diff --git a/api/models/app-user.js b/api/models/app-user.js
index b83599d..44df729 100644
--- a/api/models/app-user.js
+++ b/api/models/app-user.js
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ const AppUserSchema = new Schema({
     required: true,
     unique: true
   },
+  display_name: {
+    type: String,
+    required: true
+  },
   password: {
     type: String,
     required: true
diff --git a/api/routes/authenticate.js b/api/routes/authenticate.js
index e93baa5..3c41c42 100644
--- a/api/routes/authenticate.js
+++ b/api/routes/authenticate.js
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ const Q = require('q');
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const logger = require('debug')('cc:authenticate');
 
-const apiAuthenticationMiddleware = require('../middleware/auth-middleware');
-const checkAdmin = require('../middleware/permission-check').checkAdmin;
-
 // HTTP status codes by name
 const codes = require('./http-codes');
 
@@ -60,6 +57,7 @@ let authCheck = (username, password, res) => {
       deferred.resolve({
         _id: user._id,
         username: user.username,
+        display_name: user.display_name,
         permission: user.permission,
         squad: user.squad,
         token: jwt.sign({sub: user._id}, config.secret, {expiresIn: diff * 60}),
@@ -115,6 +113,7 @@ let create = (userParam) => {
     // add hashed password to user object
     user.password = bcrypt.hashSync(userParam.password, 10);
     user.username = user.username.toLowerCase();
+    user.display_name = user.username;
 
     const newUser = new AppUserModel(user);
     newUser.save((err, doc) => {
diff --git a/static/src/app/app.component.html b/static/src/app/app.component.html
index e4e67bf..1c4645c 100644
--- a/static/src/app/app.component.html
+++ b/static/src/app/app.component.html
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@
           <li *ngIf="loginService.hasPermission(4)" routerLinkActive="active">
             <a routerLink='{{config.adminPanelPath}}' class="link">Admin Panel</a>
           </li>
+          <li *ngIf="loginService.isLoggedIn()" class="link" style="cursor: pointer">
+            <a routerLink="{{config.editProfilePath}}">{{loginService.getCurrentUser().display_name}}</a>
+          </li>
           <li *ngIf="loginService.isLoggedIn()" class="link" style="cursor: pointer">
             <a (click)="logout()">Abmelden</a>
           </li>
diff --git a/static/src/app/app.config.ts b/static/src/app/app.config.ts
index 2559dbd..de2e99c 100644
--- a/static/src/app/app.config.ts
+++ b/static/src/app/app.config.ts
@@ -31,5 +31,6 @@ export const RouteConfig = {
   requestAwardPath: 'award',
   requestPromotionPath: 'promotion',
   confirmAwardPath: 'confirm-award',
-  confirmPromotionPath: 'confirm-promotion'
+  confirmPromotionPath: 'confirm-promotion',
+  editProfilePath: 'edit-profile'
 }
diff --git a/static/src/app/models/app-validators.ts b/static/src/app/models/app-validators.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index dc5734a..0000000
--- a/static/src/app/models/app-validators.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-import {Directive, forwardRef} from '@angular/core';
-import {AbstractControl, FormControl, NG_ASYNC_VALIDATORS, NG_VALIDATORS} from '@angular/forms';
-import {UserService} from "../services/user-service/user.service";
-
-export function asyncIfNotBacklogThenAssignee(control): Promise<any> {
-  const promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    setTimeout(() => {
-      resolve(ifNotBacklogThanAssignee(control));
-    }, 500);
-  });
-  return promise;
-}
-
-export function ifNotBacklogThanAssignee(formGroup: FormControl): { [key: string]: any } {
-  const nameControl = formGroup.get('assignee.name');
-  const stateControl = formGroup.get('state');
-  if (!nameControl || !stateControl) {
-    return null;
-  }
-  if (stateControl.value !== 'BACKLOG' &&
-    (!nameControl.value || nameControl.value === '')) {
-    return {'assigneeRequired': true};
-  }
-  return null;
-}
-
-@Directive({
-  selector: '[ifNotBacklogThanAssignee]',
-  providers: [
-    {
-      provide: NG_VALIDATORS,
-      useExisting: IfNotBacklogThanAssigneeValidatorDirective, multi: true
-    }]
-})
-export class IfNotBacklogThanAssigneeValidatorDirective {
-
-  public validate(formGroup: AbstractControl): { [key: string]: any } {
-    const nameControl = formGroup.get('assignee.name');
-    const stateControl = formGroup.get('state');
-    if (!nameControl || !stateControl) {
-      return null;
-    }
-    if (stateControl.value !== 'BACKLOG' &&
-      (!nameControl.value || nameControl.value === '')) {
-      return {'assigneeRequired': true};
-    }
-    return null;
-  }
-}
-
-@Directive({
-  selector: '[emailValidator]',
-  providers: [{
-    provide: NG_VALIDATORS,
-    useExisting: EmailValidatorDirective, multi: true
-  }]
-})
-export class EmailValidatorDirective {
-  validate(control: AbstractControl): { [key: string]: any } {
-    const re = /^([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*)@((?:[\w-]+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z]{2})?)$/i;
-    if (!control.value || control.value === '' || re.test(control.value)) {
-      return null;
-    } else {
-      return {'invalidEMail': true};
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-export function emailValidator(control): { [key: string]: any } {
-  return new EmailValidatorDirective().validate(control);
-}
-
-export function emailValidator2(control): { [key: string]: any } {
-  const re = /^([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*)@((?:[\w-]+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z]{2})?)$/i;
-  if (!control.value || control.value === '' || re.test(control.value)) {
-    return null;
-  } else {
-    return {'invalidEMail': true};
-  }
-}
-
-@Directive({
-  selector: '[pjmUserExistsValidator]',
-  providers: [
-    {
-      provide: NG_ASYNC_VALIDATORS,
-      useExisting: forwardRef(() => UserExistsValidatorDirective), multi: true
-    }
-  ]
-})
-export class UserExistsValidatorDirective {
-  constructor(private userService: UserService) {
-  }
-
-  // validate(control: AbstractControl): Observable<any> {
-  //   return this.userService.checkUserExists(control.value)
-  //     .map(userExists => {
-  //       return (userExists === false) ? {userNotFound: true} : null;
-  //     });
-  // }
-}
-
-@Directive({
-  selector: '[emailValidator]',
-  providers: [
-    {provide: NG_VALIDATORS, useValue: emailValidator, multi: true}
-  ]
-})
-export class EmailValidatorWithFunctionDirective {
-}
-
-
-export const APPLICATION_VALIDATORS = [IfNotBacklogThanAssigneeValidatorDirective,
-  EmailValidatorDirective];
diff --git a/static/src/app/models/model-interfaces.ts b/static/src/app/models/model-interfaces.ts
index a4ccc0a..bfac453 100644
--- a/static/src/app/models/model-interfaces.ts
+++ b/static/src/app/models/model-interfaces.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export interface AppUser {
   _id?: string;
   username?: string;
+  display_name?: string;
   squad?: Squad;
   secret?: string;
   activated: boolean;