diff --git a/services/submission/src/main/java/app/coronawarn/server/services/submission/ServerApplication.java b/services/submission/src/main/java/app/coronawarn/server/services/submission/ServerApplication.java
index 85a63e9ecd..d16a2a2357 100644
--- a/services/submission/src/main/java/app/coronawarn/server/services/submission/ServerApplication.java
+++ b/services/submission/src/main/java/app/coronawarn/server/services/submission/ServerApplication.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.domain.EntityScan;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.security.servlet.UserDetailsServiceAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.cloud.openfeign.EnableFeignClients;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.config.EnableJpaRepositories;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.protobuf.ProtobufHttpMessageConverter;
 
-@SpringBootApplication
+@SpringBootApplication(exclude = {UserDetailsServiceAutoConfiguration.class})
 @EnableJpaRepositories(basePackages = "app.coronawarn.server.common.persistence")
 @EntityScan(basePackages = "app.coronawarn.server.common.persistence")
 @ComponentScan({"app.coronawarn.server.common.persistence",