diff --git a/backend/src/apis/gms/GmsClient.ts b/backend/src/apis/gms/GmsClient.ts
index b1cdade2d..46cf38e54 100644
--- a/backend/src/apis/gms/GmsClient.ts
+++ b/backend/src/apis/gms/GmsClient.ts
@@ -200,12 +200,6 @@ export async function verifyAuthToken(
       // authorization: apiKey,
     },
   }
-  /*
-  const data = {
-    uuid: communityUuid,
-    token: token,
-  }
-  */
   try {
     const result = await axios.get(baseUrl.concat(service), config)
     logger.debug('GET-Response of verify-auth-token:', result)
diff --git a/backend/src/graphql/resolver/UserResolver.ts b/backend/src/graphql/resolver/UserResolver.ts
index a096fda44..44ae3e722 100644
--- a/backend/src/graphql/resolver/UserResolver.ts
+++ b/backend/src/graphql/resolver/UserResolver.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ import random from 'random-bigint'
 import { randombytes_random } from 'sodium-native'
 
 import { FULL_CREATION_AVAILABLE } from './const/const'
+import { authenticateGmsUserPlayground } from './util/authenticateGmsUserPlayground'
 import { getHomeCommunity } from './util/communities'
 import { compareGmsRelevantUserSettings } from './util/compareGmsRelevantUserSettings'
 import { getUserCreations } from './util/creations'
@@ -78,7 +79,6 @@ import { Location2Point } from './util/Location2Point'
 import { setUserRole, deleteUserRole } from './util/modifyUserRole'
 import { sendUserToGms } from './util/sendUserToGms'
 import { validateAlias } from './util/validateAlias'
-import { authenticateGmsUserSearch } from './util/authenticateGmsUserSearch'
 
 const LANGUAGES = ['de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'nl']
 const DEFAULT_LANGUAGE = 'de'
@@ -677,12 +677,12 @@ export class UserResolver {
 
   @Authorized([RIGHTS.GMS_USER_PLAYGROUND])
   @Query(() => String)
-  async authUserForGmsUserSearch(@Ctx() context: Context): Promise<string> {
+  async authenticateGmsUserSearch(@Ctx() context: Context): Promise<string> {
     logger.info(`authUserForGmsUserSearch()...`)
     const dbUser = getUser(context)
     let gmsPlaygroundUri: string
     if (context.token) {
-      gmsPlaygroundUri = await authenticateGmsUserSearch(context.token, dbUser)
+      gmsPlaygroundUri = await authenticateGmsUserPlayground(context.token, dbUser)
       logger.debug('authUserForGmsUserSearch=', gmsPlaygroundUri)
     } else {
       throw new LogError('authUserForGmsUserSearch without token')
diff --git a/backend/src/graphql/resolver/util/authenticateGmsUserSearch.ts b/backend/src/graphql/resolver/util/authenticateGmsUserPlayground.ts
similarity index 67%
rename from backend/src/graphql/resolver/util/authenticateGmsUserSearch.ts
rename to backend/src/graphql/resolver/util/authenticateGmsUserPlayground.ts
index 27bd98a91..5ad51ee42 100644
--- a/backend/src/graphql/resolver/util/authenticateGmsUserSearch.ts
+++ b/backend/src/graphql/resolver/util/authenticateGmsUserPlayground.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { User as DbUser } from '@entity/User'
 
 import { verifyAuthToken } from '@/apis/gms/GmsClient'
 
-export async function authenticateGmsUserSearch(token: string, dbUser: DbUser): Promise<string> {
+export async function authenticateGmsUserPlayground(token: string, dbUser: DbUser): Promise<string> {
   const gmsPlaygroundUri = await verifyAuthToken(dbUser.communityUuid, token)
 
   return gmsPlaygroundUri
diff --git a/backend/src/seeds/graphql/queries.ts b/backend/src/seeds/graphql/queries.ts
index ed0fe6d26..904b097fc 100644
--- a/backend/src/seeds/graphql/queries.ts
+++ b/backend/src/seeds/graphql/queries.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ export const verifyLogin = gql`
     }
   }
 `
+export const authenticateGmsUserSearch = gql`
+  query {
+    authenticateGmsUserSearch {
+      gmsPlaygroundUri
+    }
+  }
+`
 
 export const queryOptIn = gql`
   query ($optIn: String!) {