diff --git a/frontend/src/app/app.module.ts b/frontend/src/app/app.module.ts
index d9d0508..e22a7c3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {LandingComponent} from './component/landing/landing.component';
 import {RestService} from './services/rest.service';
 import {HTTP_INTERCEPTORS, HttpClientModule} from '@angular/common/http';
 import {InterceptorService} from './services/interceptor.service';
-import {WebsocketService} from './services/websocket.service';
 import {LoggerModule, NgxLoggerLevel} from 'ngx-logger';
 import {environment} from '../environments/environment';
 import {TestSubCompComponent} from './component/testsubcomp/test-sub-comp.component';
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ import { LoginComponent } from './component/login/login.component';
   // enables injecting
   providers: [
     RestService,
-    WebsocketService,
     {
       provide: HTTP_INTERCEPTORS, useClass: InterceptorService, multi: true
     },
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/component/login/login.component.html b/frontend/src/app/component/login/login.component.html
index eea13c2..a6afd38 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/component/login/login.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/component/login/login.component.html
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 <br>
 <button (click)="paramsFromUrl()">Get Params from URL</button>
 <br>
+<button (click)="gotoBackend()">Call Backend</button>
+<br>
 Token: <input type="text" [(ngModel)]="id_token">
 <br>
 State: <input type="text" [(ngModel)]="state">
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/component/login/login.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/component/login/login.component.ts
index ae56b10..e73fbb1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/component/login/login.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/component/login/login.component.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,17 @@ export class LoginComponent implements OnInit {
       .subscribe(data => this.loginHTML = this._sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustHtml(data));
   }
 
+  gotoBackend() {
+    const headerDict = {
+      'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + this.id_token
+    };
+    this.http.get('https://localhost:8000/api/login',
+      {
+        headers: new HttpHeaders(headerDict)
+      })
+      .subscribe(data => console.log(data));
+  }
+
   paramsFromUrl() {
     const url = window.location.href;
     const params: string = url.split('#')[1];
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/services/websocket.service.ts b/frontend/src/app/services/websocket.service.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c936698..0000000
--- a/frontend/src/app/services/websocket.service.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-import {Injectable} from '@angular/core';
-import {NGXLogger} from 'ngx-logger';
-import {fromEvent, interval, Observable} from 'rxjs';
-
-import {environment} from '../../environments/environment';
-import {WSEvents} from '../interfaces/interface';
-
-@Injectable({
-  providedIn: 'root'
-})
-export class WebsocketService {
-  private wsEndpoint = environment.ws_location + ':' + environment.ws_port + '/test-ws-endpoint/';
-  private readonly ws: WebSocket;
-  private wsEvents: WSEvents;
-
-  constructor(private logger: NGXLogger) {
-    this.logger.debug('Initiating ws connection on', this.wsEndpoint);
-    this.ws = new WebSocket(this.wsEndpoint);
-
-    interval(5000).subscribe(() => {
-      // continuously check if the connection is still open
-      if (this.ws.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) {
-        this.logger.error('Lost websocket connection ...', this.ws);
-      }
-    });
-
-  }
-
-  wsTestCall(msg: string): WSEvents {
-    this.logger.debug(
-      'Performing ws test call',
-      'current ws ready state ==', this.ws.readyState + ',',
-      'expected == 1 == open');
-
-    if (this.ws.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) {
-      this.ws.send(msg);
-    } else {
-      return undefined;
-    }
-
-    if (!this.wsEvents) {
-      this.wsEvents = {
-        message: fromEvent(this.ws, 'message'),
-        error: fromEvent(this.ws, 'error'),
-        close: fromEvent(this.ws, 'close')
-      };
-    }
-
-    return this.wsEvents;
-  }
-
-}