diff --git a/src/api/backend-config/index.ts b/src/api/backend-config/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c368aab66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/backend-config/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { expectResponseCode, getBackendUrl } from '../../utils/apiUtils'
+import { BackendConfig } from './types'
+
+export const getBackendConfig = async (): Promise<BackendConfig> => {
+  const response = await fetch(getBackendUrl() + '/config')
+  expectResponseCode(response)
+  return await response.json() as Promise<BackendConfig>
+}
diff --git a/src/api/backend-config/types.ts b/src/api/backend-config/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..989b3558a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/backend-config/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+export interface BackendConfig {
+  allowAnonymous: boolean,
+  authProviders: AuthProvidersState,
+  customAuthNames: CustomAuthNames,
+  specialLinks: SpecialLinks,
+  version: BackendVersion,
+}
+
+export interface BackendVersion {
+  version: string,
+  sourceCodeUrl: string
+  issueTrackerUrl: string
+}
+
+export interface AuthProvidersState {
+  facebook: boolean,
+  github: boolean,
+  twitter: boolean,
+  gitlab: boolean,
+  dropbox: boolean,
+  ldap: boolean,
+  google: boolean,
+  saml: boolean,
+  oauth2: boolean,
+  email: boolean,
+  openid: boolean,
+}
+
+export interface CustomAuthNames {
+  ldap: string;
+  oauth2: string;
+  saml: string;
+}
+
+export interface SpecialLinks {
+  privacy: string,
+  termsOfUse: string,
+  imprint: string,
+}
diff --git a/src/api/config.ts b/src/api/config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 04ac2a4b4..000000000
--- a/src/api/config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import { FrontendConfigState } from '../redux/frontend-config/types'
-import { BackendConfigState } from '../redux/backend-config/types'
-import { expectResponseCode, getBackendUrl } from '../utils/apiUtils'
-
-export const getBackendConfig = async (): Promise<BackendConfigState> => {
-  const response = await fetch(getBackendUrl() + '/config')
-  expectResponseCode(response)
-  return await response.json() as Promise<BackendConfigState>
-}
-
-export const getFrontendConfig = async (baseUrl: string): Promise<FrontendConfigState> => {
-  const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}config.json`)
-  expectResponseCode(response)
-  return await response.json() as Promise<FrontendConfigState>
-}
diff --git a/src/api/frontend-config/index.ts b/src/api/frontend-config/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7c6df8af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/frontend-config/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { expectResponseCode } from '../../utils/apiUtils'
+import { FrontendConfig } from './types'
+
+export const getFrontendConfig = async (baseUrl: string): Promise<FrontendConfig> => {
+  const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}config.json`)
+  expectResponseCode(response)
+  return await response.json() as Promise<FrontendConfig>
+}
diff --git a/src/api/frontend-config/types.ts b/src/api/frontend-config/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12fb48058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/frontend-config/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export interface FrontendConfig {
+  backendUrl: string
+}
diff --git a/src/components/editor/editor.tsx b/src/components/editor/editor.tsx
index b73e6f74c..e8cfae3f4 100644
--- a/src/components/editor/editor.tsx
+++ b/src/components/editor/editor.tsx
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import React from 'react'
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux'
 import { useParams } from 'react-router'
 import { ApplicationState } from '../../redux'
-import { EditorMode } from '../../redux/editor/types'
 import { EditorWindow } from './editor-window/editor-window'
 import { MarkdownPreview } from './markdown-preview/markdown-preview'
+import { EditorMode } from './task-bar/editor-view-mode'
 import { TaskBar } from './task-bar/task-bar'
 
