diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/akka/WokenClientController.java b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/akka/WokenClientController.java
index 27492898dcd945ca595505d57fa33b46b7ff562a..7557e637df5f501fc7d67b9a3383c2c64df9acbb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/akka/WokenClientController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/akka/WokenClientController.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public abstract class WokenClientController {
 
     @PostConstruct
     public void initClusterClient() {
+        LOGGER.info("Start Woken client " + wokenReceptionistPath);
         wokenClient = actorSystem.actorOf(ClusterClient.props(
                 ClusterClientSettings.create(actorSystem).withInitialContacts(initialContacts())),
                 "client-" + getClass().getSimpleName());
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/AkkaConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/AkkaConfiguration.java
index a99b5bfc1c90ee531e98d36fdda59d97a9550453..9cda0c97ec2464fb658da9fcb4b3aa07e49321ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/AkkaConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/AkkaConfiguration.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package eu.hbp.mip.configuration;
 
 import akka.actor.ActorSystem;
+import com.typesafe.config.Config;
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
@@ -32,7 +34,8 @@ class AkkaConfiguration {
 
     @Bean
     public ActorSystem actorSystem() {
-        ActorSystem system = ActorSystem.create("PortalBackend");
+        Config config = ConfigFactory.load("application.conf");
+        ActorSystem system = ActorSystem.create("PortalBackend", config);
         SPRING_EXTENSION_PROVIDER.get(system).initialize(applicationContext);
         return system;
     }