diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserRemoteService.java b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserRemoteService.java
index e2f43d7540847c99c84563e2e0671cac8a249199..23a43fa9ee92c4d7fa67907fa035d82ee7ea2868 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserRemoteService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserRemoteService.java
@@ -25,12 +25,10 @@ public class OzgCloudElsterTransferUserRemoteService {
 	}
 
 	public ConfigMap createConfigMap(String configmapNamespace, String configMapName) {
-		String yaml = "fileFormat: 1\nusers:\n";
 		ConfigMap configMap = new ConfigMapBuilder()
 				.withNewMetadata()
 				.withName(configMapName)
 				.endMetadata()
-				.addToData("users.yaml", yaml)
 				.build();
 		return client.configMaps().inNamespace(configmapNamespace).resource(configMap).create();
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserService.java b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserService.java
index d0a59038f431f35abcb48b19e5aa52e93570da7f..752f4b01e2627443ecbb3dcd805863d9630b7954 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserService.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package de.ozgcloud.operator.elstertransfer.user;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -29,10 +31,12 @@ public class OzgCloudElsterTransferUserService {
 	public void updateConfigMapAndRestartDeploymentAndCreateSecret(String namespace) {
 		LOG.info("Updating/Creating Configmap");
 		String userPassword = generateUsersYamlAndUpdateConfigMap(namespace, ETR_NAMESPACE, CONFIG_MAP_NAME);
+		if (!userPassword.isEmpty()) {
 		LOG.info("Restarting Deployment");
 		restartDeployment(ETR_NAMESPACE, ETR_DEPLOYMENT_NAME);
 		LOG.info("Creating Secret");
 		createOrUpdateSecret(namespace, userPassword, MUK_USER_SECRET_NAME);
+		}
 	}
 
 	public void deleteUserAndRestartDeploymentIfNotKeepUserAndUserExists(OzgCloudElsterTransferUser user) {
@@ -54,22 +58,24 @@ public class OzgCloudElsterTransferUserService {
 		String userPassword = generatePassword();
 		ConfigMap configMap = remoteService.getConfigMap(configmapNamespace, configMapName);
 
-		if (configMap == null) {
-			LOG.debug("Creating ConfigMap '{}' in namespace '{}'", configMapName, configmapNamespace);
-			configMap = remoteService.createConfigMap(configmapNamespace, configMapName);
-		}
-
 		String usersYaml = addUserToUserYaml(namespace, configMap, userPassword);
 
 		if (!usersYaml.isEmpty()) {
 			updateConfigMap(configmapNamespace, configMapName, configMap, usersYaml);
+		} else {
+			userPassword = "";
 		}
 		return userPassword;
 	}
 
 	String addUserToUserYaml(String namespace, ConfigMap configMap, String userPassword) {
 		String usersYaml = "";
-		ConfigMapUserList users = getUsersFromConfigMap(configMap);
+		ConfigMapUserList users;
+		if (configMap != null) {
+		 users = getUsersFromConfigMap(configMap);
+		} else {
+          users = new ConfigMapUserList(new ArrayList<>());
+		}
 
 		// use namespace as user "login" and "group"
 		if (userExistsInList(users, namespace)) {
@@ -82,7 +88,10 @@ public class OzgCloudElsterTransferUserService {
 	}
 
 	void updateConfigMap(String configmapNamespace, String configMapName, ConfigMap configMap, String usersYaml) {
-		
+		if (configMap == null) {
+			LOG.debug("Creating ConfigMap '{}' in namespace '{}'", configMapName, configmapNamespace);
+			configMap = remoteService.createConfigMap(configmapNamespace, configMapName);
+		}
 		remoteService.updateConfigMapData(configMap, USERS_KEY, usersYaml);
 		LOG.debug("ConfigMap updated successfully: {}", configMapName);
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserRemoteServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserRemoteServiceTest.java
index c1758fd19287d85eb601dbf03e9f9af3217b1371..f2262af9a3b705f0297448a46a1362b723707392 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserRemoteServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserRemoteServiceTest.java
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ class OzgCloudElsterTransferUserRemoteServiceTest {
 						.withNewMetadata()
 						.withName(configMapName)
 						.endMetadata()
-						.addToData("users.yaml", "value")
 						.build();
 				when(configMapResource.create()).thenReturn(configMap);
 
@@ -141,8 +140,6 @@ class OzgCloudElsterTransferUserRemoteServiceTest {
 
 				assertNotNull(result);
 				assert configMapName.equals(result.getMetadata().getName());
-				assert "value".equals(result.getData().get("users.yaml"));
-
 			}
 
 			@Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserServiceTest.java
index da257934817f3db976a611cca016511acbf60f82..e7266e21715684fcc48906eda62bbf5650c2dc1c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserServiceTest.java
@@ -210,16 +210,6 @@ class OzgCloudElsterTransferUserServiceTest {
 			when(remoteService.getConfigMap(anyString(), anyString())).thenReturn(configMap);
 		}
 
