diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/KeycloakClient.java b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/KeycloakClient.java
index 8a92e32ac943a5d05850ff5d0d38a5358c7a0e96..c20d68429f5bfe58bf89bd3037ee2da7b0bf73ce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/KeycloakClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/KeycloakClient.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 package de.ozgcloud.operator.keycloak;
 
 import java.util.Base64;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
 
 import org.keycloak.admin.client.Keycloak;
 import org.keycloak.admin.client.KeycloakBuilder;
@@ -35,7 +36,9 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Secret;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClient;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.Resource;
+import lombok.extern.java.Log;
 
+@Log
 @Configuration
 public class KeycloakClient {
 
@@ -73,6 +76,9 @@ public class KeycloakClient {
 	}
 
 	String decodeBase64(String base64String) {
-		return new String(Base64.getDecoder().decode(base64String));
+		log.log(Level.INFO, "base64String to decode: " + base64String);
+		var decoded = Base64.getDecoder().decode(base64String);
+		log.log(Level.INFO, "decoded string: " + decoded);
+		return new String(decoded);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/KeycloakUserRemoteService.java b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/KeycloakUserRemoteService.java
index edb1b79da3c553ed42461a5f16751e7cbe571c1b..48966b25505d6ec6da13f89161976767d1f9654a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/KeycloakUserRemoteService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/KeycloakUserRemoteService.java
@@ -143,20 +143,25 @@ class KeycloakUserRemoteService {
 		return kubernetesClient.secrets().inNamespace(namespace).withName(secretName);
 	}
 
-	private Secret buildSecret(String name) {
+	Secret buildSecret(String name) {
 		var metadata = new ObjectMeta();
 		metadata.setName(name);
 		metadata.setGenerateName(name);
 		metadata.setNamespace("keycloak");
-		metadata.setAdditionalProperty("passwordMeta", Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString("Y9nk43yrQ_zzIPpfFU-I".getBytes()));
+
 		return new SecretBuilder()
 				.withType("Opaque")
 				.withMetadata(metadata)
-				.addToData(SECRET_PASSWORD_FIELD, Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString("Y9nk43yrQ_zzIPpfFU-I".getBytes()))
-				.addToData(SECRET_NAME_FIELD, name)
+//				.addToStringData(SECRET_PASSWORD_FIELD, encodeString("Y9nk43yrQ_zzIPpfFU-I"))
+				.addToStringData(SECRET_PASSWORD_FIELD, "123Test")
+				.addToStringData(SECRET_NAME_FIELD, name)
 				.build();
 	}
 
+	public String encodeString(String str) {
+		return new String(Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(str.getBytes()));
+	}
+
 	private String getPassword(Resource<Secret> secret) {
 		return secret.get().getData().get(SECRET_PASSWORD_FIELD);
 	}