diff --git a/backend/bin/doctrine.php b/backend/bin/doctrine.php
index e632ac1..b9bd2d3 100644
--- a/backend/bin/doctrine.php
+++ b/backend/bin/doctrine.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ define('VZ_DIR', realpath(__DIR__ . '/../..'));
 define('VZ_BACKEND_DIR', VZ_DIR . '/backend');
 
 // class autoloading
-require VZ_BACKEND_DIR . '/lib/Util/ClassLoader.php';
+require_once VZ_BACKEND_DIR . '/lib/Util/ClassLoader.php';
 
 $classLoaders = array();
 $classLoaders[] = new Volkszaehler\Util\ClassLoader('Doctrine', VZ_BACKEND_DIR . '/lib/vendor/Doctrine');
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ foreach ($classLoaders as $loader) {
 // load configuration
 Util\Configuration::load(VZ_BACKEND_DIR . '/volkszaehler.conf');
 
-$em = Volkszaehler\Router::createEntityManager();
+$em = Volkszaehler\Router::createEntityManager(TRUE); // get admin credentials
 
 $helperSet = new \Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\HelperSet(array(
 	'db' => new \Doctrine\DBAL\Tools\Console\Helper\ConnectionHelper($em->getConnection()),
@@ -80,4 +80,4 @@ $cli->addCommands(array(
 ));
 $cli->run();
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/backend/lib/Router.php b/backend/lib/Router.php
index b220e60..6b3267d 100644
--- a/backend/lib/Router.php
+++ b/backend/lib/Router.php
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class Router {
 	 * @todo add other caching drivers (memcache, xcache)
 	 * @todo put into static class? singleton? function or state class?
 	 */
-	public static function createEntityManager() {
+	public static function createEntityManager($admin = FALSE) {
 		$config = new \Doctrine\ORM\Configuration;
 
 		if (extension_loaded('apc') && Util\Configuration::read('devmode') == FALSE) {
@@ -222,7 +222,12 @@ class Router {
 		$config->setProxyNamespace('Volkszaehler\Model\Proxy');
 		$config->setAutoGenerateProxyClasses(Util\Configuration::read('devmode'));
 
-		return \Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager::create(Util\Configuration::read('db'), $config);
+		$dbConfig = Util\Configuration::read('db');
+		if ($admin) {
+			$dbConfig = array_merge($dbConfig, $dbConfig['admin']);
+		}
+
+		return \Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager::create($dbConfig, $config);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/backend/volkszaehler.conf.default.php b/backend/volkszaehler.conf.default.php
index 09ad23f..bceef5a 100644
--- a/backend/volkszaehler.conf.default.php
+++ b/backend/volkszaehler.conf.default.php
@@ -52,11 +52,19 @@ $config['db']['user']				= 'vz';
 $config['db']['password']			= 'demo';
 
 /**
- * @var string name of the database the backend should use
+ * @var string backend database
  * @link http://www.doctrine-project.org/projects/dbal/2.0/docs/reference/configuration/en
  */
 $config['db']['dbname']				= 'volkszaehler';
 
+/*
+ * For administration tasks (doctrine cli)
+ * the following $['db']['admin'] settings will be merged with $config['db']
+ */
+//$config['db']['admin']['user']		= 'vz_admin';
+//$config['db']['admin']['password']		= 'admin_demo';
+
+
 /**
  * @var string path of the sqlite database
  * @link http://www.doctrine-project.org/projects/dbal/2.0/docs/reference/configuration/en