 interface RouteParameters {
diff --git a/src/components/editor/task-bar/editor-view-mode.tsx b/src/components/editor/task-bar/editor-view-mode.tsx
index e1f587273..90b4d1bef 100644
--- a/src/components/editor/task-bar/editor-view-mode.tsx
+++ b/src/components/editor/task-bar/editor-view-mode.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
-import { ToggleButton, ToggleButtonGroup } from 'react-bootstrap'
 import React from 'react'
+import { ToggleButton, ToggleButtonGroup } from 'react-bootstrap'
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux'
 import { ForkAwesomeIcon } from '../../../fork-awesome/fork-awesome-icon'
 import { ApplicationState } from '../../../redux'
-import { EditorMode } from '../../../redux/editor/types'
 import { setEditorModeConfig } from '../../../redux/editor/methods'
-import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 
-const EditorViewMode: React.FC = () => {
+export enum EditorMode {
+  PREVIEW,
+  BOTH,
+  EDITOR,
+}
+
+export const EditorViewMode: React.FC = () => {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   const editorConfig = useSelector((state: ApplicationState) => state.editorConfig)
   return (
@@ -15,7 +20,9 @@ const EditorViewMode: React.FC = () => {
       type="radio"
       name="options"
       defaultValue={editorConfig.editorMode}
-      onChange={(value: EditorMode) => { setEditorModeConfig(value) }}>
+      onChange={(value: EditorMode) => {
+        setEditorModeConfig(value)
+      }}>
       <ToggleButton value={EditorMode.PREVIEW} variant="outline-secondary" title={t('editor.viewMode.view')}>
         <ForkAwesomeIcon icon="eye"/>
       </ToggleButton>
@@ -28,5 +35,3 @@ const EditorViewMode: React.FC = () => {
     </ToggleButtonGroup>
   )
 }
-
-export { EditorViewMode }
diff --git a/src/components/landing/layout/navigation/header-bar/header-bar.tsx b/src/components/landing/layout/navigation/header-bar/header-bar.tsx
index 2db8fe215..ba262c82b 100644
--- a/src/components/landing/layout/navigation/header-bar/header-bar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/landing/layout/navigation/header-bar/header-bar.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { Navbar } from 'react-bootstrap'
 import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux'
 import { ApplicationState } from '../../../../../redux'
-import { LoginStatus } from '../../../../../redux/user/types'
 import { HeaderNavLink } from '../header-nav-link'
 import { NewGuestNoteButton } from '../new-guest-note-button'
 import { NewUserNoteButton } from '../new-user-note-button'
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ const HeaderBar: React.FC = () => {
         </HeaderNavLink>
       </div>
       <div className="d-inline-flex">
-        {user.status === LoginStatus.forbidden
+        {!user
           ? <Fragment>
             <span className={'mr-1 d-flex'}>
               <NewGuestNoteButton/>
diff --git a/src/components/landing/layout/navigation/user-dropdown/user-dropdown.tsx b/src/components/landing/layout/navigation/user-dropdown/user-dropdown.tsx
index 3e1029047..7c80665ee 100644
--- a/src/components/landing/layout/navigation/user-dropdown/user-dropdown.tsx
+++ b/src/components/landing/layout/navigation/user-dropdown/user-dropdown.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
-import { Dropdown } from 'react-bootstrap'
 import React from 'react'
+import { Dropdown } from 'react-bootstrap'
+import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux'
+import { LinkContainer } from 'react-router-bootstrap'
 import { ForkAwesomeIcon } from '../../../../../fork-awesome/fork-awesome-icon'
 import { ApplicationState } from '../../../../../redux'
-import { LinkContainer } from 'react-router-bootstrap'
 import { clearUser } from '../../../../../redux/user/methods'
-import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import { UserAvatar } from '../../user-avatar/user-avatar'
 
 export const UserDropdown: React.FC = () => {
   useTranslation()
   const user = useSelector((state: ApplicationState) => state.user)
 
+  if (!user) {
+    return null
+  }
+
   return (
     <Dropdown alignRight>
       <Dropdown.Toggle size="sm" variant="dark" id="dropdown-user" className={'d-flex align-items-center'}>
diff --git a/src/components/landing/pages/intro/cover-buttons/cover-buttons.tsx b/src/components/landing/pages/intro/cover-buttons/cover-buttons.tsx
index 4ec9f8535..7d64e580a 100644
--- a/src/components/landing/pages/intro/cover-buttons/cover-buttons.tsx
+++ b/src/components/landing/pages/intro/cover-buttons/cover-buttons.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { Button } from 'react-bootstrap'
-import { LoginStatus } from '../../../../../redux/user/types'
 import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux'
+import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { ApplicationState } from '../../../../../redux'
 import './cover-buttons.scss'
 
