diff --git a/dal/views.py b/dal/views.py
index 419e3b0..a1ff4a2 100644
--- a/dal/views.py
+++ b/dal/views.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth.tokens import PasswordResetTokenGenerator
 from django.core.mail import EmailMessage
 from .models import ResetToken
 from .forms import LoginForm
+from .ungleich_ldap import LdapManager
 
 # Imports for the extra stuff not in django
 
@@ -28,75 +29,6 @@ import ldap.modlist as modlist
 from django.conf import settings
 
 
-
-class LDAP(object):
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.uri = settings.AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI
-        self.user = settings.LDAP_ADMIN_DN
-        self.password = settings.LDAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD
-
-        # FIXME: take from settings
-        self.search_base = os.environ['LDAPSEARCH']
-        self.search_scope = ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE
-        self.search_filter = "objectClass=inetOrgPerson"
-
-        # FIXME: hard coded
-        self.dn = "uid={{}},{}".format(settings.LDAP_CUSTOMER_DN)
-        self.gid = "10004"
-
-        self.conn = ldap.initialize(self.uri)
-        if settings.AUTH_LDAP_START_TLS:
-            self.conn.start_tls_s()
-
-        self.conn.bind_s(self.user, self.password)
-
-
-    def check_user_exists(self, username):
-        exists = False
-
-        result = self.conn.search_s(self.search_base,
-                                    self.search_scope,
-                                    self.dn.format(username))
-        if len(result) > 0:
-            exists = True
-
-        return exists
-
-    def create_user(self, user, password, firstname, lastname, email):
-        dn = self.dn.format(user)
-        attr = {
-            "objectClass": ["inetOrgPerson".encode("utf-8"),
-                            "posixAccount".encode("utf-8"),
-                            "ldapPublickey".encode("utf-8")],
-            "uid": [user.encode("utf-8")],
-            "sn": [lastname.encode("utf-8")],
-            "givenName": [firstname.encode("utf-8")],
-            "cn": ["{} {}".format(firstname, lastname).encode("utf-8")],
-            "displayName": ["{} {}".format(firstname, lastname).encode("utf-8")],
-            "uidNumber": ["{}".format(self.get_new_uid_number()).encode("utf-8")],
-            "gidNumber": [self.gid.encode("utf-8")],
-            "loginShell": ["/bin/bash".encode("utf-8")],
-            "homeDirectory": ["/home/{}".format(user).encode("utf-8")],
-            "mail": email.encode("utf-8"),
-            "userPassword": password.encode("utf-8")
-        }
-
-        ldif = modlist.addModlist(attr)
-
-        print("just before: {} {}".format(dn, ldif))
-        return self.conn.add_s(dn, ldif)
-
-    def get_new_uid_number(self):
-        uidlist = [0]
-
-        for result in self.conn.search_s(self.search_base,
-                                         self.search_scope,
-                                         self.search_filter):
-            if 'uidNumber' in result[1]:
-                uidlist.append(int(result[1]['uidNumber'][0]))
-
-        return sorted(uidlist)[-1] + 1
-
 class Index(FormView):
     template_name = "landing.html"
     form_class = LoginForm
@@ -117,8 +49,6 @@ class Register(View):
 
     # Someone filled out the register page, do some basic checks and throw it at nameko
     def post(self, request):
-        l = LDAP()
-
         service = 'register an user'
         urlname = 'register'
         username = request.POST.get('username')
@@ -126,9 +56,6 @@ class Register(View):
         if username == "" or not username:
             return render(request, 'error.html', { 'urlname': urlname, 'service': service, 'error': 'Please supply a username.' } )
 
-        if l.check_user_exists(username):
-            return render(request, 'error.html', { 'urlname': urlname, 'service': service, 'error': 'User already exists.' } )
-
         password1 = request.POST.get('password1')
         password2 = request.POST.get('password2')
         if password1 != password2:
@@ -155,7 +82,10 @@ class Register(View):
         pwd = r'%s' % password1
 
         try:
-            l.create_user(username, pwd, firstname, lastname, email)
+            ldap_manager = LdapManager()
+            ldap_manager.create_user(
+                username, pwd, firstname, lastname, email
+            )
         except Exception as e:
             return render(request, 'error.html', { 'urlname': urlname,
                                                    'service': service,
@@ -343,7 +273,6 @@ class ResetRequest(View):
             return render(request, 'error.html', { 'service': service, 'error': 'The password is too short, please use a longer one. At least 8 characters.' } )
         # everything checks out, now change the password
 
-        from .ungleich_ldap import LdapManager
         ldap_manager = LdapManager()
         result = ldap_manager.change_password(
             ("uid={uid}," + settings.LDAP_CUSTOMER_DN).format(uid=user),