diff --git a/backend/index.php b/backend/index.php
index 70cfe7c..e78bc1b 100644
--- a/backend/index.php
+++ b/backend/index.php
@@ -1,28 +1,46 @@
 <?php
 /*
-* Copyright (c) 2010 by Justin Otherguy <justin@justinotherguy.org>
-* 
-* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-* under the terms of the GNU General Public License (either version 2 or
-* version 3) as published by the Free Software Foundation.
-*     
-* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-* GNU General Public License for more details.
-*     
-* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-* Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-*     
-* For more information on the GPL, please go to:
-* http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-*/
-
-/*
- * Bootstrap entrypoint, just calls FrontController::run()
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 by Justin Otherguy <justin@justinotherguy.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License (either version 2 or
+ * version 3) as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ *
+ * For more information on the GPL, please go to:
+ * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
  */
 
+// class autoloading
+require 'lib/vendor/doctrine/Common/ClassLoader.php';
+
+$doctrineLoader = new \Doctrine\Common\ClassLoader('Doctrine', 'lib/vendor/doctrine');
+$doctrineLoader->register(); // register on SPL autoload stack
+
+$vzLoader = new \Doctrine\Common\ClassLoader('Volkszaehler', 'lib');
+$vzLoader->register(); // register on SPL autoload stack
+
+// API version
+define('VERSION', '0.2');
+
+// enable strict error reporting
+error_reporting(E_ALL);
+
+// load configuration into registry
+if (!file_exists(__DIR__ . '/volkszaehler.conf.php')) {
+	throw new Exception('No configuration available! Use volkszaehler.conf.default.php as an template');
+}
+
+include __DIR__ . '/volkszaehler.conf.php';
+
 $fc = new FrontController();	// spawn frontcontroller
 $fc->run();						// execute controller and sends output
 
diff --git a/backend/lib/Controller/ChannelController.php b/backend/lib/Controller/ChannelController.php
index ace99d4..7d10cf6 100644
--- a/backend/lib/Controller/ChannelController.php
+++ b/backend/lib/Controller/ChannelController.php
@@ -40,14 +40,18 @@ class ChannelController extends Controller {
 			$channel->type = 'Channel';
 		}*/
 		
+		// TODO adapt to doctrine orm 
 		$channel->persist();
 		$channel->save();
+		
 		$this->view->addChannel($channel);
 	}
 	
 	// TODO check for valid user identity
 	public function delete() {
 		$channel = Channel::getByUuid($this->view->request->get['ucid']);
+		
+		// TODO adapt to doctrine orm 
 		$channel->delete();
 	}
 	
diff --git a/backend/lib/Controller/FrontController.php b/backend/lib/Controller/FrontController.php
index 6caca2b..8030a19 100644
--- a/backend/lib/Controller/FrontController.php
+++ b/backend/lib/Controller/FrontController.php
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ final class FrontController {
 		}
 		$this->view = new $view;
 		
-		// create entitymanager
-		require '/path/to/lib/Doctrine/Common/ClassLoader.php';
-		$classLoader = new \Doctrine\Common\ClassLoader('Doctrine', 'lib/doctrine/lib');
-		$classLoader->register(); // register on SPL autoload stack
+		$this->em = self::createEntityManager();
+	}
+	
+	public static function createEntityManager() {
+		$config = Registry::get('config');
 		
 		// Doctrine
 		$doctConfig = new Configuration;
@@ -47,15 +48,15 @@ final class FrontController {
 		//$cache = new \Doctrine\Common\Cache\ApcCache;
 		//$config->setMetadataCacheImpl($cache);
 		
-		$driverImpl = $doctConfig->newDefaultAnnotationDriver('/path/to/lib/MyProject/Entities');
+		$driverImpl = $doctConfig->newDefaultAnnotationDriver('lib/Model');
 		$doctConfig->setMetadataDriverImpl($driverImpl);
 		
 		//$config->setQueryCacheImpl($cache);
 		
-		$doctConfig->setProxyDir('/path/to/myproject/lib/MyProject/Proxies');
-		$doctConfig->setProxyNamespace('MyProject\Proxies');
+		$doctConfig->setProxyDir('lib/Model/Proxies');
+		$doctConfig->setProxyNamespace('Volkszaehler\Model\Proxies');
 		
-		$em = EntityManager::create($config['db'], $doctConfig);
+		return EntityManager::create($config['db'], $doctConfig);
 	}
 	
 	public function run() {
@@ -74,59 +75,6 @@ final class FrontController {
 	public function __destruct() {
 		$this->view->render();			// render view & send http response
 	}
-	
-	public static function initialize() {
-		define('VERSION', '0.2');
-		
-		// enable strict error reporting
-		error_reporting(E_ALL);
-		
-		// load configuration into registry
-		if (!file_exists(__DIR__ . '/volkszaehler.conf.php')) {
-			throw new Exception('No configuration available! Use volkszaehler.conf.default.php as an template');
-		}
-		
-		include __DIR__ . '/volkszaehler.conf.php';
-		
-		spl_autoload_register(array($this, 'loadClass'));
-		
-		$this->initializeDoctrine();
-	}
-	
-	/*
-	 * class autoloading
-	 */
-	private function loadClass($className) {
-		$libs = __DIR__ . '/lib/';
-	
-		// preg_replace pattern class name => inclulde path
-		$mapping = array(
-		// util classes
-			'/^Registry$/'								=> 'util/registry',
-			'/^Uuid$/'									=> 'util/uuid',
-	
-		// model classes
-			'/^(Channel|User|Group|(Nested)?Database(Object)?)$/'=> 'model/$1',
-			'/^(.+(Meter|Sensor))$/'					=> 'model/channel/$2/$1',
-			'/^(Meter|Sensor)$/'						=> 'model/channel/$1',
-	
-		// view classes
-			'/^(Http.*)$/'								=> 'view/http/$1',
-			'/^(.*View)$/'								=> 'view/$1',
-	
-		// controller classes
-			'/^(.*Controller)$/'						=> 'controller/$1'
-			);
-	
-		$include = $libs . strtolower(preg_replace(array_keys($mapping), array_values($mapping), $className)) . '.php';
-	
-		if (!file_exists($include)) {
-			return false;
-		}
-	
-		require_once $include;
-		return true;
-	}
 }
 
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/lib/view/http/httphandle.php b/backend/lib/View/Http/HttpHandle.php
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/lib/view/http/httphandle.php
rename to backend/lib/View/Http/HttpHandle.php
diff --git a/backend/lib/view/http/httprequest.php b/backend/lib/View/Http/HttpRequest.php
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/lib/view/http/httprequest.php
rename to backend/lib/View/Http/HttpRequest.php
diff --git a/backend/lib/view/http/httpresponse.php b/backend/lib/View/Http/HttpResponse.php
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/lib/view/http/httpresponse.php
rename to backend/lib/View/Http/HttpResponse.php
diff --git a/backend/lib/view/jsonview.php b/backend/lib/View/JsonView.php
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/lib/view/jsonview.php
rename to backend/lib/View/JsonView.php
diff --git a/backend/lib/view/view.php b/backend/lib/View/View.php
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/lib/view/view.php
rename to backend/lib/View/View.php
diff --git a/backend/lib/view/xmlview.php b/backend/lib/View/XmlView.php
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/lib/view/xmlview.php
rename to backend/lib/View/XmlView.php