diff --git a/git b/git
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/resources/i18n/de.json b/resources/i18n/de.json
index d184e7d091..a3ac45b82f 100644
--- a/resources/i18n/de.json
+++ b/resources/i18n/de.json
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
   "login.form.new-user": "Sind Sie neu hier? Klicken Sie hier, um sich zu registrieren.",
   "login.form.password": "Passwort",
   "login.form.submit": "Einloggen",
+  "login.form.ssoLogin": "Shibboleth",
   "login.title": "Einloggen",
   "logout.form.header": "Ausloggen aus DSpace",
   "logout.form.submit": "Ausloggen",
diff --git a/resources/i18n/en.json b/resources/i18n/en.json
index 5276ec469f..877a96a63f 100644
--- a/resources/i18n/en.json
+++ b/resources/i18n/en.json
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
   "login.form.new-user": "New user? Click here to register.",
   "login.form.password": "Password",
   "login.form.submit": "Log in",
-  "login.shibbForm.submit": "Shibboleth",
+  "login.form.ssoLogin": "Shibboleth",
   "login.title": "Login",
   "logout.form.header": "Log out from DSpace",
   "logout.form.submit": "Log out",
diff --git a/src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/const/shibbConstants.ts b/src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/const/shibbConstants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b424e24fc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/const/shibbConstants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export class ShibbConstants {
+  public static readonly SHIBBOLETH_REDIRECT_ROUTE = 'shibboleth';
+}
diff --git a/src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth.component.html b/src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth-target-page.component.html
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth.component.html
rename to src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth-target-page.component.html
diff --git a/src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth.component.scss b/src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth-target-page.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth.component.scss
rename to src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth-target-page.component.scss
diff --git a/src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth-target-page.component.spec.ts
similarity index 55%
rename from src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth-target-page.component.spec.ts
index a12c43866f..bfae541aef 100644
--- a/src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth-target-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 
-import { ShibbolethComponent } from './shibboleth.component';
+import { ShibbolethTargetPageComponent } from './shibboleth-target-page.component';
 
 describe('ShibbolethComponent', () => {
-  let component: ShibbolethComponent;
-  let fixture: ComponentFixture<ShibbolethComponent>;
+  let component: ShibbolethTargetPageComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<ShibbolethTargetPageComponent>;
 
   beforeEach(async(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-      declarations: [ ShibbolethComponent ]
+      declarations: [ ShibbolethTargetPageComponent ]
     })
     .compileComponents();
   }));
 
   beforeEach(() => {
-    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ShibbolethComponent);
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ShibbolethTargetPageComponent);
     component = fixture.componentInstance;
     fixture.detectChanges();
   });
diff --git a/src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth.component.ts b/src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth-target-page.component.ts
similarity index 77%
rename from src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth.component.ts
rename to src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth-target-page.component.ts
index a06b2c0044..ef4510644a 100644
--- a/src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth-target-page.component.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ import { Observable, of } from 'rxjs';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-shibboleth-page',
-  templateUrl: './shibboleth.component.html',
-  styleUrls: ['./shibboleth.component.scss']
+  templateUrl: './shibboleth-target-page.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./shibboleth-target-page.component.scss']
 })
-export class ShibbolethComponent implements OnInit {
+export class ShibbolethTargetPageComponent implements OnInit {
 
   /**
    * True if the shibboleth authentication is loading.
diff --git a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
index 14bf3ef35e..5dcb57615e 100644
--- a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
 
 import { PageNotFoundComponent } from './pagenotfound/pagenotfound.component';
 import { AuthenticatedGuard } from './core/auth/authenticated.guard';
-import { ShibbolethComponent } from './+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth.component';
+import { ShibbolethTargetPageComponent } from './+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth-target-page.component';
+import { ShibbConstants } from './+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/const/shibbConstants';
 
 const ITEM_MODULE_PATH = 'items';
 export function getItemModulePath() {
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ export function getAdminModulePath() {
       { path: 'submit', loadChildren: './+submit-page/submit-page.module#SubmitPageModule' },
       { path: 'workspaceitems', loadChildren: './+workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-edit-page.module#WorkspaceitemsEditPageModule' },
       { path: 'workflowitems', loadChildren: './+workflowitems-edit-page/workflowitems-edit-page.module#WorkflowItemsEditPageModule' },
-      { path: 'shibboleth', pathMatch: 'full', component: ShibbolethComponent },
+      { path: ShibbConstants.SHIBBOLETH_REDIRECT_ROUTE, pathMatch: 'full', component: ShibbolethTargetPageComponent },
       { path: '**', pathMatch: 'full', component: PageNotFoundComponent },
     ])
   ],
diff --git a/src/app/app.module.ts b/src/app/app.module.ts
index 817e8d0a79..46da97e8f6 100755
--- a/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import { ExpandableAdminSidebarSectionComponent } from './+admin/admin-sidebar/e
 import { NavbarModule } from './navbar/navbar.module';
 import { JournalEntitiesModule } from './entity-groups/journal-entities/journal-entities.module';
 import { ResearchEntitiesModule } from './entity-groups/research-entities/research-entities.module';
-import { ShibbolethComponent } from './+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth.component';
+import { ShibbolethTargetPageComponent } from './+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/shibboleth-target-page.component';
 
