_MANAGER_URL
           value: {{ include "app.baseUrl" . }}
-        - name: KOP_KEYCLOAK_SYNC_CRON
-          value: {{ .Values.kop.keycloak.sync.cron }}
+        {{- if ((.Values.ozgcloud).usersync).period }}
+        - name: OZGCLOUD_USERSYNC_PERIOD
+          value: {{ .Values.ozgcloud.usersync.period }}
+        {{- end }}
         - name: QUARKUS_HTTP_CORS_ORIGINS
           value: {{ (include "app.goofyAddress" .) }}
         {{- with (.Values.env).customList }}
diff --git a/src/main/helm/values.yaml b/src/main/helm/values.yaml
index fc0f63d4bb1dffd9bab24772e002c3fa0db9a591..78a2d65144db9cc541ea178ca8fc44de0ac4be05 100644
--- a/src/main/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/src/main/helm/values.yaml
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ kop:
   keycloak:
     api:
       user: userManagerApiUser
-    sync:
-      cron: 0 15 1 * * ?
 
 imageCredentials:
   registry: docker.ozg-sh.de
diff --git a/src/test/helm/deployment-keycloak-values-test.yaml b/src/test/helm/deployment-keycloak-values-test.yaml
index 3554cc6ee2454279c5c739d8455eafeb5a7731d9..5aabfe98e118fd878089b379c262814c35348fcf 100644
--- a/src/test/helm/deployment-keycloak-values-test.yaml
+++ b/src/test/helm/deployment-keycloak-values-test.yaml
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ tests:
           content: 
             name: KOP_KEYCLOAK_API_REALM
             value: sh-helm-test
-      - contains:
-          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env
-          content: 
-            name: KOP_KEYCLOAK_SYNC_CRON
-            value: 0 15 1 * * ?
       - contains:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env
           content: 
diff --git a/src/test/helm/deployment_env_test.yaml b/src/test/helm/deployment_env_test.yaml
index d179014a732fd8693d1082a9472609e836b6ffa9..34eb94b430f6cc97d4414d142d0f7dd82d9540f0 100644
--- a/src/test/helm/deployment_env_test.yaml
+++ b/src/test/helm/deployment_env_test.yaml
@@ -68,4 +68,20 @@ tests:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env
           content: 
             name: QUARKUS_MONGODB_DATABASE
-            value: test-database
\ No newline at end of file
+            value: test-database
+  - it: check user sync period set
+    set:
+      ozgcloud.usersync.period: "6h"
+    asserts:
+      - contains:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env
+          content:
+            name: OZGCLOUD_USERSYNC_PERIOD
+            value: "6h"
+  - it: check user sync period NOT set
+    asserts:
+      - notContains:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env
+          content:
+            name: OZGCLOUD_USERSYNC_PERIOD
+            value: "6h"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/user-manager-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/kop/user/sync/SyncScheduler.java b/user-manager-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/kop/user/sync/SyncScheduler.java
index 885875d02e1d679c18fd35e8280cfb08aa6f20c6..86d8def9a360dfc89dda56b7b5f0b6f72c753223 100644
--- a/user-manager-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/kop/user/sync/SyncScheduler.java
+++ b/user-manager-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/kop/user/sync/SyncScheduler.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class SyncScheduler {
 	@Inject
 	LockService syncLockService;
 
-	@Scheduled(every = "{kop.keycloak.sync.period}", concurrentExecution = SKIP)
+	@Scheduled(every = "{ozgcloud.usersync.period}", concurrentExecution = SKIP)
 	public void start() {
 		if (syncLockService.isNotLocked()) {
 			var lock = syncLockService.lockCollection();
diff --git a/user-manager-server/src/main/resources/application-e2e.yaml b/user-manager-server/src/main/resources/application-e2e.yaml
index 27aafbd0e3f4cb441c07514480e5d6ea4f041e19..5a5bccbd9d5b634f65988a21cf419a1c3b517efc 100644
--- a/user-manager-server/src/main/resources/application-e2e.yaml
+++ b/user-manager-server/src/main/resources/application-e2e.yaml
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ kop:
       password: S9UEMuLG9y9ev99
       realm: by-e2e-local-dev
       client: alfa
-    sync:
-      period: disabled
 
