diff --git a/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/ElasticsearchReconciler.java b/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/ElasticsearchReconciler.java
index 8bbd6d00c445b5c73e2e1d6e63cc9039bdc3fcc6..1b14c887fcb803405a30c07229c1f6c62199e8be 100644
--- a/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/ElasticsearchReconciler.java
+++ b/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/ElasticsearchReconciler.java
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ public class ElasticsearchReconciler implements Reconciler<OzgCloudElasticsearch
 	}
 	
 	private String getPassword(Secret secret) {
+		log.info("get password for elastic user...");
+		log.info(String.format("from secret string map: %s", secret.getStringData()));
+		log.info(String.format("from secret data map: %s", secret.getData()));
 		return MapUtils.getString(secret.getStringData(), OzgCloudElasticsearchSecretHelper.CREDENTIAL_SECRET_PASSWORD_FIELD);
 	}
 	
diff --git a/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/OzgCloudElasticsearchService.java b/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/OzgCloudElasticsearchService.java
index 84a98e644a42a3e10dd457f16192d2783c6277fc..f4b9e97e8c649fcc159c90d2155b51e3c0015c4b 100644
--- a/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/OzgCloudElasticsearchService.java
+++ b/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/OzgCloudElasticsearchService.java
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ public class OzgCloudElasticsearchService {
 				createCredentialSecret(secretResource, namespace);
 				log.info("Secret creation successful.");
 			}
+			log.info("secret...");
+			log.info(String.format("string data: %s", secretResource.get().getStringData()));
+			log.info(String.format("data: %s", secretResource.get().getData()));
 			return secretResource.get();
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			log.info("Secret creation failed: " + e);
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ public class OzgCloudElasticsearchService {
 	}
 
 	private void createCredentialSecret(Resource<Secret> resource, String namespace) {
+		log.info(String.format("Create credentials secret: %s", secretHelper.buildCredentialSecret(namespace, properties.getSecretCredentialsName())));
 		createAdapter(resource).create(secretHelper.buildCredentialSecret(namespace, properties.getSecretCredentialsName()));
 	}
 		
diff --git a/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/common/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchClientConfiguration.java b/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/common/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchClientConfiguration.java
index c2eea9d9bb9c1d15b559ffb25d0deb8d2a5a97af..0e8d8d826380b7299d7a1b8a81bbb9558ca2aab0 100644
--- a/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/common/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchClientConfiguration.java
+++ b/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/common/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchClientConfiguration.java
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package de.ozgcloud.operator.common.elasticsearch;
 
 import java.util.Base64;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.commons.collections.MapUtils;
 import org.apache.http.HttpHost;