diff --git a/src/app/shared/cookies/browser-klaro.service.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/cookies/browser-klaro.service.spec.ts
index 51da132173..2654dd65c7 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/cookies/browser-klaro.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/cookies/browser-klaro.service.spec.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,38 @@ describe('BrowserKlaroService', () => {
     expect(service).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
+  describe('initialize with user', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      spyOn((service as any), 'getUser$').and.returnValue(observableOf(user));
+      translateService.get.and.returnValue(observableOf('loading...'));
+      spyOn(service, 'addAppMessages');
+      spyOn((service as any), 'initializeUser');
+      spyOn(service, 'translateConfiguration');
+    });
+    it('to call the initialize user method and other methods', () => {
+      service.initialize();
+      expect((service as any).initializeUser).toHaveBeenCalledWith(user);
+      expect(service.addAppMessages).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(service.translateConfiguration).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('to not call the initialize user method, but the other methods', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      spyOn((service as any), 'getUser$').and.returnValue(observableOf(undefined));
+      translateService.get.and.returnValue(observableOf('loading...'));
+      spyOn(service, 'addAppMessages');
+      spyOn((service as any), 'initializeUser');
+      spyOn(service, 'translateConfiguration');
+    });
+    it('to call all ', () => {
+      service.initialize();
+      expect((service as any).initializeUser).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(user);
+      expect(service.addAppMessages).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(service.translateConfiguration).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
   it('addAppMessages', () => {
     service.addAppMessages();
     expect(mockConfig.translations.en[appName]).toBeDefined();
@@ -203,4 +235,3 @@ describe('BrowserKlaroService', () => {
     });
   });
 });
-
diff --git a/src/app/shared/cookies/browser-klaro.service.ts b/src/app/shared/cookies/browser-klaro.service.ts
index 88ebead410..8ca495de36 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/cookies/browser-klaro.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/cookies/browser-klaro.service.ts
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../empty.util';
 import { CookieService } from '../../core/services/cookie.service';
 import { EPersonDataService } from '../../core/eperson/eperson-data.service';
 import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
-import { klaroConfiguration } from './klaro-configuration';
+import { ANONYMOUS_STORAGE_NAME_KLARO, klaroConfiguration } from './klaro-configuration';
 import { Operation } from 'fast-json-patch';
 
 export const HAS_AGREED_END_USER = 'dsHasAgreedEndUser';
 export const COOKIE_MDFIELD = 'dspace.agreements.cookies';
-export const ANONYMOUS_STORAGE_NAME_KLARO = 'klaro-anonymous';
+
 const cookieNameMessagePrefix = 'cookies.consent.app.title.';
 const cookieDescriptionMessagePrefix = 'cookies.consent.app.description.';
 const cookiePurposeMessagePrefix = 'cookies.consent.purpose.';
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export class BrowserKlaroService extends KlaroService {
   }
 
   initialize() {
+    console.log(this.klaroConfig)
     this.translateService.setDefaultLang(environment.defaultLanguage);
 
     const user$: Observable<EPerson> = this.getUser$();
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ export class BrowserKlaroService extends KlaroService {
     observableCombineLatest(user$, translationServiceReady$)
       .subscribe(([user, translation]: [EPerson, string]) => {
         user = cloneDeep(user);
+
         if (hasValue(user)) {
           this.initializeUser(user);
         }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/cookies/klaro-configuration.ts b/src/app/shared/cookies/klaro-configuration.ts
index b97bede986..8534fc0b4b 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/cookies/klaro-configuration.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/cookies/klaro-configuration.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { TOKENITEM } from '../../core/auth/models/auth-token-info.model';
 import { IMPERSONATING_COOKIE, REDIRECT_COOKIE } from '../../core/auth/auth.service';
 import { LANG_COOKIE } from '../../core/locale/locale.service';
-import { ANONYMOUS_STORAGE_NAME_KLARO, HAS_AGREED_END_USER } from './browser-klaro.service';
+import { HAS_AGREED_END_USER } from './browser-klaro.service';
+
+export const ANONYMOUS_STORAGE_NAME_KLARO = 'klaro-anonymous';
 
 export const klaroConfiguration: any = {
   storageName: ANONYMOUS_STORAGE_NAME_KLARO,