diff --git a/user-manager-server/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/user/User.java b/user-manager-server/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/user/User.java
index 4730ac15f4b5c424bfe50b964817965f356dde44..fe2eba2fe1c36f077e18aeab4cd953775c68b977 100644
--- a/user-manager-server/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/user/User.java
+++ b/user-manager-server/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/user/User.java
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ public class User {
 	public static final String USERNAME_FIELD = "username";
 	public static final String ORGANISATIONS_EINHEIT_IDS_FIELD = "organisationsEinheitIds";
 	public static final String USER_SETTINGS_FIELD = "userSettings";
-	public static final String NOTIFICATION_SEND_FOR_FIELD = "userSettings.notificationsSendFor";
 
 	@JsonIgnore
 	@BsonId
diff --git a/user-manager-server/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/user/recipient/RecipientRepository.java b/user-manager-server/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/user/recipient/RecipientRepository.java
index 417e715de7e0aedead84a84a4484ee123c796f55..17482b933b614b1c6f36c61b58b064846937b907 100644
--- a/user-manager-server/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/user/recipient/RecipientRepository.java
+++ b/user-manager-server/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/user/recipient/RecipientRepository.java
@@ -4,17 +4,21 @@ import static de.ozgcloud.user.User.*;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
+
 import de.ozgcloud.common.logging.OzgCloudLogging;
 import de.ozgcloud.user.User;
+import de.ozgcloud.user.common.DocumentUtils;
 import de.ozgcloud.user.settings.NotificationsSendFor;
+import de.ozgcloud.user.settings.UserSettings;
 import io.quarkus.mongodb.panache.PanacheMongoRepository;
-import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
 
 @ApplicationScoped
 @OzgCloudLogging
 class RecipientRepository implements PanacheMongoRepository<User> {
 
-	private static final String SEARCH_RECIPIENT_QUERY = ORGANISATIONS_EINHEIT_IDS_FIELD + " = ?1 and " + NOTIFICATION_SEND_FOR_FIELD + " = ?2";
+	private static final String SEARCH_RECIPIENT_QUERY = ORGANISATIONS_EINHEIT_IDS_FIELD + " = ?1 and "
+			+ DocumentUtils.buildFieldPath(USER_SETTINGS_FIELD, UserSettings.NOTIFICATIONS_SEND_FOR_FIELD) + " = ?2";
 
 	public List<User> findByOrganisationsEinheitId(String organisationseinheitId) {
 		return find(SEARCH_RECIPIENT_QUERY, organisationseinheitId, NotificationsSendFor.ALL.name()).list();
diff --git a/user-manager-server/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/user/settings/UserSettings.java b/user-manager-server/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/user/settings/UserSettings.java
index b686a9cb6e5d3b4a4d4b500bcee22eb83b78f832..112258b7c08abc6bb258579d22a2318ed9dd5198 100644
--- a/user-manager-server/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/user/settings/UserSettings.java
+++ b/user-manager-server/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/user/settings/UserSettings.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  */
 package de.ozgcloud.user.settings;
 
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.Setter;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import lombok.Setter;
 @Builder(toBuilder = true)
 @Getter
 @Setter
+@AllArgsConstructor
 public class UserSettings {
 
 	public static final String NOTIFICATIONS_SEND_FOR_FIELD = "notificationsSendFor";
@@ -44,29 +46,15 @@ public class UserSettings {
 	private boolean postfachNachrichtFromAntragsteller;
 	private boolean wiedervorlageOverdue;
 
-	public UserSettings(final NotificationsSendFor notificationsSendFor, final boolean vorgangCreated, final boolean vorgangAssignedToUser,
-			final boolean postfachNachrichtFromAntragsteller, final boolean wiedervorlageOverdue) {
-		this.notificationsSendFor = notificationsSendFor;
-		this.vorgangCreated = vorgangCreated;
-		this.vorgangAssignedToUser = vorgangAssignedToUser;
-		this.postfachNachrichtFromAntragsteller = postfachNachrichtFromAntragsteller;
-		this.wiedervorlageOverdue = wiedervorlageOverdue;
-	}
-
-	public UserSettings(final NotificationsSendFor notificationsSendFor) {
+	public UserSettings(NotificationsSendFor notificationsSendFor) {
 		this(notificationsSendFor, notificationsSendFor == NotificationsSendFor.ALL, true, true, true);
 	}
 
 	public UserSettings() {
-		this(NotificationsSendFor.NONE, false, true, true, true);
+		this(NotificationsSendFor.NONE);
 	}
 
 	public static UserSettings createDefault() {
-		return UserSettings.builder()
-				.notificationsSendFor(NotificationsSendFor.NONE)
-				.vorgangCreated(false)
-				.vorgangAssignedToUser(true)
-				.postfachNachrichtFromAntragsteller(true)
-				.wiedervorlageOverdue(true).build();
+		return new UserSettings();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/user-manager-server/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/user/recipient/RecipientRepositoryTest.java b/user-manager-server/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/user/recipient/RecipientRepositoryTest.java
index addd8cf25b5a30a51bc2a54f58ce0228798e9c58..c1e0c5da10499a826110aa997f430acea78577b8 100644
--- a/user-manager-server/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/user/recipient/RecipientRepositoryTest.java
+++ b/user-manager-server/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/user/recipient/RecipientRepositoryTest.java
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ import org.mockito.Spy;
 
 import de.ozgcloud.user.User;
 import de.ozgcloud.user.UserTestFactory;
+import de.ozgcloud.user.common.DocumentUtils;
 import de.ozgcloud.user.settings.NotificationsSendFor;
+import de.ozgcloud.user.settings.UserSettings;
 import io.quarkus.mongodb.panache.PanacheQuery;
 
 class RecipientRepositoryTest {
@@ -50,7 +52,8 @@ class RecipientRepositoryTest {
 	@DisplayName("Test finding users by Organistationseinheit")
 	@Nested
 	class TestFindByOrganisationsEinheit {
-		private static final String QUERY = ORGANISATIONS_EINHEIT_IDS_FIELD + " = ?1 and " + NOTIFICATION_SEND_FOR_FIELD + " = ?2";
+		private static final String QUERY = ORGANISATIONS_EINHEIT_IDS_FIELD + " = ?1 and "
+				+ DocumentUtils.buildFieldPath(USER_SETTINGS_FIELD, UserSettings.NOTIFICATIONS_SEND_FOR_FIELD) + " = ?2";
 
 		@Test
 		void shouldCallFind() {
diff --git a/user-manager-server/src/test/resources/application.yml b/user-manager-server/src/test/resources/application.yml
index bb3a56bcf9202539a99a364b521f5411408c71f0..1efbf87b728c5b3813ea9f58e2c7f73ec9b749d4 100644
--- a/user-manager-server/src/test/resources/application.yml
+++ b/user-manager-server/src/test/resources/application.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ quarkus:
     auth-server-url: https://sso.dev.by.ozg-cloud.de/realms/by-kiel-dev
   management:
     test-port: 9003
+  mongock:
+    enabled: false
 
 keycloak:
   url: http://localhost:8088