 keycloak:
-  url: https://sso.dev.by.ozg-cloud.de
\ No newline at end of file
+  url: https://sso.dev.by.ozg-cloud.de
+
+ozgcloud:
+  usersync:
+    period: disabled
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/user-manager-server/src/main/resources/application-remotekc.yaml b/user-manager-server/src/main/resources/application-remotekc.yaml
index e88917a52d89aba749f433ff0f164354285c4f40..368b647bd2ba01778932ac8c7d88c887da0e444b 100644
--- a/user-manager-server/src/main/resources/application-remotekc.yaml
+++ b/user-manager-server/src/main/resources/application-remotekc.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ kop:
   user-manager:
     url: http://localhost:9092
   keycloak:
-    sync:
-      period: disabled
     api:
       user: userManagerApiUser
       password: hlc_j1I1Ji0trC0
@@ -24,3 +22,7 @@ kop:
       organisations-einheit-id-key: organisationseinheitId
       client: alfa
       ldap-id-key: LDAP_ID
+
+ozgcloud:
+  usersync:
+    period: disabled
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/user-manager-server/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/user-manager-server/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index 7eeff0d9cc01dfe24f1dc8653510a11c4b804e27..6efd2f1f6ad34f0e2f2493c9db44e041c37d7f91 100644
--- a/user-manager-server/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/user-manager-server/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -42,5 +42,7 @@ kop:
       password: "-"
       realm: by-kiel-dev
       client: alfa
-    sync:
-      period: "6h"
\ No newline at end of file
+
+ozgcloud:
+  usersync:
+    period: "6h"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/user-manager-server/src/test/resources/application.yml b/user-manager-server/src/test/resources/application.yml
index 2a586a62747350892ade14dd764cc4b09982a105..f79dce9046b519b1c9c06b7b847ef069763818da 100644
--- a/user-manager-server/src/test/resources/application.yml
+++ b/user-manager-server/src/test/resources/application.yml
@@ -1,33 +1,35 @@
 quarkus:
- keycloak:
-  devservices:
-   enabled: false
- application:
-  name: kopusermanager
- mongodb:
-  devservices:
-   enabled: false
-  database: usermanager
- scheduler:
-  metrics:
-   enabled: true
- log:
-  level: INFO
- oidc:
-  auth-server-url: https://sso.dev.by.ozg-cloud.de/realms/by-kiel-dev
+  keycloak:
+    devservices:
+      enabled: false
+  application:
+    name: kopusermanager
+  mongodb:
+    devservices:
+      enabled: false
+    database: usermanager
+  scheduler:
+    metrics:
+      enabled: true
+  log:
+    level: INFO
+  oidc:
+    auth-server-url: https://sso.dev.by.ozg-cloud.de/realms/by-kiel-dev
 
 kop:
- keycloak:
-  sync:
-   cron: "0 15 13 * * ?"
-  api:
-   user: "-"
-   password: "-"
-   realm: by-kiel-dev
-   organisations-einheit-id-key: organisationseinheitId
-   ldap-id-key: LDAP_ID
-   client: sh-kiel-dev-goofy
- user-manager:
-  url: http://localhost:9092
+  keycloak:
+    api:
+      user: "-"
+      password: "-"
+      realm: by-kiel-dev
+      organisations-einheit-id-key: organisationseinheitId
+      ldap-id-key: LDAP_ID
+      client: sh-kiel-dev-goofy
+  user-manager:
+    url: http://localhost:9092
 keycloak:
- url: http://localhost:8088
\ No newline at end of file
+  url: http://localhost:8088
+
+ozgcloud:
+  usersync:
+    period: disabled
\ No newline at end of file