diff --git a/libresonic-main/src/main/java/org/libresonic/player/controller/LoginController.java b/libresonic-main/src/main/java/org/libresonic/player/controller/LoginController.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dfdb5f1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libresonic-main/src/main/java/org/libresonic/player/controller/LoginController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package org.libresonic.player.controller;
+
+import org.libresonic.player.Logger;
+import org.libresonic.player.domain.User;
+import org.libresonic.player.service.PlaylistService;
+import org.libresonic.player.service.SecurityService;
+import org.libresonic.player.service.SettingsService;
+import org.libresonic.player.util.StringUtil;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.RedirectView;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Spring MVC Controller that serves the login page.
+ */
+@Controller
+@RequestMapping("/login")
+public class LoginController {
+
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(LoginController.class);
+
+    @Autowired
+    private final SecurityService securityService = null;
+    @Autowired
+    private final SettingsService settingsService = null;
+
+    @RequestMapping(method = { RequestMethod.GET, RequestMethod.POST })
+    public ModelAndView login(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
+
+        // Auto-login if "user" and "password" parameters are given.
+        String username = request.getParameter("user");
+        String password = request.getParameter("password");
+        if (username != null && password != null) {
+            username = StringUtil.urlEncode(username);
+            password = StringUtil.urlEncode(password);
+            return new ModelAndView(new RedirectView("/j_spring_security_check?"+
+                    UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.SPRING_SECURITY_FORM_USERNAME_KEY+"=" + username +
+                    "&"+UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.SPRING_SECURITY_FORM_PASSWORD_KEY+"=" + password
+            ));
+        }
+
+        Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+        map.put("logout", request.getParameter("logout") != null);
+        map.put("error", request.getParameter("error") != null);
+        map.put("brand", settingsService.getBrand());
+        map.put("loginMessage", settingsService.getLoginMessage());
+
+        User admin = securityService.getUserByName(User.USERNAME_ADMIN);
+        if (User.USERNAME_ADMIN.equals(admin.getPassword())) {
+            map.put("insecure", true);
+        }
+
+        return new ModelAndView("login", "model", map);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/libresonic-main/src/main/java/org/libresonic/player/controller/MultiController.java b/libresonic-main/src/main/java/org/libresonic/player/controller/MultiController.java
index c332e2e4..31dd871d 100644
--- a/libresonic-main/src/main/java/org/libresonic/player/controller/MultiController.java
+++ b/libresonic-main/src/main/java/org/libresonic/player/controller/MultiController.java
@@ -64,34 +64,6 @@ public class MultiController extends MultiActionController {
     private SettingsService settingsService;
     private PlaylistService playlistService;
 
-    public ModelAndView login(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
-
-        // Auto-login if "user" and "password" parameters are given.
-        String username = request.getParameter("user");
-        String password = request.getParameter("password");
-        if (username != null && password != null) {
-            username = StringUtil.urlEncode(username);
-            password = StringUtil.urlEncode(password);
-            return new ModelAndView(new RedirectView("/j_spring_security_check?"+
-                    UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.SPRING_SECURITY_FORM_USERNAME_KEY+"=" + username +
-                    "&"+UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.SPRING_SECURITY_FORM_PASSWORD_KEY+"=" + password
-            ));
-        }
-
-        Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();
-        map.put("logout", request.getParameter("logout") != null);
-        map.put("error", request.getParameter("error") != null);
-        map.put("brand", settingsService.getBrand());
-        map.put("loginMessage", settingsService.getLoginMessage());
-
-        User admin = securityService.getUserByName(User.USERNAME_ADMIN);
-        if (User.USERNAME_ADMIN.equals(admin.getPassword())) {
-            map.put("insecure", true);
-        }
-
-        return new ModelAndView("login", "model", map);
-    }
-
     public ModelAndView recover(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
 
         Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();
diff --git a/libresonic-main/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/libresonic-servlet.xml b/libresonic-main/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/libresonic-servlet.xml
index edece234..3a1ca182 100644
--- a/libresonic-main/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/libresonic-servlet.xml
+++ b/libresonic-main/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/libresonic-servlet.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,18 @@
 
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
+       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+       xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc.xsd">
+
+    <mvc:annotation-driven />
+    <context:component-scan base-package="org.libresonic.player.controller"/>
 
     <bean id="leftController" class="org.libresonic.player.controller.LeftController">
         <property name="viewName" value="left"/>
@@ -434,7 +445,10 @@
                 <prop key="/top.view">topController</prop>
                 <prop key="/randomPlayQueue.view">randomPlayQueueController</prop>
                 <prop key="/changeCoverArt.view">changeCoverArtController</prop>
+                <!--
+                 login.view has moved to the LoginController
                 <prop key="/login.view">multiController</prop>
+                -->
                 <prop key="/recover.view">multiController</prop>
                 <prop key="/accessDenied.view">multiController</prop>
                 <prop key="/notFound.view">multiController</prop>