diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Application.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Application.php
index d266176cf2..6d6c4c0a79 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Application.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Application.php
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ namespace Alchemy\Phrasea;
 use Alchemy\Geonames\GeonamesServiceProvider;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\ControllerProvider\Thesaurus\Thesaurus;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\ControllerProvider\Thesaurus\Xmlhttp as ThesaurusXMLHttp;
-use Alchemy\Phrasea\ControllerProvider\User\Preferences;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Event\Subscriber\BasketSubscriber;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Event\Subscriber\BridgeSubscriber;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Event\Subscriber\ExportSubscriber;
@@ -317,6 +316,7 @@ class Application extends SilexApplication
             'Alchemy\Phrasea\ControllerProvider\Root\RSSFeeds' => [],
             'Alchemy\Phrasea\ControllerProvider\Root\Session' => [],
             'Alchemy\Phrasea\ControllerProvider\User\Notifications' => [],
+            'Alchemy\Phrasea\ControllerProvider\User\Preferences' => [],
             'Alchemy\Phrasea\ControllerProvider\Datafiles' => [],
             'Alchemy\Phrasea\ControllerProvider\Lightbox' => [],
             'Alchemy\Phrasea\ControllerProvider\MediaAccessor' => [],
@@ -621,8 +621,6 @@ class Application extends SilexApplication
      */
     public function bindRoutes()
     {
-        $this->mount('/user/preferences/', new Preferences());
-
         $this->mount('/thesaurus', new Thesaurus());
         $this->mount('/xmlhttp', new ThesaurusXMLHttp());
 
@@ -680,6 +678,7 @@ class Application extends SilexApplication
             '/session/'                    => 'Alchemy\Phrasea\ControllerProvider\Root\Session',
             '/setup'                       => 'Alchemy\Phrasea\ControllerProvider\Setup',
             '/user/notifications/'         => 'Alchemy\Phrasea\ControllerProvider\User\Notifications',
+            '/user/preferences/'           => 'Alchemy\Phrasea\ControllerProvider\User\Preferences',
             '/'                            => 'Alchemy\Phrasea\ControllerProvider\Root\Root',
         ];
 
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Controller/User/UserPreferenceController.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Controller/User/UserPreferenceController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..472345258e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Controller/User/UserPreferenceController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2015 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Controller\User;
+
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Application;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Controller\Controller;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\JsonResponse;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+
+class UserPreferenceController extends Controller
+{
+    /**
+     *  Save temporary user preferences
+     *
+     * @param  Application  $app
+     * @param  Request      $request
+     * @return JsonResponse
+     */
+    public function saveTemporaryPref(Application $app, Request $request)
+    {
+        if (!$request->isXmlHttpRequest()) {
+            $app->abort(400);
+        }
+
+        $prop = $request->request->get('prop');
+        $value = $request->request->get('value');
+        $success = false;
+        $msg = $app->trans('Error while saving preference');
+
+        if ($prop && $value) {
+            $app['session']->set('phraseanet.' . $prop, $value);
+            $success = true;
+            $msg = $app->trans('Preference saved !');
+        }
+
+        return new JsonResponse(['success' => $success, 'message' => $msg]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *  Save user preferenes
+     *
+     * @param  Application  $app
+     * @param  Request      $request
+     * @return JsonResponse
+     */
+    public function saveUserPref(Application $app, Request $request)
+    {
+        if (!$request->isXmlHttpRequest()) {
+            $app->abort(400);
+        }
+
+        $msg = $app->trans('Error while saving preference');
+        $prop = $request->request->get('prop');
+        $value = $request->request->get('value');
+
+        $success = false;
+        if (null !== $prop && null !== $value) {
+            $app['manipulator.user']->setUserSetting($app['authentication']->getUser(), $prop, $value);
+            $success = true;
+            $msg = $app->trans('Preference saved !');
+        }
+
+        return new JsonResponse(['success' => $success, 'message' => $msg]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/ControllerProvider/User/Preferences.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/ControllerProvider/User/Preferences.php
index bf8026501a..a0f590632c 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/ControllerProvider/User/Preferences.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/ControllerProvider/User/Preferences.php
@@ -11,23 +11,34 @@
 
 namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\ControllerProvider\User;
 
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Application as PhraseaApplication;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Controller\User\UserPreferenceController;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\ControllerProvider\ControllerProviderTrait;
 use Silex\Application;
 use Silex\ControllerProviderInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
-use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\JsonResponse;
+use Silex\ServiceProviderInterface;
 
-class Preferences implements ControllerProviderInterface
+class Preferences implements ControllerProviderInterface, ServiceProviderInterface
 {
     use ControllerProviderTrait;
 
+    public function register(Application $app)
+    {
+        $app['controller.user.preferences'] = $app->share(function (PhraseaApplication $app) {
+            return (new UserPreferenceController($app));
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function boot(Application $app)
+    {
+        // no-op
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
     public function connect(Application $app)
     {
-        $app['controller.user.preferences'] = $this;
-
         $controllers = $this->createAuthenticatedCollection($app);
 
         $controllers->post('/', 'controller.user.preferences:saveUserPref')
@@ -38,58 +49,4 @@ class Preferences implements ControllerProviderInterface
 
         return $controllers;
     }
-
-    /**
-     *  Save temporary user preferences
-     *
-     * @param  Application  $app
-     * @param  Request      $request
-     * @return JsonResponse
-     */
-    public function saveTemporaryPref(Application $app, Request $request)
-    {
-        if (!$request->isXmlHttpRequest()) {
-            $app->abort(400);
-        }
-
-        $prop = $request->request->get('prop');
-        $value = $request->request->get('value');
-        $success = false;
-        $msg = $app->trans('Error while saving preference');
-
-        if ($prop && $value) {
-            $app['session']->set('phraseanet.' . $prop, $value);
-            $success = true;
-            $msg = $app->trans('Preference saved !');
-        }
-
-        return new JsonResponse(['success' => $success, 'message' => $msg]);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     *  Save user preferenes
-     *
-     * @param  Application  $app
-     * @param  Request      $request
-     * @return JsonResponse
-     */
-    public function saveUserPref(Application $app, Request $request)
-    {
-        if (!$request->isXmlHttpRequest()) {
-            $app->abort(400);
-        }
-
-        $msg = $app->trans('Error while saving preference');
-        $prop = $request->request->get('prop');
-        $value = $request->request->get('value');
-
-        $success = false;
-        if (null !== $prop && null !== $value) {
-            $app['manipulator.user']->setUserSetting($app['authentication']->getUser(), $prop, $value);
-            $success = true;
-            $msg = $app->trans('Preference saved !');
-        }
-
-        return new JsonResponse(['success' => $success, 'message' => $msg]);
-    }
 }