 export function getConfig() {
   return ENV_CONFIG;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ const DECLARATIONS = [
   PageNotFoundComponent,
   NotificationComponent,
   NotificationsBoardComponent,
-  ShibbolethComponent
+  ShibbolethTargetPageComponent
 ];
 
 const EXPORTS = [
diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/auth.interceptor.ts b/src/app/core/auth/auth.interceptor.ts
index 405268cd62..6fab131fad 100644
--- a/src/app/core/auth/auth.interceptor.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/auth.interceptor.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import { Injectable, Injector } from '@angular/core';
 import {
   HttpErrorResponse,
   HttpEvent,
-  HttpHandler, HttpHeaders,
+  HttpHandler,
+  HttpHeaders,
   HttpInterceptor,
   HttpRequest,
   HttpResponse,
@@ -17,12 +18,12 @@ import { AppState } from '../../app.reducer';
 import { AuthService } from './auth.service';
 import { AuthStatus } from './models/auth-status.model';
 import { AuthTokenInfo } from './models/auth-token-info.model';
-import { isNotEmpty, isUndefined, isNotNull } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { isNotEmpty, isNotNull, isUndefined } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { RedirectWhenTokenExpiredAction, RefreshTokenAction } from './auth.actions';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
-import { AuthError } from './models/auth-error.model';
 import { AuthMethodModel } from './models/auth-method.model';
+import { AuthMethodType } from '../../shared/log-in/methods/authMethods-type';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class AuthInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {
@@ -72,14 +73,31 @@ export class AuthInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {
     return parsedLocation;
   }
 
+  private sortAuthMethods(authMethodModels: AuthMethodModel[]): AuthMethodModel[] {
+    const sortedAuthMethodModels: AuthMethodModel[] = new Array<AuthMethodModel>();
+    authMethodModels.forEach((method) => {
+      if (method.authMethodType === AuthMethodType.Password) {
+        sortedAuthMethodModels.push(method);
+      }
+    });
+
+    authMethodModels.forEach((method) => {
+      if (method.authMethodType !== AuthMethodType.Password) {
+        sortedAuthMethodModels.push(method);
+      }
+    });
+
+    return sortedAuthMethodModels;
+  }
+
   private parseAuthMethodsfromHeaders(headers: HttpHeaders): AuthMethodModel[] {
-    const authMethodModels: AuthMethodModel[] = [];
+    let authMethodModels: AuthMethodModel[] = [];
     const parts: string[] = headers.get('www-authenticate').split(',');
     // get the realms from the header -  a realm is a single auth method
     const completeWWWauthenticateHeader = headers.get('www-authenticate');
     const regex = /(\w+ (\w+=((".*?")|[^,]*)(, )?)*)/g;
     const realms = completeWWWauthenticateHeader.match(regex);
-    console.log('realms: ', realms)
+    // console.log('realms: ', realms)
 
     // tslint:disable-next-line:forin
     for (const j in realms) {
@@ -87,26 +105,28 @@ export class AuthInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {
 
       const splittedRealm = realms[j].split(', ');
       const methodName = splittedRealm[0].split(' ')[0].trim();
-      console.log('methodName: ', methodName);
+      // console.log('methodName: ', methodName);
 
-      console.log('splittedRealm: ', splittedRealm);
+      // console.log('splittedRealm: ', splittedRealm);
       let authMethodModel: AuthMethodModel;
       if (splittedRealm.length === 1) {
         authMethodModel = new AuthMethodModel(methodName);
         authMethodModels.push(authMethodModel);
       } else if (splittedRealm.length > 1) {
-        authMethodModel = new AuthMethodModel(methodName);
         let location = splittedRealm[1];
-        location = this.parseLocation(location)
-        authMethodModel.location = location;
-        console.log('location: ', location);
+        location = this.parseLocation(location);
+        authMethodModel = new AuthMethodModel(methodName, location);
+        // console.log('location: ', location);
         authMethodModels.push(authMethodModel);
       }
     }
+
+    // make sure the email + password login component gets rendered first
+    authMethodModels = this.sortAuthMethods(authMethodModels);
     return authMethodModels;
   }
 
