diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/navbar/navbar.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/navbar/navbar.tsx
index 0042a5619bdb6e0cb1e8ae6db3452e6c6de94a7c..76534f6016626d78ef7c77199b9347da8296b0c8 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/navbar/navbar.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/navbar/navbar.tsx
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ export const Navbar = (props: NavbarComponentProps) => {
                   {auth.authorized ? (
                     <>
                       <div className="menu-title">
-                        <h2>user: {auth.userID}</h2>
+                        <h2>user: {auth.username}</h2>
                         <h3 className="text-xs">session: {auth.sessionID}</h3>
                       </div>
                       <li>
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ export const Navbar = (props: NavbarComponentProps) => {
                   ) : (
                     <>
                       <div className="menu-title">
-                        <h2>user: {auth.userID}</h2>
+                        <h2>user: {auth.username}</h2>
                         <h3 className="text-xs">session: {auth.sessionID}</h3>
                       </div>
                       <div>
diff --git a/libs/shared/lib/data-access/authorization/useAuth.tsx b/libs/shared/lib/data-access/authorization/useAuth.tsx
index c4c64b8f5fe4be048ba5e8e26a0d818ce1cda3f0..a2a1854217187da82899e69f26433faaceb94088 100644
--- a/libs/shared/lib/data-access/authorization/useAuth.tsx
+++ b/libs/shared/lib/data-access/authorization/useAuth.tsx
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ import { useAppDispatch, useAuthorizationCache } from '../store';
 import { authorized } from '../store/authSlice';
 
 export type AuthenticationHeader = {
-  sessionData: {
-    userID: string;
-    sessionID: string;
-  };
+  username: string;
+  sessionID: string;
   jwt: string;
 };
 
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ export const useAuth = () => {
       console.warn('skipping login');
       dispatch(
         authorized({
-          userID: 'UserID',
+          username: 'UserID',
           sessionID: 'SessionID',
           jwt: 'jwt',
           authorized: true,
@@ -50,8 +48,8 @@ export const useAuth = () => {
           .then((res: AuthenticationHeader) => {
             dispatch(
               authorized({
-                userID: res.sessionData.userID,
-                sessionID: res.sessionData.sessionID,
+                username: res.username,
+                sessionID: res.sessionID,
                 jwt: res.jwt,
                 authorized: true,
               })
@@ -70,7 +68,6 @@ export const useAuth = () => {
     init.method = init.method || 'GET';
     init.headers = {
       'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-      //   Userid: auth.userID || '',
       sessionid: auth.sessionID || '',
       //   Authorization: `Bearer ${auth.jwt}`,
       ...init.headers,
diff --git a/libs/shared/lib/data-access/socket/backend-message-receiver/WebSocketHandler.tsx b/libs/shared/lib/data-access/socket/backend-message-receiver/WebSocketHandler.tsx
index 203e56bbb2ca0994378bb46b26acd662a6049882..d457018c01fef178bd1a910674862746ae3df0c4 100644
--- a/libs/shared/lib/data-access/socket/backend-message-receiver/WebSocketHandler.tsx
+++ b/libs/shared/lib/data-access/socket/backend-message-receiver/WebSocketHandler.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ export class WebSocketHandler implements BackendMessageReceiver {
 
     const params = new URLSearchParams();
     if (this.authHeader?.sessionID) params.set('sessionID', this.authHeader?.sessionID ?? '');
-    if (this.authHeader?.userID) params.set('userID', this.authHeader?.userID ?? '');
     if (this.authHeader?.jwt) params.set('jwt', this.authHeader?.jwt ?? '');
     this.webSocket = new WebSocket(this.url + '?' + params.toString());
     this.webSocket.onopen = () => onOpen();
diff --git a/libs/shared/lib/data-access/store/authSlice.ts b/libs/shared/lib/data-access/store/authSlice.ts
index 663ce51a80b83dff46e2bd14e9d1eda64578a8d5..13b1bfbad255f28295e9bdb2a19f95aef9eb980b 100644
--- a/libs/shared/lib/data-access/store/authSlice.ts
+++ b/libs/shared/lib/data-access/store/authSlice.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export type UseIsAuthorizedState = {
   authorized: boolean | undefined;
   jwt: string | undefined;
   sessionID: string | undefined;
-  userID: string | undefined;
+  username: string | undefined;
 };
 
 // Define the initial state using that type
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export const initialState: UseIsAuthorizedState = {
   authorized: undefined,
   jwt: undefined,
   sessionID: undefined,
-  userID: undefined,
+  username: undefined,
 };
 
 export const authSlice = createSlice({
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ export const authSlice = createSlice({
       state.authorized = action.payload.authorized;
       state.jwt = action.payload.jwt;
       state.sessionID = action.payload.sessionID;
-      state.userID = action.payload.userID;
+      state.username = action.payload.username;
     },
     logout(state) {
       console.info('Logging out');
       state.authorized = undefined;
       state.jwt = undefined;
       state.sessionID = undefined;
-      state.userID = undefined;
+      state.username = undefined;
     },
     unauthorized(state) {
       console.warn('Unauthorized');