diff --git a/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ChatScene.java b/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ChatScene.java
index afc56a8..4b4ea9b 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ChatScene.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ChatScene.java
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ public final class ChatScene implements Restorable {
 
 		chatList.setItems(FXCollections.observableList(localDB.getChats()));
 		contactLabel.setText(localDB.getUser().getName());
-		MessageControl.setUser(localDB.getUser());
+		MessageControl.setLocalDB(localDB);
 		if (!client.isOnline()) updateInfoLabel("You are offline", "infoLabel-info");
 
 		recorder = new AudioRecorder();
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/LoginScene.java b/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/LoginScene.java
index 6140223..def2bb6 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/LoginScene.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/LoginScene.java
@@ -238,5 +238,6 @@ public final class LoginScene {
 		sceneContext.getStage().setMinWidth(843);
 		sceneContext.load(SceneContext.SceneInfo.CHAT_SCENE);
 		sceneContext.<ChatScene>getController().initializeData(sceneContext, localDB, client, writeProxy);
+		sceneContext.getStage().centerOnScreen();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/listcell/MessageControl.java b/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/listcell/MessageControl.java
index e3b4e76..3da2ec8 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/listcell/MessageControl.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/listcell/MessageControl.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
 import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
 import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
 
+import envoy.client.data.LocalDB;
 import envoy.client.ui.AudioControl;
 import envoy.client.ui.IconUtil;
 import envoy.data.GroupMessage;
@@ -34,11 +35,12 @@ import envoy.util.EnvoyLog;
  * Created: <strong>01.07.2020</strong><br>
  *
  * @author Leon Hofmeister
- * @since Envoy Client v0.1-beta
+ * @author Maximilian K&auml;fer
+ * @since Envoy Client v0.2-beta
  */
 public class MessageControl extends Label {
 
-	private static User client;
+	private static LocalDB	localDB;
 	private boolean		ownMessage;
 
 	private static final DateTimeFormatter			dateFormat		= DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss")
@@ -54,24 +56,18 @@ public class MessageControl extends Label {
 	public MessageControl(Message message) {
 		// Creating the underlying VBox and the dateLabel
 		final var hbox = new HBox();
-		if (message.getSenderID() != client.getID() && message instanceof GroupMessage) {
-			client.getContacts()
+		if (message.getSenderID() != localDB.getUser().getID() && message instanceof GroupMessage) {
+			Label label = new Label();
+			label.getStyleClass().add("groupMemberNames");
+			label.setText(localDB.getUsers()
+				.values()
 				.stream()
-				.filter(c -> c instanceof User)
 				.filter(c -> c.getID() == message.getSenderID())
 				.findFirst()
-				.ifPresentOrElse(c -> {
-					Label label = new Label(c.getName() + " ");
-					label.getStyleClass().add("groupMemberNames");
-					hbox.getChildren().add(label);
-				}, () -> {
-					Label label = new Label("Unknown User ");
-					label.getStyleClass().add("groupMemberNames");
-					hbox.getChildren().add(label);
-				});
-			// TODO improve offline login (contacts list is empty when logging in offline)
-			// TODO when contact is added, unknown user has to change immediately to the
-			// name, not only after relogging
+				.map(User::getName)
+				.orElse("Unknown User"));
+			label.setPadding(new Insets(0, 5, 0, 0));
+			hbox.getChildren().add(label);
 		}
 		hbox.getChildren().add(new Label(dateFormat.format(message.getCreationDate())));
 		final var vbox = new VBox(hbox);
@@ -114,7 +110,7 @@ public class MessageControl extends Label {
 		textLabel.setWrapText(true);
 		vbox.getChildren().add(textLabel);
 		// Setting the message status icon and background color
-		if (message.getSenderID() == client.getID()) {
+		if (message.getSenderID() == localDB.getUser().getID()) {
 			final var statusIcon = new ImageView(statusImages.get(message.getStatus()));
 			statusIcon.setPreserveRatio(true);
 			vbox.getChildren().add(statusIcon);
@@ -147,10 +143,10 @@ public class MessageControl extends Label {
 	private void saveAttachment(Message message) { logger.log(Level.FINEST, "attachment saving was requested for " + message); }
 
 	/**
-	 * @param client the user who has logged in
-	 * @since Envoy Client v0.1-beta
+	 * @param localDB the localDB
+	 * @since Envoy Client v0.2-beta
 	 */
-	public static void setUser(User client) { MessageControl.client = client; }
+	public static void setLocalDB(LocalDB localDB) { MessageControl.localDB = localDB; }
 
 	public boolean isOwnMessage() { return ownMessage; }
 }