-  private makeAuthStatusObject(authenticated: boolean, accessToken?: string, error?: string, httpHeaders?: HttpHeaders): AuthStatus {
+  private makeAuthStatusObject(authenticated: boolean, accessToken ?: string, error ?: string, httpHeaders ?: HttpHeaders): AuthStatus {
     const authStatus = new AuthStatus();
     // let authMethods: AuthMethodModel[];
     if (httpHeaders) {
@@ -135,7 +155,7 @@ export class AuthInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {
     const token = authService.getToken();
     let newReq;
 
-    // console.log('intercept() request: ', req);
+// console.log('intercept() request: ', req);
 
     if (authService.isTokenExpired()) {
       authService.setRedirectUrl(this.router.url);
@@ -163,7 +183,7 @@ export class AuthInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {
       newReq = req;
     }
 
-    // Pass on the new request instead of the original request.
+// Pass on the new request instead of the original request.
     return next.handle(newReq).pipe(
       // tap((response) => console.log('next.handle: ', response)),
       map((response) => {
diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/models/auth-method.model.ts b/src/app/core/auth/models/auth-method.model.ts
index 3b6fe38d3a..f5a506be2a 100644
--- a/src/app/core/auth/models/auth-method.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/models/auth-method.model.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import {AuthMethodType} from '../../../shared/log-in/methods/authMethods-type';
+import { ShibbConstants } from '../../../+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/const/shibbConstants';
 
 export class AuthMethodModel {
   authMethodType: AuthMethodType;
   location?: string;
 
   constructor(authMethodName: string, location?: string) {
-    this.location = location;
-    switch (authMethodName) {
+      switch (authMethodName) {
       case 'ip': {
         this.authMethodType = AuthMethodType.Ip;
         break;
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ export class AuthMethodModel {
       }
       case 'shibboleth': {
         this.authMethodType = AuthMethodType.Shibboleth;
+        const strings: string[] = location.split('target=');
+        const target = strings[1];
+
+        console.log('strings', strings);
+
+        this.location = target + location + '/' + ShibbConstants.SHIBBOLETH_REDIRECT_ROUTE;
         break;
       }
       case 'x509': {
diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/selectors.ts b/src/app/core/auth/selectors.ts
index d30f3ff27e..4e51bc1fc9 100644
--- a/src/app/core/auth/selectors.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/selectors.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ const _getRegistrationError = (state: AuthState) => state.error;
  */
 const _getRedirectUrl = (state: AuthState) => state.redirectUrl;
 
-// @Art: these two  are the ones i added:
 const _getAuthenticationMethods = (state: AuthState) => state.authMethods;
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
index 83071382ed..0980d48537 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { HttpHeaders } from '@angular/common/http';
 
 import { createSelector, MemoizedSelector, select, Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { Observable, race as observableRace } from 'rxjs';
-import { filter, find, map, mergeMap, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { filter, map, mergeMap, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { cloneDeep, remove } from 'lodash';
 
 import { AppState } from '../../app.reducer';
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ const uuidsFromHrefSubstringSelector =
 const getUuidsFromHrefSubstring = (state: IndexState, href: string): string[] => {
   let result = [];
   if (isNotEmpty(state)) {
-    result = Object.values(state)
-      .filter((value: string) => value.startsWith(href));
+    result = Object.keys(state).filter((key) => key.startsWith(href)).map((key) => state[key]);
   }
   return result;
 };
@@ -263,12 +262,13 @@ export class RequestService {
    */
   private clearRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore(request: GetRequest) {
     this.getByHref(request.href).pipe(
-      find((re: RequestEntry) => hasValue(re)))
-      .subscribe((re: RequestEntry) => {
-        if (!re.responsePending) {
-          remove(this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore, (item) => item === request.href);
-        }
-      });
+      filter((re: RequestEntry) => hasValue(re)),
+      take(1)
+    ).subscribe((re: RequestEntry) => {
+      if (!re.responsePending) {
+        remove(this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore, (item) => item === request.href);
+      }
+    });
   }
 
