diff --git a/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/controllers/UsersApi.java b/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/controllers/UsersApi.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2ec81564f8aa6ff913c71040ac64a4f5f593b2a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/controllers/UsersApi.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package org.hbp.mip.controllers;
+
+import io.swagger.annotations.*;
+import org.hbp.mip.model.User;
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+
+import static org.springframework.http.MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE;
+
+/**
+ * Created by mirco on 14.01.16.
+ */
+
+@Controller
+@RequestMapping(value = "/users", produces = {APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE})
+@Api(value = "/users", description = "the users API")
+@javax.annotation.Generated(value = "class io.swagger.codegen.languages.SpringMVCServerCodegen", date = "2016-01-07T07:38:20.227Z")
+public class UsersApi {
+
+    @ApiOperation(value = "Get a user", notes = "", response = User.class)
+    @ApiResponses(value = {
+            @ApiResponse(code = 200, message = "Found"),
+            @ApiResponse(code = 404, message = "Not found")})
+    @RequestMapping(value = "/{id}", produces = {"application/json"}, method = RequestMethod.GET)
+    public ResponseEntity<User> getAUser(
+            @ApiParam(value = "id", required = true) @PathVariable("id") Long id) throws NotFoundException {
+        Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().getCurrentSession();
+        session.beginTransaction();
+        org.hibernate.Query query = session.createQuery("from User where id= :id");
+        query.setLong("id", id);
+        User user = (User) query.uniqueResult();
+        session.getTransaction().commit();
+        return new ResponseEntity<User>(HttpStatus.OK).ok(user);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/model/User.java b/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/model/User.java
index 10399daa3726bee98d4a17e85a8a8ff0df03411f..d18a876742b48a24143090686f0ba8774f8d34d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/model/User.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/model/User.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 package org.hbp.mip.model;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import io.swagger.annotations.ApiModel;
 import io.swagger.annotations.ApiModelProperty;
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 @Table(name = "`user`")
 @ApiModel(description = "")
 @javax.annotation.Generated(value = "class io.swagger.codegen.languages.SpringMVCServerCodegen", date = "2016-01-06T09:32:22.266Z")
-@JsonIgnoreProperties(value = { "id" })
 public class User {
     @Id
     @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
diff --git a/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/articles/articles.html b/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/articles/articles.html
index b29db5417ae339011df5b6c17e1b2639ed94ffcf..c1b7a32c83bdaf320714d4e4d219e9eaf2cc0244 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/articles/articles.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/articles/articles.html
@@ -1,54 +1,54 @@
-<div class="panel" data-widget='{"draggable": "false"}'>
-<div class="panel-heading">
-    <h2>Recent Articles</h2>
-    <div class="panel-ctrls button-icon-bg"
-         data-actions-container=""
-         data-action-collapse='{"target": ".panel-body"}'
-         data-action-refresh-demo='{"type": "circular"}'>
-    </div>
-</div>
-<div class="panel-body scroll-pane" style="height: 320px;">
-    <div class="custom-scrollbar" scrollbar>
-        <ul class="mini-timeline">
-            <li ng-class="{'mini-timeline-owner': isMine(article), 'mini-timeline-default': !isMine(article) }" ng-repeat="article in articles">
-                <div class="timeline-icon"></div>
-                <div class="timeline-body">
-                    <div class="timeline-content">
-                        <a href="" ng-click="showModal(article)" class="name">{{article.title}}</a>
-                        <div class="author-box">
-                            <a href="{{'#/users/' + article.createdBy.id }}" class="avatar">
-                                <img ng-src="{{article.createdBy.picture}}" alt="" class="avatar" />
-                            </a>
-                            by <a href="{{'#/users/' + article.createdBy.id }}">{{article.createdBy.fullname}}</a><br />
-                            <span class="time">{{article.createdAt | fromNow}}</span>
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="timeline-action">
-                        <a href="" ng-click="showModal(article)" class="icon-tl">
-                            <i class="icon-preview"></i>
-                        </a>
-                        <a ng-href="{{getPdfUrl(article.slug)}}" target="_blank" class="icon-tl">
-                            <i class="icon-pdf"></i>
-                        </a>
-                        <a ng-if="isMine(article)" href="#/articles/edit/{{article.slug}}" ng-if="isAuthorized(article)" class="icon-tl">
-                            <i class="icon-html"></i>
-                        </a>
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-            </li>
-            <li ng-if="articles.length > 0" class="mini-timeline-default">
-                <div class="timeline-body ml-n">
-                    <div class="timeline-content">
-                        <button type="button" data-loading-text="Loading..." class="loading-example-btn btn btn-sm btn-default">See more</button>
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-            </li>
-          <li ng-if="!articles || articles.length == 0" class="mini-timeline-default">
-            <div class="timeline-body ml-n">
-              <div class="timeline-content">No article available</div>
-            </div>
-          </li>
-        </ul>
-    </div>
-</div>
-</div>
+<div class="panel" data-widget='{"draggable": "false"}'>
+<div class="panel-heading">
+    <h2>Recent Articles</h2>
+    <div class="panel-ctrls button-icon-bg"
+         data-actions-container=""
+         data-action-collapse='{"target": ".panel-body"}'
+         data-action-refresh-demo='{"type": "circular"}'>
+    </div>
+</div>
+<div class="panel-body scroll-pane" style="height: 320px;">
+    <div class="custom-scrollbar" scrollbar>
+        <ul class="mini-timeline">
+            <li ng-class="{'mini-timeline-owner': isMine(article), 'mini-timeline-default': !isMine(article) }" ng-repeat="article in articles">
+                <div class="timeline-icon"></div>
+                <div class="timeline-body">
+                    <div class="timeline-content">
+                        <a href="" ng-click="showModal(article)" class="name">{{article.title}}</a>
+                        <div class="author-box">
+                            <a href="{{'#/users/' + article.createdBy.id }}" class="avatar">
+                                <img ng-src="{{article.createdBy.picture}}" alt="" class="avatar" />
+                            </a>
+                            by <a href="{{'#/users/' + article.createdBy.id }}">{{article.createdBy.fullname}}</a><br />
+                            <span class="time">{{article.createdAt | fromNow}}</span>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="timeline-action">
+                        <a href="" ng-click="showModal(article)" class="icon-tl">
+                            <i class="icon-preview"></i>
+                        </a>
+                        <a ng-href="{{getPdfUrl(article.slug)}}" target="_blank" class="icon-tl">
+                            <i class="icon-pdf"></i>
+                        </a>
+                        <a ng-if="isMine(article)" href="#/articles/edit/{{article.slug}}" ng-if="isAuthorized(article)" class="icon-tl">
+                            <i class="icon-html"></i>
+                        </a>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </li>
+            <li ng-if="articles.length > 0" class="mini-timeline-default">
+                <div class="timeline-body ml-n">
+                    <div class="timeline-content">
+                        <button type="button" data-loading-text="Loading..." class="loading-example-btn btn btn-sm btn-default">See more</button>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </li>
+          <li ng-if="!articles || articles.length == 0" class="mini-timeline-default">
+            <div class="timeline-body ml-n">
+              <div class="timeline-content">No article available</div>
+            </div>
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+    </div>
+</div>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/users/users.service.js b/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/users/users.service.js
index 0dfcf039d7e334bcffc8dab470d789c1dca14074..3b09f4ca1b393bd8f182a31160e04ba32420e628 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/users/users.service.js
+++ b/src/main/resources/static/frontend/app/scripts/app/users/users.service.js
@@ -6,22 +6,7 @@
 angular.module('chuvApp.users')
   .factory('User', ['$rootScope','backendUrl','$http','$cookieStore','base64', function ($rootScope,backendUrl,$http,$cookieStore,base64) {
 
