diff --git a/src/main/java/de/rtuni/ms/apig/config/SecurityConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/de/rtuni/ms/apig/config/SecurityConfiguration.java
index cb5584ebf5483e3391bd766bd19c1131b4ef8cc1..f70c8129a9c5d26eaff2ee8d44a4871944b17989 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/rtuni/ms/apig/config/SecurityConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/rtuni/ms/apig/config/SecurityConfiguration.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecur
 import org.springframework.security.config.http.SessionCreationPolicy;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter;
 
-import de.rtuni.ms.apig.filter.ForwardFilter;
+import de.rtuni.ms.apig.filter.ForwardingFilter;
 import de.rtuni.ms.apig.filter.JWTAuthenticationFilter;
 
 /**
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
         .sessionManagement().sessionCreationPolicy(SessionCreationPolicy.STATELESS).and()
         
         // Add filter to set passed cookie.
-        .addFilterBefore(new ForwardFilter(), UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.class)
+        .addFilterBefore(new ForwardingFilter(), UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.class)
         // Add filter to validate tokens with every request.
         .addFilterAfter(new JWTAuthenticationFilter(jwtConfiguration),
                 UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.class)
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/rtuni/ms/apig/filter/ForwardFilter.java b/src/main/java/de/rtuni/ms/apig/filter/ForwardingFilter.java
similarity index 96%
rename from src/main/java/de/rtuni/ms/apig/filter/ForwardFilter.java
rename to src/main/java/de/rtuni/ms/apig/filter/ForwardingFilter.java
index cf004f78b69834c06cb78b0d188242adb3fd9b5f..ade63553113cf3ce4031f1d8c19b5c31fc0935dd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/rtuni/ms/apig/filter/ForwardFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/rtuni/ms/apig/filter/ForwardingFilter.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter;
  * @author Julian
  *
  */
-public class ForwardFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
+public class ForwardingFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
     //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     /** The login path. */