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ export const CoverButtons: React.FC = () => {
   useTranslation()
   const user = useSelector((state: ApplicationState) => state.user)
 
-  if (user.status === LoginStatus.ok) {
+  if (user) {
     return null
   }
 
diff --git a/src/components/landing/pages/login/login.tsx b/src/components/landing/pages/login/login.tsx
index 4ed9c7fe5..846b95fad 100644
--- a/src/components/landing/pages/login/login.tsx
+++ b/src/components/landing/pages/login/login.tsx
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import { Card, Col, Row } from 'react-bootstrap'
 import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
-import { ViaEMail } from './auth/via-email'
-import { OneClickType, ViaOneClick } from './auth/via-one-click'
-import { ViaLdap } from './auth/via-ldap'
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux'
-import { ApplicationState } from '../../../../redux'
-import { ViaOpenId } from './auth/via-openid'
 import { Redirect } from 'react-router'
-import { LoginStatus } from '../../../../redux/user/types'
+import { ApplicationState } from '../../../../redux'
+import { ViaEMail } from './auth/via-email'
+import { ViaLdap } from './auth/via-ldap'
+import { OneClickType, ViaOneClick } from './auth/via-one-click'
+import { ViaOpenId } from './auth/via-openid'
 
 export const Login: React.FC = () => {
   useTranslation()
   const authProviders = useSelector((state: ApplicationState) => state.backendConfig.authProviders)
   const customAuthNames = useSelector((state: ApplicationState) => state.backendConfig.customAuthNames)
-  const userLoginState = useSelector((state: ApplicationState) => state.user.status)
+  const userLoginState = useSelector((state: ApplicationState) => state.user)
   const emailForm = authProviders.email ? <ViaEMail/> : null
   const ldapForm = authProviders.ldap ? <ViaLdap/> : null
   const openIdForm = authProviders.openid ? <ViaOpenId/> : null
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ export const Login: React.FC = () => {
     }
   }
 
-  if (userLoginState === LoginStatus.ok) {
+  if (userLoginState) {
     // TODO Redirect to previous page?
     return (
       <Redirect to='/history'/>
diff --git a/src/components/landing/pages/profile/profile.tsx b/src/components/landing/pages/profile/profile.tsx
index 3425cb11a..b24bb6055 100644
--- a/src/components/landing/pages/profile/profile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/landing/pages/profile/profile.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Col, Row } from 'react-bootstrap'
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux'
 import { Redirect } from 'react-router'
 import { ApplicationState } from '../../../../redux'
-import { LoginProvider, LoginStatus } from '../../../../redux/user/types'
+import { LoginProvider } from '../../../../redux/user/types'
 import { ProfileAccountManagement } from './settings/profile-account-management'
 import { ProfileChangePassword } from './settings/profile-change-password'
 import { ProfileDisplayName } from './settings/profile-display-name'
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import { ProfileDisplayName } from './settings/profile-display-name'
 export const Profile: React.FC = () => {
   const user = useSelector((state: ApplicationState) => state.user)
 
-  if (user.status === LoginStatus.forbidden) {
+  if (!user) {
     return (
-      <Redirect to={'/login'} />
+      <Redirect to={'/login'}/>
     )
   }
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const Profile: React.FC = () => {
       <Row className="h-100 flex justify-content-center">
         <Col lg={6}>
           <ProfileDisplayName/>
-          { user.provider === LoginProvider.EMAIL ? <ProfileChangePassword/> : null }
+          {user.provider === LoginProvider.EMAIL ? <ProfileChangePassword/> : null}
           <ProfileAccountManagement/>
         </Col>
       </Row>
diff --git a/src/components/landing/pages/profile/settings/profile-display-name.tsx b/src/components/landing/pages/profile/settings/profile-display-name.tsx
index a2c875f79..1e85c03e3 100644
--- a/src/components/landing/pages/profile/settings/profile-display-name.tsx
+++ b/src/components/landing/pages/profile/settings/profile-display-name.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import React, { ChangeEvent, FormEvent, useState } from 'react'
-import { Button, Card, Form } from 'react-bootstrap'
+import React, { ChangeEvent, FormEvent, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { Alert, Button, Card, Form } from 'react-bootstrap'
 import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux'
 import { updateDisplayName } from '../../../../../api/me'
@@ -7,13 +7,22 @@ import { ApplicationState } from '../../../../../redux'
 import { getAndSetUser } from '../../../../../utils/apiUtils'
 
