diff --git a/libresonic-main/src/main/java/org/libresonic/player/controller/UserSettingsController.java b/libresonic-main/src/main/java/org/libresonic/player/controller/UserSettingsController.java
index 4a913f9f..adc91939 100644
--- a/libresonic-main/src/main/java/org/libresonic/player/controller/UserSettingsController.java
+++ b/libresonic-main/src/main/java/org/libresonic/player/controller/UserSettingsController.java
@@ -30,8 +30,16 @@ import org.libresonic.player.service.TranscodingService;
 import org.libresonic.player.util.Util;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.libresonic.player.validator.UserSettingsValidator;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.ui.Model;
+import org.springframework.validation.BindingResult;
+import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.ServletRequestBindingException;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.ServletRequestUtils;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.WebDataBinder;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.SimpleFormController;
 
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
@@ -45,14 +53,27 @@ import java.util.List;
  *
  * @author Sindre Mehus
  */
-public class UserSettingsController extends SimpleFormController {
+@Controller
+@RequestMapping("/userSettings")
+@SessionAttributes(value = "command")
+public class UserSettingsController {
 
+    @Autowired
     private SecurityService securityService;
+    @Autowired
     private SettingsService settingsService;
+    @Autowired
     private TranscodingService transcodingService;
+    @Autowired
+    private UserSettingsValidator userSettingsValidator;
 
-    @Override
-    protected Object formBackingObject(HttpServletRequest request) throws Exception {
+    @InitBinder
+    protected void initBinder(WebDataBinder binder) {
+        binder.addValidators(userSettingsValidator);
+    }
+
+    @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET)
+    protected String formBackingObject(HttpServletRequest request,Model model) throws Exception {
         UserSettingsCommand command = new UserSettingsCommand();
 
         User user = getUser(request);
@@ -77,7 +98,8 @@ public class UserSettingsController extends SimpleFormController {
         command.setAllMusicFolders(settingsService.getAllMusicFolders());
         command.setAllowedMusicFolderIds(Util.toIntArray(getAllowedMusicFolderIds(user)));
 
-        return command;
+        model.addAttribute("command",command);
+        return "userSettings";
     }
 
     private User getUser(HttpServletRequest request) throws ServletRequestBindingException {
@@ -103,18 +125,21 @@ public class UserSettingsController extends SimpleFormController {
         return result;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    protected void doSubmitAction(Object comm) throws Exception {
-        UserSettingsCommand command = (UserSettingsCommand) comm;
+    @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST)
+    protected String doSubmitAction(@ModelAttribute("command") @Validated UserSettingsCommand command,final BindingResult binding) throws Exception {
 
-        if (command.isDeleteUser()) {
-            deleteUser(command);
-        } else if (command.isNewUser()) {
-            createUser(command);
-        } else {
-            updateUser(command);
+        if (!binding.hasErrors()) {
+            if (command.isDeleteUser()) {
+                deleteUser(command);
+            } else if (command.isNewUser()) {
+                createUser(command);
+            } else {
+                updateUser(command);
+            }
         }
         resetCommand(command);
+
+        return "userSettings";
     }
 
     private void deleteUser(UserSettingsCommand command) {
@@ -176,15 +201,4 @@ public class UserSettingsController extends SimpleFormController {
         command.setReload(true);
     }
 
-    public void setSecurityService(SecurityService securityService) {
-        this.securityService = securityService;
-    }
-
-    public void setSettingsService(SettingsService settingsService) {
-        this.settingsService = settingsService;
-    }
-
-    public void setTranscodingService(TranscodingService transcodingService) {
-        this.transcodingService = transcodingService;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/libresonic-main/src/main/java/org/libresonic/player/validator/UserSettingsValidator.java b/libresonic-main/src/main/java/org/libresonic/player/validator/UserSettingsValidator.java
index 3686e8c6..755ae0ea 100644
--- a/libresonic-main/src/main/java/org/libresonic/player/validator/UserSettingsValidator.java
+++ b/libresonic-main/src/main/java/org/libresonic/player/validator/UserSettingsValidator.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import org.libresonic.player.controller.UserSettingsController;
 import org.libresonic.player.service.SecurityService;
 import org.libresonic.player.service.SettingsService;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.springframework.validation.Errors;
 import org.springframework.validation.Validator;
 
@@ -32,9 +34,12 @@ import org.springframework.validation.Validator;
  *
  * @author Sindre Mehus
  */
+@Component
 public class UserSettingsValidator implements Validator {
 
+    @Autowired
     private SecurityService securityService;
+    @Autowired
     private SettingsService settingsService;
 
     /**
@@ -82,11 +87,4 @@ public class UserSettingsValidator implements Validator {
 
     }
 
-    public void setSecurityService(SecurityService securityService) {
-        this.securityService = securityService;
-    }
-
-    public void setSettingsService(SettingsService settingsService) {
-        this.settingsService = settingsService;
-    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
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 afbf083e..a649d1f3 100644
--- a/libresonic-main/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/libresonic-servlet.xml
+++ b/libresonic-main/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/libresonic-servlet.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc.xsd">
 
     <mvc:annotation-driven />
-    <context:component-scan base-package="org.libresonic.player.controller"/>
+    <context:component-scan base-package="org.libresonic.player.controller, org.libresonic.player.validator"/>
 
     <bean id="leftController" class="org.libresonic.player.controller.LeftController">
         <property name="viewName" value="left"/>
@@ -203,16 +203,6 @@
         <property name="settingsService" ref="settingsService"/>
         <property name="securityService" ref="securityService"/>
     </bean>
-    <bean id="userSettingsController" class="org.libresonic.player.controller.UserSettingsController">
-        <property name="sessionForm" value="true"/>
-        <property name="commandClass" value="org.libresonic.player.command.UserSettingsCommand"/>
-        <property name="validator" ref="userSettingsValidator"/>
-        <property name="successView" value="userSettings"/>
-        <property name="formView" value="userSettings"/>
-        <property name="securityService" ref="securityService"/>
-        <property name="settingsService" ref="settingsService"/>
-        <property name="transcodingService" ref="transcodingService"/>
-    </bean>
     <bean id="passwordSettingsController" class="org.libresonic.player.controller.PasswordSettingsController">
         <property name="sessionForm" value="true"/>
         <property name="commandClass" value="org.libresonic.player.command.PasswordSettingsCommand"/>
@@ -364,10 +354,6 @@
     <bean id="premiumSettingsValidator" class="org.libresonic.player.validator.PremiumSettingsValidator">
         <property name="settingsService" ref="settingsService"/>
     </bean>
-    <bean id="userSettingsValidator" class="org.libresonic.player.validator.UserSettingsValidator">
-        <property name="securityService" ref="securityService"/>
-        <property name="settingsService" ref="settingsService"/>
-    </bean>
     <bean id="passwordSettingsValidator" class="org.libresonic.player.validator.PasswordSettingsValidator"/>
 
     <bean id="urlMapping" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping">
@@ -412,7 +398,6 @@
                 <prop key="/internetRadioSettings.view">internetRadioSettingsController</prop>
                 <prop key="/personalSettings.view">personalSettingsController</prop>
                 <prop key="/avatarUpload.view">avatarUploadController</prop>
-                <prop key="/userSettings.view">userSettingsController</prop>
                 <prop key="/passwordSettings.view">passwordSettingsController</prop>
                 <prop key="/premiumSettings.view">premiumSettingsController</prop>
                 <prop key="/allmusic.view">allmusicController</prop>