   /**
@@ -315,4 +315,15 @@ export class RequestService {
     return result;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create an observable that emits a new value whenever the availability of the cached request changes.
+   * The value it emits is a boolean stating if the request exists in cache or not.
+   * @param href  The href of the request to observe
+   */
+  hasByHrefObservable(href: string): Observable<boolean> {
+    return this.getByHref(href).pipe(
+      map((requestEntry: RequestEntry) => this.isValid(requestEntry))
+    );
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/password/log-in-password.component.ts b/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/password/log-in-password.component.ts
index e993fc5606..7f98152391 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/password/log-in-password.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/password/log-in-password.component.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { select, Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import {
   AuthenticateAction,
-  ResetAuthenticationMessagesAction, GetJWTafterShibbLoginAction
+  ResetAuthenticationMessagesAction
 } from '../../../../core/auth/auth.actions';
 
 import {
diff --git a/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/shibboleth/dynamic-shibboleth.component.html b/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/shibboleth/dynamic-shibboleth.component.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 9daa39527c..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/shibboleth/dynamic-shibboleth.component.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<form *ngIf="!(loading | async) && !(isAuthenticated | async)" class="form-login px-4 py-3" (ngSubmit)="submit()"
-      [formGroup]="shibbForm" novalidate>
-  <button class="btn btn-lg btn-primary btn-block mt-3" type="submit"
-          [disabled]="!shibbForm.valid"
-  >{{"login.shibbForm.submit" | translate}}</button>
-</form>
-
-<!--
-<div *ngIf="!(loading | async) && !(isAuthenticated | async)" class="form-login px-4 py-3">
-  <button class="btn btn-lg btn-primary btn-block mt-3"
-          type="submit"
-          [formControl]="shibbButton"
-          (click)="submit()"
-  >{{"login.shibbForm.submit" | translate}}</button>
-</div>
--->
-
-
-
diff --git a/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/shibboleth/dynamic-shibboleth.component.scss b/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/shibboleth/dynamic-shibboleth.component.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 0eda382c0a..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/shibboleth/dynamic-shibboleth.component.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-.form-login .form-control:focus {
-  z-index: 2;
-}
-.form-login input[type="email"] {
-  margin-bottom: -1px;
-  border-bottom-right-radius: 0;
-  border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
-}
-.form-login input[type="password"] {
-  border-top-left-radius: 0;
-  border-top-right-radius: 0;
-}
-
diff --git a/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/shibboleth/log-in-shibboleth.component.html b/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/shibboleth/log-in-shibboleth.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2bef5486ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/shibboleth/log-in-shibboleth.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<div class="form-login px-4 py-3 shibb" *ngIf="!(loading | async) && !(isAuthenticated | async)">
+  <a class="btn btn-lg btn-primary btn-block mt-3"
+     (click)="submit()"
+     role="button"
+  >{{"login.form.ssoLogin" | translate}}</a>
+</div>
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/shibboleth/log-in-shibboleth.component.scss b/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/shibboleth/log-in-shibboleth.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb0e91c64e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/shibboleth/log-in-shibboleth.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.shibb {
+ color: #FFFFFF;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/shibboleth/dynamic-shibboleth.component.ts b/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/shibboleth/log-in-shibboleth.component.ts
similarity index 55%
rename from src/app/shared/log-in/methods/shibboleth/dynamic-shibboleth.component.ts
rename to src/app/shared/log-in/methods/shibboleth/log-in-shibboleth.component.ts
index 3ee2709123..fa1f572615 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/shibboleth/dynamic-shibboleth.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/log-in/methods/shibboleth/log-in-shibboleth.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
-import { Component, EventEmitter, Inject, Input, OnInit, Output, QueryList, ViewChildren } from '@angular/core';
+import {
+  Component,
+  EventEmitter,
+  Inject,
+  Input,
+  OnDestroy,
+  OnInit,
+  Output,
+  QueryList,
+  ViewChildren
+} from '@angular/core';
 import { renderAuthMethodFor } from '../authMethods-decorator';
 import { AuthMethodType } from '../authMethods-type';
 import { AuthMethodModel } from '../../../../core/auth/models/auth-method.model';
@@ -6,19 +16,25 @@ import { FormBuilder, FormControl, FormGroup } from '@angular/forms';
 import { select, Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { CoreState } from '../../../../core/core.reducers';
 import { StartShibbolethAuthenticationAction } from '../../../../core/auth/auth.actions';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import { isAuthenticated, isAuthenticationLoading } from '../../../../core/auth/selectors';
+import { Observable, of, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
+import {
+  getAuthenticationMethods,
+  isAuthenticated,
+  isAuthenticationLoading
+} from '../../../../core/auth/selectors';
 import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { GLOBAL_CONFIG, GlobalConfig } from '../../../../../config';
+import { ShibbConstants } from '../../../../+login-page/shibbolethTargetPage/const/shibbConstants';
+import { tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 @Component({
-  selector: 'ds-dynamic-shibboleth',
-  templateUrl: './dynamic-shibboleth.component.html',
-  styleUrls: ['./dynamic-shibboleth.component.scss'],
+  selector: 'ds-log-in-shibboleth',
+  templateUrl: './log-in-shibboleth.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./log-in-shibboleth.component.scss'],
 
