diff --git a/kontor-api/src/apis/version1/login.py b/kontor-api/src/apis/version1/login.py
index f6b28b7..698561a 100644
--- a/kontor-api/src/apis/version1/login.py
+++ b/kontor-api/src/apis/version1/login.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class LoginRequest(BaseModel):
 )
 def login(request: LoginRequest) -> Token:
     logger.info(f"login with {request.email}")
-    user = authenticate_user(request.email, request.password)  # type: ignore
+    user = authenticate_user(request.email, request.password)
     scopes = ["admin", "read"]
     if not user:
         raise HTTPException(
diff --git a/kontor-api/src/db/repository/admin.py b/kontor-api/src/db/repository/admin.py
index a2f15e0..520ecf9 100644
--- a/kontor-api/src/db/repository/admin.py
+++ b/kontor-api/src/db/repository/admin.py
@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@ from src.db.models.admin import Profile
 def get_profile(username: AnyStr, db: Session):
     profile = db.query(Profile).filter(Profile.email == username).first()
     return profile
+
+def is_database_empty(db: Session) -> bool:
+    profiles = db.query(Profile).all()
+    return len(profiles) == 0