-         @Test
-		void shouldCallCreateConfigMap() {
-            when(remoteService.getConfigMap(configMapNamespace, configMapName)).thenReturn(null);
-            when(remoteService.createConfigMap(configMapNamespace, configMapName)).thenReturn(configMap);
-
-			service.generateUsersYamlAndUpdateConfigMap(namespace, configMapNamespace, configMapName);
-
-			verify(remoteService).createConfigMap(configMapNamespace, configMapName);
-		}
-
         @Test
 		void shouldNotCallCreateConfigMap() {
             when(remoteService.getConfigMap(configMapNamespace, configMapName)).thenReturn(configMap);
@@ -269,24 +259,31 @@ class OzgCloudElsterTransferUserServiceTest {
 	}
 
 	@Nested
-	class addUserToUserYamlTests {
+	class addUserToUserYamlTests {		
 
-		@BeforeEach
-		public void setUp() {
+		@Test
+		void shouldCallgetUsersFromConfigMap() {
 			Map<String, String> mockData = new HashMap<>();
 			mockData.put("users.yaml", "users: []");
 			when(configMap.getData()).thenReturn(mockData);
-		}
 
-		@Test
-		void shouldCallgetUsersFromConfigMap() {
 			service.addUserToUserYaml(namespace, configMap, "password");
 
 			verify(service).getUsersFromConfigMap(configMap);
 		}
 
+		@Test
+		void shouldNotCallgetUsersFromConfigMap() {		
+			service.addUserToUserYaml(namespace, null, "password");
+
+			verify(service, never()).getUsersFromConfigMap(any());
+		}
+
 		@Test
 		void shouldCallUserExistsInList() {
+			Map<String, String> mockData = new HashMap<>();
+			mockData.put("users.yaml", "users: []");
+			when(configMap.getData()).thenReturn(mockData);
 			when(service.getUsersFromConfigMap(configMap)).thenReturn(users);
 			when(users.getUsersList()).thenReturn(List.of(Map.of(
 					"login", "testUser",
@@ -301,6 +298,9 @@ class OzgCloudElsterTransferUserServiceTest {
 
 		@Test
 		void shouldCallAddNewUserToListWhenUserNotExists() {
+			Map<String, String> mockData = new HashMap<>();
+			mockData.put("users.yaml", "users: []");
+			when(configMap.getData()).thenReturn(mockData);
 			when(service.getUsersFromConfigMap(configMap)).thenReturn(users);
 
 			service.addUserToUserYaml(namespace, configMap, "password");
@@ -310,6 +310,9 @@ class OzgCloudElsterTransferUserServiceTest {
 
 		@Test
 		void shouldCallconstructYamlEntries() {
+			Map<String, String> mockData = new HashMap<>();
+			mockData.put("users.yaml", "users: []");
+			when(configMap.getData()).thenReturn(mockData);
 			when(service.getUsersFromConfigMap(configMap)).thenReturn(users);
 
 			service.addUserToUserYaml(namespace, configMap, "password");
@@ -319,6 +322,9 @@ class OzgCloudElsterTransferUserServiceTest {
 
 		@Test
 		void TestUserYamlShouldNotBeEmpty() {
+			Map<String, String> mockData = new HashMap<>();
+			mockData.put("users.yaml", "users: []");
+			when(configMap.getData()).thenReturn(mockData);
 			// when(service.getUsersFromConfigMap(configMap)).thenReturn(users);
 
 			String userYaml = service.addUserToUserYaml(namespace, configMap, "password");
@@ -328,6 +334,9 @@ class OzgCloudElsterTransferUserServiceTest {
 
 		@Test
 		void TestUserYamlShouldBeEmpty() {
+			Map<String, String> mockData = new HashMap<>();
+			mockData.put("users.yaml", "users: []");
+			when(configMap.getData()).thenReturn(mockData);
 			when(service.getUsersFromConfigMap(configMap)).thenReturn(users);
 			when(service.userExistsInList(users, namespace)).thenReturn(true);
 
@@ -340,13 +349,26 @@ class OzgCloudElsterTransferUserServiceTest {
 	@Nested
 	class UpdateConfigMapTests {
 
+		@Test
+		void shouldCallCreateConfigMapIfConfigMapNotExists() {
+			service.updateConfigMap(configMapNamespace, configMapName, null, "mockedUsersYaml");
+
+			verify(remoteService).createConfigMap(configMapNamespace, configMapName);
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		void shouldNotCallCreateConfigMapIfConfigMapExists() {
+			service.updateConfigMap(configMapNamespace, configMapName, configMap, "mockedUsersYaml");
+
+			verify(remoteService, never()).createConfigMap(any(), any());
+		}
+
 
 		@Test
 		void shouldCallUpdateConfigMapData() {
 			service.updateConfigMap(configMapNamespace, configMapName, configMap, "mockedUsersYaml");
 
 			verify(remoteService).updateConfigMapData(configMap, usersKey, "mockedUsersYaml");
-			verify(remoteService, never()).createConfigMap(any(), any());
 		}
 
 	}