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 e52768aab118245e0947de1401a6519edde944d1..c2eea9d9bb9c1d15b559ffb25d0deb8d2a5a97af 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
@@ -67,31 +67,18 @@ public class ElasticsearchClientConfiguration {
 	String getPassword() {
 		log.info(String.format("get password from secret: %s in namespace %s", elasticSearchProperties.getServer().getSecretName(), elasticSearchProperties.getServer().getNamespace()));
 		var secret = getCredentialsSecret();
-		log.info(String.format("secret string data: %s", secret.getStringData()));
-		printMap(secret.getStringData());
 		log.info(String.format("secret data: %s", secret.getData()));
-		printMap(secret.getData());
 		var password = getPasswordFromSecret(secret);
 		log.info(String.format("used password: %s", password));
 		return password;
 	}
 	
-	//DEBUG
-	public void printMap(Map<String, String> map) {
-	    var it = map.entrySet().iterator();
-	    while (it.hasNext()) {
-	        var pair = (Map.Entry)it.next();
-	        log.info(String.format("data pair: key: %s, value: %s", pair.getKey(), pair.getValue()));
-	    }
-	}
-	//
-	
 	private Secret getCredentialsSecret() {
 		return kubernetesService.getSecretResource(elasticSearchProperties.getServer().getNamespace(), elasticSearchProperties.getServer().getSecretName()).get();
 	}
 	
 	private String getPasswordFromSecret(Secret secret) {
-		var encodedPassword =  MapUtils.getString(secret.getStringData(), elasticSearchProperties.getServer().getSecretDataKey());
+		var encodedPassword =  MapUtils.getString(secret.getData(), elasticSearchProperties.getServer().getSecretDataKey());
 		return decode(encodedPassword, secret);
 	}