 export const ProfileDisplayName: React.FC = () => {
+  const regexInvalidDisplayName = /^\s*$/
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   const user = useSelector((state: ApplicationState) => state.user)
   const [submittable, setSubmittable] = useState(false)
   const [error, setError] = useState(false)
-  const [displayName, setDisplayName] = useState(user.name)
+  const [displayName, setDisplayName] = useState('')
 
-  const regexInvalidDisplayName = /^\s*$/
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (user) {
+      setDisplayName(user.name)
+    }
+  }, [user])
+
+  if (!user) {
+    return <Alert variant={'danger'}>User not logged in</Alert>
+  }
 
   const changeNameField = (event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
     setSubmittable(!regexInvalidDisplayName.test(event.target.value))
diff --git a/src/initializers/configLoader.ts b/src/initializers/configLoader.ts
index 5c526f857..25a67c94f 100644
--- a/src/initializers/configLoader.ts
+++ b/src/initializers/configLoader.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { getBackendConfig, getFrontendConfig } from '../api/config'
-import { setFrontendConfig } from '../redux/frontend-config/methods'
+import { getBackendConfig } from '../api/backend-config'
+import { getFrontendConfig } from '../api/frontend-config'
 import { setBackendConfig } from '../redux/backend-config/methods'
+import { setFrontendConfig } from '../redux/frontend-config/methods'
 import { getAndSetUser } from '../utils/apiUtils'
 
 export const loadAllConfig: (baseUrl: string) => Promise<void> = async (baseUrl) => {
diff --git a/src/redux/backend-config/methods.ts b/src/redux/backend-config/methods.ts
index 464eca527..b6e00697c 100644
--- a/src/redux/backend-config/methods.ts
+++ b/src/redux/backend-config/methods.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-import { BackendConfigState, SET_BACKEND_CONFIG_ACTION_TYPE, SetBackendConfigAction } from './types'
+import { BackendConfig } from '../../api/backend-config/types'
 import { store } from '../../utils/store'
+import { BackendConfigActionType, SetBackendConfigAction } from './types'
 
-export const setBackendConfig = (state: BackendConfigState): void => {
+export const setBackendConfig = (state: BackendConfig): void => {
   const action: SetBackendConfigAction = {
-    type: SET_BACKEND_CONFIG_ACTION_TYPE,
-    payload: {
-      state
-    }
+    type: BackendConfigActionType.SET_BACKEND_CONFIG,
+    state: state
   }
   store.dispatch(action)
 }
diff --git a/src/redux/backend-config/reducers.ts b/src/redux/backend-config/reducers.ts
index c54a83524..98e50a1e7 100644
--- a/src/redux/backend-config/reducers.ts
+++ b/src/redux/backend-config/reducers.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { Reducer } from 'redux'
-import { BackendConfigActions, BackendConfigState, SET_BACKEND_CONFIG_ACTION_TYPE } from './types'
+import { BackendConfig } from '../../api/backend-config/types'
+import { BackendConfigActions, BackendConfigActionType, SetBackendConfigAction } from './types'
 
-export const initialState: BackendConfigState = {
+export const initialState: BackendConfig = {
   allowAnonymous: true,
   authProviders: {
     facebook: false,
@@ -33,10 +34,10 @@ export const initialState: BackendConfigState = {
   }
 }
 
