diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.md b/ReleaseNotes.md
index 127d4a8..d66a27f 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
-# `cc-backend` version 1.1.0
+# `cc-backend` version 1.2.0
 
 Supports job archive version 1 and database version 6.
 
 This is a minor release of `cc-backend`, the API backend and frontend
 implementation of ClusterCockpit.
 
-** Breaking changes v1 **
+** Breaking changes **
+
+The LDAP configuration option user_filter was changed and now should not include
+the wildcard. Example:
+* Old: `"user_filter": "(&(objectclass=posixAccount)(uid=*))"`
+* New: `"user_filter": "&(objectclass=posixAccount)"`
 
 The aggregate job statistic core hours is now computed using the job table
 column `num_hwthreads`. In a future release this column will be renamed to
diff --git a/docs/dev-authentication.md b/docs/dev-authentication.md
index d40bdb0..9b84c4b 100644
--- a/docs/dev-authentication.md
+++ b/docs/dev-authentication.md
@@ -124,42 +124,8 @@ It is first checked if the required configuration keys are set:
 ```
 
 The Login function:
-
-# Auth
-
-The Auth function (located in `auth.go`):
-* Returns a new http handler function that is defined right away
-* This handler iterates over all authenticators
-* Calls `Auth()` on every authenticator
-* If err is not nil and the user object is valid it puts the user object in the
-  request context and starts the onSuccess http handler
-* Otherwise it calls the onFailure handler
-
-## Local
-
-Calls the `AuthViaSession()` function in `auth.go`. This will extract username,
-projects and roles from the session and initialize a user object with those
-values.
-
-## LDAP
-
-Calls the `AuthViaSession()` function in `auth.go`. This will extract username,
-projects and roles from the session and initialize a user object with those
-values.
-
-# JWT
-
-Check for JWT token:
-* Is token passed in the `X-Auth-Token` or `Authorization` header
-* If no token is found in a header it tries to read the token from a configured
-cookie.
-
-Finally it calls AuthViaSession in `auth.go` if a valid session exists. This is
-true if a JWT token was previously used to initiate a session. In this case the
-user object initialized with the session is returned right away.
-
-In case a token was found extract and parse the token:
-* Check if signing method is Ed25519/EdDSA 
+* Extracts and parses the token
+* Checks if signing method is Ed25519/EdDSA 
 * In case publicKeyCrossLogin is configured:
    - Check if `iss` issuer claim matched trusted issuer from configuration
    - Return public cross login key
@@ -167,7 +133,34 @@ In case a token was found extract and parse the token:
 * Check if claims are valid
 * Depending on the option `ForceJWTValidationViaDatabase ` the roles are
   extracted from JWT token or taken from user object fetched from database
-* In case the token was extracted from cookie create a new session and ask the
-  browser to delete the JWT cookie
+* Ask browser to delete the JWT cookie
 * Return valid user object
 
+# Auth
+
+The Auth function (located in `auth.go`):
+* Returns a new http handler function that is defined right away
+* This handler tries two methods to authenticate a user:
+   - Via a JWT API token in `AuthViaJWT()`
+   - Via a valid session in `AuthViaSession()`
+* If err is not nil and the user object is valid it puts the user object in the
+  request context and starts the onSuccess http handler
+* Otherwise it calls the onFailure handler
+
+## AuthViaJWT
+
+Implemented in JWTAuthenticator:
+* Extract token either from header `X-Auth-Token` or `Authorization` with Bearer
+  prefix
+* Parse token and check if it is valid. The Parse routine will also check if the
+  token is expired.
+* If the option `ForceJWTValidationViaDatabase` is set it will ensure the
+  user object exists in the database and takes the roles from the database user
+* Otherwise the roles are extracted from the roles claim
+* Returns a valid user object with AuthType set to AuthToken
+
+## AuthViaSession
+
+* Extracts session
+* Get values username, projects, and roles from session
+* Returns a valid user object with AuthType set to AuthSession
diff --git a/internal/auth/auth.go b/internal/auth/auth.go
index 3d40500..8149bc1 100644
--- a/internal/auth/auth.go
+++ b/internal/auth/auth.go
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ type User struct {
 	AuthSource AuthSource `json:"authSource"`
 	Email      string     `json:"email"`
 	Projects   []string   `json:"projects"`
-	Expiration time.Time
 }
 
 func (u *User) HasProject(project string) bool {
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ func GetUser(ctx context.Context) *User {
 
 type Authenticator interface {
 	Init(auth *Authentication, config interface{}) error
-	CanLogin(user *User, rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool
+	CanLogin(user *User, username string, rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool
 	Login(user *User, rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (*User, error)
 }
 
@@ -208,7 +207,7 @@ func (auth *Authentication) Login(
 		}
 
 		for _, authenticator := range auth.authenticators {
-			if !authenticator.CanLogin(dbUser, rw, r) {
+			if !authenticator.CanLogin(dbUser, username, rw, r) {
 				continue
 			}
 
diff --git a/internal/auth/jwt.go b/internal/auth/jwt.go
index 0ac446e..6a77fc4 100644
--- a/internal/auth/jwt.go
+++ b/internal/auth/jwt.go
