diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/de/hft/geotime/GeotimeApplication.java b/backend/src/main/java/de/hft/geotime/GeotimeApplication.java
index 859b276..561fec1 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/de/hft/geotime/GeotimeApplication.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/de/hft/geotime/GeotimeApplication.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.data.projection.SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
 
 @SpringBootApplication
@@ -19,4 +20,9 @@ public class GeotimeApplication {
         return new BCryptPasswordEncoder();
     }
 
+    @Bean
+    public SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory projectionFactory() {
+        return new SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory();
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/de/hft/geotime/controllers/UserController.java b/backend/src/main/java/de/hft/geotime/controllers/UserController.java
index 1aa5494..3a52cb4 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/de/hft/geotime/controllers/UserController.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/de/hft/geotime/controllers/UserController.java
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package de.hft.geotime.controllers;
 
 import de.hft.geotime.entities.TimetrackUser;
+import de.hft.geotime.entities.projections.UserWithRoleProjection;
 import de.hft.geotime.repositories.TimetrackUserRepository;
+import org.springframework.data.projection.ProjectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
@@ -16,16 +18,18 @@ public class UserController {
 
     private final TimetrackUserRepository userRepository;
     private final BCryptPasswordEncoder bCryptPasswordEncoder;
+    private final ProjectionFactory projectionFactory;
 
-    public UserController(TimetrackUserRepository userRepository, BCryptPasswordEncoder bCryptPasswordEncoder) {
+    public UserController(TimetrackUserRepository userRepository, BCryptPasswordEncoder bCryptPasswordEncoder, ProjectionFactory projectionFactory) {
         this.userRepository = userRepository;
         this.bCryptPasswordEncoder = bCryptPasswordEncoder;
+        this.projectionFactory = projectionFactory;
     }
 
     @GetMapping("/whoami")
-    public String getUsername(Authentication authentication) {
-        TimetrackUser timetrackUser = userRepository.findFirstByUsername(authentication.getName());
-        return "Welcome back " + timetrackUser.getFirstname() + " " + timetrackUser.getLastname();
+    public UserWithRoleProjection getUsername(Authentication authentication) {
+        TimetrackUser user = userRepository.findFirstByUsername(authentication.getName());
+        return projectionFactory.createProjection(UserWithRoleProjection.class, user);
     }
 
     @PostMapping("/sign-up")
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/de/hft/geotime/entities/TimetrackUser.java b/backend/src/main/java/de/hft/geotime/entities/TimetrackUser.java
index 4b81905..af6deb5 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/de/hft/geotime/entities/TimetrackUser.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/de/hft/geotime/entities/TimetrackUser.java
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package de.hft.geotime.entities;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
-import de.hft.geotime.entities.Role;
-import de.hft.geotime.entities.TimetrackAccount;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;