-export const BackendConfigReducer: Reducer<BackendConfigState, BackendConfigActions> = (state: BackendConfigState = initialState, action: BackendConfigActions) => {
+export const BackendConfigReducer: Reducer<(BackendConfig), BackendConfigActions> = (state: (BackendConfig) = initialState, action: BackendConfigActions) => {
   switch (action.type) {
-    case SET_BACKEND_CONFIG_ACTION_TYPE:
-      return action.payload.state
+    case BackendConfigActionType.SET_BACKEND_CONFIG:
+      return (action as SetBackendConfigAction).state
     default:
       return state
   }
diff --git a/src/redux/backend-config/types.ts b/src/redux/backend-config/types.ts
index 10842f91e..689ea51d5 100644
--- a/src/redux/backend-config/types.ts
+++ b/src/redux/backend-config/types.ts
@@ -1,52 +1,14 @@
 import { Action } from 'redux'
+import { BackendConfig } from '../../api/backend-config/types'
 
-export const SET_BACKEND_CONFIG_ACTION_TYPE = 'backend-config/set'
-
-export interface BackendConfigState {
-  allowAnonymous: boolean,
-  authProviders: AuthProvidersState,
-  customAuthNames: CustomAuthNames,
-  specialLinks: SpecialLinks,
-  version: BackendVersion,
+export enum BackendConfigActionType {
+  SET_BACKEND_CONFIG = 'backend-config/set'
 }
 
-export interface BackendVersion {
-  version: string,
-  sourceCodeUrl: string
-  issueTrackerUrl: string
+export interface BackendConfigActions extends Action<BackendConfigActionType>{
+  type: BackendConfigActionType;
 }
 
-export interface AuthProvidersState {
-  facebook: boolean,
-  github: boolean,
-  twitter: boolean,
-  gitlab: boolean,
-  dropbox: boolean,
-  ldap: boolean,
-  google: boolean,
-  saml: boolean,
-  oauth2: boolean,
-  email: boolean,
-  openid: boolean,
+export interface SetBackendConfigAction extends BackendConfigActions {
+  state: BackendConfig;
 }
-
-export interface CustomAuthNames {
-  ldap: string;
-  oauth2: string;
-  saml: string;
-}
-
-export interface SpecialLinks {
-  privacy: string,
-  termsOfUse: string,
-  imprint: string,
-}
-
-export interface SetBackendConfigAction extends Action {
-  type: string;
-  payload: {
-    state: BackendConfigState;
-  };
-}
-
-export type BackendConfigActions = SetBackendConfigAction;
diff --git a/src/redux/editor/methods.ts b/src/redux/editor/methods.ts
index ebdd62b3a..21fdc67d1 100644
--- a/src/redux/editor/methods.ts
+++ b/src/redux/editor/methods.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
-import {
-  EditorMode,
-  SET_EDITOR_CONFIG_MODE_ACTION_TYPE,
-  SetEditorConfigAction
-} from './types'
+import { EditorMode } from '../../components/editor/task-bar/editor-view-mode'
 import { store } from '../../utils/store'
+import { EditorConfigActionType, SetEditorConfigAction } from './types'
 
 export const setEditorModeConfig = (editorMode: EditorMode): void => {
   const action: SetEditorConfigAction = {
-    type: SET_EDITOR_CONFIG_MODE_ACTION_TYPE,
-    payload: editorMode
+    type: EditorConfigActionType.SET_EDITOR_VIEW_MODE,
+    mode: editorMode
   }
   store.dispatch(action)
 }
diff --git a/src/redux/editor/reducers.ts b/src/redux/editor/reducers.ts
index 9a0d733a1..bf4dc62a6 100644
--- a/src/redux/editor/reducers.ts
+++ b/src/redux/editor/reducers.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 import { Reducer } from 'redux'
-import {
-  EditorConfigActions,
-  EditorConfigState,
-  EditorMode,
-  SET_EDITOR_CONFIG_MODE_ACTION_TYPE
-} from './types'
+import { EditorMode } from '../../components/editor/task-bar/editor-view-mode'
+import { EditorConfig, EditorConfigActions, EditorConfigActionType, SetEditorConfigAction } from './types'
 
-export const initialState: EditorConfigState = {
+export const initialState: EditorConfig = {
   editorMode: EditorMode.PREVIEW
 }
 