-    var datas = [
-      { id: 1, login: "admin", password: "kitten", firstname: "Bogdan", lastname: "DRAGANSKI", fullname: "Bogdan DRAGANSKI", team: "Scientist",
-        picture: "images/users/Bogdan.jpg",  web:"http://www.hbpproject.eu", email: "admin@hbpproject.eu", phone:"+33 6 00 00 00 00", birthday: "1982-01-22", gender:"Male",
-        languages:["French"], city:"Lausanne", country:"Switzerland" },
-
-      { id: 2, login: "l.dib", password: "user", firstname: "Linda", lastname: "DIB", fullname: "Linda DIB", team: "Scientist",
-        picture: "images/users/Linda.png", web:"http://www.hbpproject.eu",
-        email: "a.kiliaan@hbpproject.eu", phone:"+33 6 00 00 00 00", birthday: "1983-05-02", gender:"Female",
-        languages:["French","Netherlands"], city:"Nijmegen", country:"Netherlands" },
-
-      { id: 3, login: "llaursen", password: "poc", firstname: "Lucas", lastname: "LAURSEN", fullname: "Lucas LAURSEN", team: "Press",
-        picture: "images/users/llaursen.jpg", web:"http://www.hbpproject.eu", email: "llaursen@hbpproject.eu", phone:"06 00 00 00 00", birthday: "1982-05-10", gender:"Male",
-        languages:["French","Spanish"], city:"Madric", country:"Spain"  }
-    ];
-
-    var currentUser = datas[0];
+    var currentUser;
 
     return {
 
@@ -50,12 +35,11 @@ angular.module('chuvApp.users')
       },
 
       get: function (id) {
-        for (var idx in datas) {
-          if (datas.hasOwnProperty(idx) && datas[idx].id == id) {
-            return datas[idx];
-          }
-        }
-        return null;
+        $http.get("/users/"+id).success(function(data) {
+          return data;
+        }).error(function() {
+          return null;
+        });
       },
 
       create: function (user) {