diff --git a/hsarweb/src/de/hsadmin/web/Context.java b/hsarweb/src/de/hsadmin/web/Context.java
index 8139f8a..7b257b1 100644
--- a/hsarweb/src/de/hsadmin/web/Context.java
+++ b/hsarweb/src/de/hsadmin/web/Context.java
@@ -28,10 +28,15 @@ public class Context {
 	}
 
 	public String getProxyTicket() {
-		return getPrincipal().getProxyTicketFor("https://agnes.ostwall195.de:9443/hsar/backend");
+		String backendURL = getContextParam("backendURL");
+		return getPrincipal().getProxyTicketFor(backendURL);
 	}
 
 	public String getContextPath() {
 		return getExternalContext().getRequestContextPath();
 	}
+
+	public String getContextParam(String name) {
+		return getExternalContext().getInitParameter(name);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/hsarweb/src/de/hsadmin/web/Remote.java b/hsarweb/src/de/hsadmin/web/Remote.java
index ad61670..388f3ed 100644
--- a/hsarweb/src/de/hsadmin/web/Remote.java
+++ b/hsarweb/src/de/hsadmin/web/Remote.java
@@ -22,14 +22,7 @@ public class Remote {
 	private Context context;
 
 	public Remote() throws HsarwebException {
-		XmlRpcClientConfigImpl config = new XmlRpcClientConfigImpl();
-		try {
-			config.setServerURL(new URL("https://agnes.ostwall195.de:9443/hsar/xmlrpc/hsadmin"));
-		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
-			throw new HsarwebException("error in remote server url", e);
-		}
-		client = new XmlRpcClient();
-		client.setConfig(config);
+		client = null;
 	}
 	
 	public Object callSearch(String module, String user, Map<String, String> where) throws HsarwebException {
@@ -39,13 +32,28 @@ public class Remote {
 		params[2] = where;
 		Object res;
 		try {
-			res = client.execute(module + ".search", params);
+			res = getClient().execute(module + ".search", params);
 		} catch (XmlRpcException e) {
 			throw new HsarwebException("error in remote server call", e);
 		}
 		return res; 
 	}
 	
+	private XmlRpcClient getClient() throws HsarwebException {
+		if (client == null) {
+			XmlRpcClientConfigImpl config = new XmlRpcClientConfigImpl();
+			try {
+				String xmlrpcURL = context.getContextParam("xmlrpcURL");
+				config.setServerURL(new URL(xmlrpcURL));
+			} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+				throw new HsarwebException("error in remote server url", e);
+			}
+			client = new XmlRpcClient();
+			client.setConfig(config);
+		}
+		return client;
+	}
+
 	public void setContext(Context context) {
 		this.context = context;
 	}
diff --git a/hsarweb/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/hsarweb/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 1a88366..aa5f931 100644
--- a/hsarweb/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/hsarweb/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
 		<param-name>serverName</param-name>
 		<param-value>http://agnes.ostwall195.de:8180</param-value>
 	</context-param>
+	<context-param>
+		<param-name>backendURL</param-name>
+		<param-value>https://agnes.ostwall195.de:9443/hsar/backend</param-value>
+	</context-param>
+	<context-param>
+		<param-name>xmlrpcURL</param-name>
+		<param-value>https://agnes.ostwall195.de:9443/hsar/xmlrpc/hsadmin</param-value>
+	</context-param>
     
 	<filter>
 		<filter-name>CAS Authentication Filter</filter-name>
diff --git a/hsarweb/webapp/resources/styles/hsar.css b/hsarweb/webapp/resources/styles/hsar.css
index 4d2f7d7..2157e31 100644
--- a/hsarweb/webapp/resources/styles/hsar.css
+++ b/hsarweb/webapp/resources/styles/hsar.css
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ body {
   padding-top:0px; 
   padding-left:10px; 
   padding-right:10px; 
+  border-left-style: solid;
+  border-left-width: 1px;
+  border-left-color: #dd4901;
 }
 .footer {
   width:944px;