-export const EditorConfigReducer: Reducer<EditorConfigState, EditorConfigActions> = (state: EditorConfigState = initialState, action: EditorConfigActions) => {
+export const EditorConfigReducer: Reducer<EditorConfig, EditorConfigActions> = (state: EditorConfig = initialState, action: EditorConfigActions) => {
   switch (action.type) {
-    case SET_EDITOR_CONFIG_MODE_ACTION_TYPE:
+    case EditorConfigActionType.SET_EDITOR_VIEW_MODE:
       return {
         ...state,
-        editorMode: action.payload
+        editorMode: (action as SetEditorConfigAction).mode
       }
     default:
       return state
diff --git a/src/redux/editor/types.ts b/src/redux/editor/types.ts
index 7e8fbe95e..cc8120127 100644
--- a/src/redux/editor/types.ts
+++ b/src/redux/editor/types.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
 import { Action } from 'redux'
+import { EditorMode } from '../../components/editor/task-bar/editor-view-mode'
 
-export const SET_EDITOR_CONFIG_MODE_ACTION_TYPE = 'editor/mode/set'
-
-export interface EditorConfigState {
-    editorMode: EditorMode;
+export enum EditorConfigActionType {
+  SET_EDITOR_VIEW_MODE = 'editor/mode/set'
 }
 
-export enum EditorMode {
-    PREVIEW,
-    BOTH,
-    EDITOR,
+export interface EditorConfig {
+  editorMode: EditorMode;
 }
 
-export interface SetEditorConfigAction extends Action {
-    type: string;
-    payload: EditorMode;
+export interface EditorConfigActions extends Action<EditorConfigActionType> {
+  type: EditorConfigActionType;
 }
 
-export type EditorConfigActions = SetEditorConfigAction;
+export interface SetEditorConfigAction extends EditorConfigActions {
+  mode: EditorMode;
+}
diff --git a/src/redux/frontend-config/methods.ts b/src/redux/frontend-config/methods.ts
index c869406d6..7986cac5c 100644
--- a/src/redux/frontend-config/methods.ts
+++ b/src/redux/frontend-config/methods.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-import { FrontendConfigState, SET_FRONTEND_CONFIG_ACTION_TYPE, SetFrontendConfigAction } from './types'
+import { FrontendConfig } from '../../api/frontend-config/types'
 import { store } from '../../utils/store'
+import { FrontendConfigActionType, SetFrontendConfigAction } from './types'
 
-export const setFrontendConfig = (state: FrontendConfigState): void => {
+export const setFrontendConfig = (state: FrontendConfig): void => {
   const action: SetFrontendConfigAction = {
-    type: SET_FRONTEND_CONFIG_ACTION_TYPE,
-    payload: {
-      state: {
-        ...state,
-        backendUrl: state.backendUrl + '/api/v2.0/'
-      }
+    type: FrontendConfigActionType.SET_FRONTEND_CONFIG,
+    state: {
+      ...state,
+      backendUrl: state.backendUrl + '/api/v2.0/'
     }
   }
   store.dispatch(action)
diff --git a/src/redux/frontend-config/reducers.ts b/src/redux/frontend-config/reducers.ts
index 34975a428..81e12c930 100644
--- a/src/redux/frontend-config/reducers.ts
+++ b/src/redux/frontend-config/reducers.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 import { Reducer } from 'redux'
-import { FrontendConfigActions, FrontendConfigState, SET_FRONTEND_CONFIG_ACTION_TYPE } from './types'
+import { FrontendConfig } from '../../api/frontend-config/types'
+import { FrontendConfigActions, FrontendConfigActionType, SetFrontendConfigAction } from './types'
 
-export const initialState: FrontendConfigState = {
+const initialState: FrontendConfig = {
   backendUrl: ''
 }
 