 })
 @renderAuthMethodFor(AuthMethodType.Shibboleth)
-export class DynamicShibbolethComponent implements OnInit {
+export class LogInShibbolethComponent implements OnInit {
 
   @Input() authMethodModel: AuthMethodModel;
 
@@ -34,38 +50,18 @@ export class DynamicShibbolethComponent implements OnInit {
    */
   public isAuthenticated: Observable<boolean>;
 
-  /**
-   * The authentication form.
-   * @type {FormGroup}
-   */
-  public shibbForm: FormGroup;
-
-  private host: string;
-
-  // public shibbButton: FormControl;
-
   /**
    * @constructor
    */
   constructor(@Inject('authMethodModelProvider') public injectedAuthMethodModel: AuthMethodModel,
-              @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) private envConfig: GlobalConfig,
               private formBuilder: FormBuilder,
               private store: Store<CoreState>) {
     this.authMethodModel = injectedAuthMethodModel;
   }
 
   ngOnInit(): void {
-    console.log('conf: ',this.envConfig.rest.host);
 
-    this.host = this.envConfig.rest.host;
-
-    // console.log('injectedAuthMethodModel', this.injectedAuthMethodModel);
-    // set formGroup
-    this.shibbForm = this.formBuilder.group({
-      shibbButton: [''],
-    });
-
-    // this.shibbButton = new FormControl('');
+    // console.log('Injected authMethodModel', this.injectedAuthMethodModel);
 
     // set isAuthenticated
     this.isAuthenticated = this.store.pipe(select(isAuthenticated));
@@ -78,8 +74,10 @@ export class DynamicShibbolethComponent implements OnInit {
   submit() {
     console.log('submit() was called');
     this.store.dispatch(new StartShibbolethAuthenticationAction(this.authMethodModel));
-    this.host = 'fis.tiss.tuwien.ac.at';
-    // https://dspace.hostname/Shibboleth.sso/Login?target=https://dspace.hostname/shibboleth
-    window.location.href = 'https://' + this.host + '/Shibboleth.sso/Login?target=https://' + this.host + '/shibboleth';
+    // e.g. host = 'fis.tiss.tuwien.ac.at';
+    // https://host/Shibboleth.sso/Login?target=https://host/shibboleth
+    // https://fis.tiss.tuwien.ac.at/Shibboleth.sso/Login?target=https://fis.tiss.tuwien.ac.at/shibboleth';
+    window.location.href = this.injectedAuthMethodModel.location;
   }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
index 5b8e54c31b..85abbb6e2d 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ import { RoleDirective } from './roles/role.directive';
 import { UserMenuComponent } from './auth-nav-menu/user-menu/user-menu.component';
 import { ClaimedTaskActionsReturnToPoolComponent } from './mydspace-actions/claimed-task/return-to-pool/claimed-task-actions-return-to-pool.component';
 import { ItemDetailPreviewFieldComponent } from './object-detail/my-dspace-result-detail-element/item-detail-preview/item-detail-preview-field/item-detail-preview-field.component';
-import {DynamicShibbolethComponent} from './log-in/methods/shibboleth/dynamic-shibboleth.component';
+import {LogInShibbolethComponent} from './log-in/methods/shibboleth/log-in-shibboleth.component';
 // import {LogInComponent} from './log-in/log-in.component';
 import {LogInPasswordComponent} from './log-in/methods/password/log-in-password.component';
 import { LoginContainerComponent } from './log-in/container/login-container.component';
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ const COMPONENTS = [
   ItemTypeSwitcherComponent,
   BrowseByComponent,
   // LogInComponent,
-  DynamicShibbolethComponent,
+  LogInShibbolethComponent,
   LogInPasswordComponent,
   LoginContainerComponent,
   LogInComponent
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ const ENTRY_COMPONENTS = [
   ItemMetadataListElementComponent,
   MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent,
   LogInPasswordComponent,
-  DynamicShibbolethComponent
+  LogInShibbolethComponent
 ];
 
 const SHARED_ITEM_PAGE_COMPONENTS = [