@@ -86,11 +86,6 @@ func (ja *JWTAuthenticator) AuthViaJWT(
 	// Token is valid, extract payload
 	claims := token.Claims.(jwt.MapClaims)
 	sub, _ := claims["sub"].(string)
-	exp, _ := claims["exp"].(float64)
-
-	if exp < float64(time.Now().Unix()) {
-		return nil, errors.New("token is expired")
-	}
 
 	var roles []string
 
diff --git a/internal/auth/jwtCookieSession.go b/internal/auth/jwtCookieSession.go
index af7fb64..8f31335 100644
--- a/internal/auth/jwtCookieSession.go
+++ b/internal/auth/jwtCookieSession.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/pkg/schema"
@@ -91,6 +90,7 @@ func (ja *JWTCookieSessionAuthenticator) Init(auth *Authentication, conf interfa
 
 func (ja *JWTCookieSessionAuthenticator) CanLogin(
 	user *User,
+	username string,
 	rw http.ResponseWriter,
 	r *http.Request) bool {
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func (ja *JWTCookieSessionAuthenticator) Login(
 		return ja.publicKey, nil
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Warn("Error while parsing token")
+		log.Warn("error while parsing token")
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ func (ja *JWTCookieSessionAuthenticator) Login(
 
 	claims := token.Claims.(jwt.MapClaims)
 	sub, _ := claims["sub"].(string)
-	exp, _ := claims["exp"].(float64)
 
 	var name string
 	if val, ok := claims["name"]; ok {
@@ -201,6 +200,5 @@ func (ja *JWTCookieSessionAuthenticator) Login(
 		}
 	}
 
-	user.Expiration = time.Unix(int64(exp), 0)
 	return user, nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/auth/jwtSession.go b/internal/auth/jwtSession.go
index 90725d4..13af7c1 100644
--- a/internal/auth/jwtSession.go
+++ b/internal/auth/jwtSession.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4"
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@ func (ja *JWTSessionAuthenticator) Init(auth *Authentication, conf interface{})
 
 func (ja *JWTSessionAuthenticator) CanLogin(
 	user *User,
+	username string,
 	rw http.ResponseWriter,
 	r *http.Request) bool {
 
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ func (ja *JWTSessionAuthenticator) Login(
 
 	claims := token.Claims.(jwt.MapClaims)
 	sub, _ := claims["sub"].(string)
-	exp, _ := claims["exp"].(float64)
 
 	var name string
 	// Java/Grails Issued Token
@@ -131,6 +130,5 @@ func (ja *JWTSessionAuthenticator) Login(
 		}
 	}
 
-	user.Expiration = time.Unix(int64(exp), 0)
 	return user, nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/auth/ldap.go b/internal/auth/ldap.go
index fc9753d..17b5c0c 100644
--- a/internal/auth/ldap.go
+++ b/internal/auth/ldap.go
@@ -66,10 +66,51 @@ func (la *LdapAuthenticator) Init(
 
 func (la *LdapAuthenticator) CanLogin(
 	user *User,
+	username string,
 	rw http.ResponseWriter,
 	r *http.Request) bool {
 
-	return user != nil && user.AuthSource == AuthViaLDAP
+	if user != nil && user.AuthSource == AuthViaLDAP {
+		return true
+	} else {
+		if la.config.SyncUserOnLogin {
+			l, err := la.getLdapConnection(true)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error("LDAP connection error")
+			}
+
+			// Search for the given username
+			searchRequest := ldap.NewSearchRequest(
+				la.config.UserBase,
+				ldap.ScopeWholeSubtree, ldap.NeverDerefAliases, 0, 0, false,
+				fmt.Sprintf("(%s(uid=%s))", la.config.UserFilter, username),
+				[]string{"dn", "uid", "gecos"}, nil)
+
+			sr, err := l.Search(searchRequest)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Warn(err)
+				return false
+			}
+
+			if len(sr.Entries) != 1 {
+				log.Warn("User does not exist or too many entries returned")
+				return false
+			}
+
+			entry := sr.Entries[0]
+			name := entry.GetAttributeValue("gecos")
+
+			if _, err := la.auth.db.Exec(`INSERT INTO user (username, ldap, name, roles) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)`,
+				username, 1, name, "[\""+GetRoleString(RoleUser)+"\"]"); err != nil {
+				log.Errorf("User '%s' new in LDAP: Insert into DB failed", username)
+				return false
+			}
+
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
 }
 
 func (la *LdapAuthenticator) Login(
@@ -124,8 +165,10 @@ func (la *LdapAuthenticator) Sync() error {
 	defer l.Close()
 
 	ldapResults, err := l.Search(ldap.NewSearchRequest(
-		la.config.UserBase, ldap.ScopeWholeSubtree, ldap.NeverDerefAliases, 0, 0, false,
-		la.config.UserFilter, []string{"dn", "uid", "gecos"}, nil))
+		la.config.UserBase,
+		ldap.ScopeWholeSubtree, ldap.NeverDerefAliases, 0, 0, false,
+		fmt.Sprintf("(%s(uid=%s))", la.config.UserFilter, "*"),
+		[]string{"dn", "uid", "gecos"}, nil))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warn("LDAP search error")
 		return err
diff --git a/internal/auth/local.go b/internal/auth/local.go
index dd41a25..700db3a 100644
--- a/internal/auth/local.go
+++ b/internal/auth/local.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ func (la *LocalAuthenticator) Init(
 
 func (la *LocalAuthenticator) CanLogin(
 	user *User,
+	username string,
 	rw http.ResponseWriter,
 	r *http.Request) bool {
 
diff --git a/pkg/schema/config.go b/pkg/schema/config.go
index 190ee03..2a4047c 100644
--- a/pkg/schema/config.go
+++ b/pkg/schema/config.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ type LdapConfig struct {
 	UserFilter      string `json:"user_filter"`
 	SyncInterval    string `json:"sync_interval"` // Parsed using time.ParseDuration.
 	SyncDelOldUsers bool   `json:"sync_del_old_users"`
+	SyncUserOnLogin bool   `json:"syncUserOnLogin"`
 }
 
 type JWTAuthConfig struct {