-export const FrontendConfigReducer: Reducer<FrontendConfigState, FrontendConfigActions> = (state: FrontendConfigState = initialState, action: FrontendConfigActions) => {
+export const FrontendConfigReducer: Reducer<(FrontendConfig), FrontendConfigActions> = (state: (FrontendConfig) = initialState, action: FrontendConfigActions) => {
   switch (action.type) {
-    case SET_FRONTEND_CONFIG_ACTION_TYPE:
-      return action.payload.state
+    case FrontendConfigActionType.SET_FRONTEND_CONFIG:
+      return (action as SetFrontendConfigAction).state
     default:
       return state
   }
diff --git a/src/redux/frontend-config/types.ts b/src/redux/frontend-config/types.ts
index 69b2321e5..6343ac860 100644
--- a/src/redux/frontend-config/types.ts
+++ b/src/redux/frontend-config/types.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 import { Action } from 'redux'
+import { FrontendConfig } from '../../api/frontend-config/types'
 
-export const SET_FRONTEND_CONFIG_ACTION_TYPE = 'frontend-config/set'
-
-export interface SetFrontendConfigAction extends Action {
-    type: string;
-    payload: {
-        state: FrontendConfigState;
-    };
+export enum FrontendConfigActionType {
+  SET_FRONTEND_CONFIG = 'frontend-config/set'
 }
 
-export interface FrontendConfigState {
-    backendUrl: string,
+export interface FrontendConfigActions extends Action<FrontendConfigActionType> {
+  type: FrontendConfigActionType;
 }
 
-export type FrontendConfigActions = SetFrontendConfigAction;
+export interface SetFrontendConfigAction extends FrontendConfigActions {
+  state: FrontendConfig;
+}
diff --git a/src/redux/index.ts b/src/redux/index.ts
index c8ac92c55..58543d0b5 100644
--- a/src/redux/index.ts
+++ b/src/redux/index.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 import { combineReducers, Reducer } from 'redux'
-import { UserState } from './user/types'
-import { UserReducer } from './user/reducers'
-import { BackendConfigState } from './backend-config/types'
-import { FrontendConfigState } from './frontend-config/types'
+import { BackendConfig } from '../api/backend-config/types'
+import { FrontendConfig } from '../api/frontend-config/types'
 import { BackendConfigReducer } from './backend-config/reducers'
-import { FrontendConfigReducer } from './frontend-config/reducers'
-import { EditorConfigState } from './editor/types'
 import { EditorConfigReducer } from './editor/reducers'
+import { EditorConfig } from './editor/types'
+import { FrontendConfigReducer } from './frontend-config/reducers'
+import { UserReducer } from './user/reducers'
+import { MaybeUserState } from './user/types'
 
 export interface ApplicationState {
-    user: UserState;
-    backendConfig: BackendConfigState;
-    frontendConfig: FrontendConfigState;
-    editorConfig: EditorConfigState;
+    user: MaybeUserState;
+    backendConfig: BackendConfig;
+    frontendConfig: FrontendConfig;
+    editorConfig: EditorConfig;
 }
 
 export const allReducers: Reducer<ApplicationState> = combineReducers<ApplicationState>({
diff --git a/src/redux/user/methods.ts b/src/redux/user/methods.ts
index ea7e18ee7..ba2585171 100644
--- a/src/redux/user/methods.ts
+++ b/src/redux/user/methods.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
-import { CLEAR_USER_ACTION_TYPE, ClearUserAction, SET_USER_ACTION_TYPE, SetUserAction, UserState } from './types'
 import { store } from '../../utils/store'
+import { ClearUserAction, SetUserAction, UserActionType, UserState } from './types'
 
 export const setUser: (state: UserState) => void = (state: UserState) => {
   const action: SetUserAction = {
-    type: SET_USER_ACTION_TYPE,
-    payload: {
-      state
-    }
+    type: UserActionType.SET_USER,
+    state
   }
   store.dispatch(action)
 }
 
 export const clearUser: () => void = () => {
   const action: ClearUserAction = {
-    type: CLEAR_USER_ACTION_TYPE,
-    payload: null
+    type: UserActionType.CLEAR_USER
   }
   store.dispatch(action)
 }
diff --git a/src/redux/user/reducers.ts b/src/redux/user/reducers.ts
index 62531e5fb..213a0b7c9 100644
--- a/src/redux/user/reducers.ts
+++ b/src/redux/user/reducers.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,12 @@
 import { Reducer } from 'redux'
-import {
-  CLEAR_USER_ACTION_TYPE,
-  LoginProvider,
-  LoginStatus,
-  SET_USER_ACTION_TYPE,
-  SetUserAction,
-  UserActions,
-  UserState
-} from './types'
+import { MaybeUserState, SetUserAction, UserActions, UserActionType } from './types'
 
