diff --git a/backend/src/graphql/resolvers/UserResolver.ts b/backend/src/graphql/resolvers/UserResolver.ts
index dacb3a974..930a44fc0 100644
--- a/backend/src/graphql/resolvers/UserResolver.ts
+++ b/backend/src/graphql/resolvers/UserResolver.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
-import { Resolver, Query, Args, Arg } from 'type-graphql'
+import { Resolver, Query, Args, Arg, UseMiddleware } from 'type-graphql'
 import CONFIG from '../../config'
 import { CheckUsernameResponse } from '../models/CheckUsernameResponse'
 import { LoginResponse } from '../models/LoginResponse'
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 } from '../inputs/LoginUserInput'
 import { apiPost, apiGet } from '../../apis/HttpRequest'
 import { KlicktippConnector } from '../../apis/klicktippAPI'
+import { registerMiddleware } from '../../middleware/registerMiddleware'
 
 @Resolver()
 export class UserResolver {
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ export class UserResolver {
   }
 
   @Query(() => String)
+  @UseMiddleware(registerMiddleware)
   async create(
     @Args() { email, firstName, lastName, password, language }: CreateUserArgs,
   ): Promise<string> {
@@ -94,11 +96,12 @@ export class UserResolver {
     //   CONFIG.KLICKTIPP_PASSWORD,
     // )
     // if (loginSuccessful) {
-    const fields = {}
-    const apiKey = language === 'de' ? CONFIG.KLICKTIPP_APIKEY_DE : CONFIG.KLICKTIPP_APIKEY_EN
-    await this.connector.signin(apiKey, email, fields)
+    // const fields = {}
+    // const apiKey = language === 'de' ? CONFIG.KLICKTIPP_APIKEY_DE : CONFIG.KLICKTIPP_APIKEY_EN
+    // await this.connector.signin(apiKey, email, fields)
     // }
 
+    // I think we need something more than success here to process the returned data in the middleware
     return 'success'
   }
 
diff --git a/backend/src/middleware/registerMiddleware.ts b/backend/src/middleware/registerMiddleware.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b64a6243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/registerMiddleware.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { MiddlewareFn } from 'type-graphql'
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
+export const registerMiddleware: MiddlewareFn = async ({ root, args, context, info }, next) => {
+  const result = await next()
+  // do something here
+  return result
+}
diff --git a/backend/tsconfig.json b/backend/tsconfig.json
index d48524ba5..432297d60 100644
--- a/backend/tsconfig.json
+++ b/backend/tsconfig.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     /* Basic Options */
     // "incremental": true,                         /* Enable incremental compilation */
-    "target": "es5",                                /* Specify ECMAScript target version: 'ES3' (default), 'ES5', 'ES2015', 'ES2016', 'ES2017', 'ES2018', 'ES2019', 'ES2020', 'ES2021', or 'ESNEXT'. */
+    "target": "es6",                                /* Specify ECMAScript target version: 'ES3' (default), 'ES5', 'ES2015', 'ES2016', 'ES2017', 'ES2018', 'ES2019', 'ES2020', 'ES2021', or 'ESNEXT'. */
     "module": "commonjs",                           /* Specify module code generation: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es2015', 'es2020', or 'ESNext'. */
     // "lib": [],                                   /* Specify library files to be included in the compilation. */
     // "allowJs": true,                             /* Allow javascript files to be compiled. */