diff --git a/src/caosdb/__init__.py b/src/caosdb/__init__.py
index 92922f79c6b5105abc5e849175c4271561dd92a9..75847bb15b8a64345119e0f0aefc00bd9f116081 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/__init__.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/__init__.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from caosdb.common.models import (ACL, ALL, FIX, NONE, OBLIGATORY, RECOMMENDED,
 from caosdb.configuration import configure, get_config
 from caosdb.connection.connection import configure_connection, get_connection
 from caosdb.exceptions import *
+from caosdb.version import version as __version__
 
 # read configuration these files
 
diff --git a/src/caosdb/common/models.py b/src/caosdb/common/models.py
index 293806a3eccf8a853db97aa3f235e51f806c59e8..e229333cb95b47e33a6fcffe739e02e48d7e717d 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/common/models.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/common/models.py
@@ -3485,6 +3485,8 @@ class UserInfo():
 
     def __init__(self, xml):
         self.roles = [ role.text for role in xml.findall("Roles/Role")]
+        self.name = xml.get("username")
+        self.realm = xml.get("realm")
 
 class Info():