-export const initialState: UserState = {
-  id: '',
-  name: '',
-  photo: '',
-  status: LoginStatus.forbidden,
-  provider: LoginProvider.EMAIL
-}
-
-export const UserReducer: Reducer<UserState, UserActions> = (state: UserState = initialState, action: UserActions) => {
+export const UserReducer: Reducer<MaybeUserState, UserActions> = (state: MaybeUserState = null, action: UserActions) => {
   switch (action.type) {
-    case SET_USER_ACTION_TYPE:
-      return (action as SetUserAction).payload.state
-    case CLEAR_USER_ACTION_TYPE:
-      return initialState
+    case UserActionType.SET_USER:
+      return (action as SetUserAction).state
+    case UserActionType.CLEAR_USER:
+      return null
     default:
       return state
   }
diff --git a/src/redux/user/types.ts b/src/redux/user/types.ts
index caadd549d..db338b52f 100644
--- a/src/redux/user/types.ts
+++ b/src/redux/user/types.ts
@@ -1,45 +1,39 @@
 import { Action } from 'redux'
 
-export const SET_USER_ACTION_TYPE = 'user/set'
-export const CLEAR_USER_ACTION_TYPE = 'user/clear'
-
-export interface SetUserAction extends Action {
-    type: string;
-    payload: {
-        state: UserState,
-    };
+export enum UserActionType {
+  SET_USER = 'user/set',
+  CLEAR_USER = 'user/clear'
 }
 
-export interface ClearUserAction extends Action {
-    type: string;
-    payload: null;
+export interface UserActions extends Action<UserActionType> {
+  type: UserActionType;
 }
 
+export interface SetUserAction extends UserActions {
+  state: UserState;
+}
+
+export type ClearUserAction = UserActions
+
 export interface UserState {
-    status: LoginStatus;
-    id: string;
-    name: string;
-    photo: string;
-    provider: LoginProvider;
-}
-
-export enum LoginStatus {
-    forbidden = 'forbidden',
-    ok = 'ok'
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  photo: string;
+  provider: LoginProvider;
 }
 
 export enum LoginProvider {
-    FACEBOOK = 'facebook',
-    GITHUB = 'github',
-    TWITTER = 'twitter',
-    GITLAB = 'gitlab',
-    DROPBOX = 'dropbox',
-    GOOGLE = 'google',
-    SAML = 'saml',
-    OAUTH2 = 'oauth2',
-    EMAIL = 'email',
-    LDAP = 'ldap',
-    OPENID = 'openid'
+  FACEBOOK = 'facebook',
+  GITHUB = 'github',
+  TWITTER = 'twitter',
+  GITLAB = 'gitlab',
+  DROPBOX = 'dropbox',
+  GOOGLE = 'google',
+  SAML = 'saml',
+  OAUTH2 = 'oauth2',
+  EMAIL = 'email',
+  LDAP = 'ldap',
+  OPENID = 'openid'
 }
 
-export type UserActions = SetUserAction | ClearUserAction;
+export type MaybeUserState = (UserState | null)
diff --git a/src/utils/apiUtils.ts b/src/utils/apiUtils.ts
index 99342f8af..d2378b85a 100644
--- a/src/utils/apiUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/apiUtils.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 import { getMe } from '../api/me'
 import { setUser } from '../redux/user/methods'
-import { LoginStatus } from '../redux/user/types'
 import { store } from './store'
 
 export const getAndSetUser: () => (Promise<void>) = async () => {
   const me = await getMe()
   setUser({
-    status: LoginStatus.ok,
     id: me.id,
     name: me.name,
     photo: me.photo,